Corse - Doctor Nason circa 1880 (General)

by Mike Pinchin , Bedford, England, Friday, November 27, 2015, 23:31 (3284 days ago) @ hawkyboy

I think the doctor in Newent was William Montague Lucas JOHNSTONE.

GR 1911 Census, Corse Grange, Staunton, Glos.

John Eccles St George Johnstone, Head, Married, 37, Medical Practitioner, b. Bawntry Ho. Co. Cavan
Geraldine Isabel Mary Johnstone, Wife, Married, 37, Londonderry, Ireland
Maxwell Maughan Johnstone, Son, 4, Corse Grange, Gloucestershire
Rupert Deomond Charles Johnstone, Son, 3, Corse Grange, Gloucestershire
Eacie Ann McCay , mother-in-law, widow, 79, Londonderry, Ireland
William Montague Lucas Johnstone, brother, single, 34, Medical Practitioner, Bawntry Ho. Co. Cavan
Evalyne Clara Macassey, Visitor, Single,24, Stanley Ho. Holywood, Co. Down
Laura Groves, Servant, Single, 21, Berrow, Worcs.
Louisa Hill, Servant, Single, 18, Clifton, Bristol

13 years the marriage, 4 children, 4 alive.
[Eacie McCay – 3 children, 1 living, 2 died]
21 rooms in the house.

From Ancestry:-

Name: William M L Johnstone
Birth Date: abt 1876
Date of Registration: Dec 1962
Age at Death: 86
Registration district: Gloucester Rural
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 7b
Page: 517

There are many mentions of Dr W.M.L. JOHNSTONE of Newent in the BNA. The reason I take an interest is that I remember visiting his surgery at The Holts, Watery Lane, in Newent as a very young child (although the reason escapes me now). I can still picture the large house and the kindly old man who was the doctor.

His house, The Holts, was demolished soon after his death to make way for a health centre, police station and library. Its location can be seen on this 1921 revision,

http://maps.nls.uk/view/102342743

It’s just to the east of the word NEWENT.