Forest of Dean FHT Forum - Wilderness; Abenhall, Plump Hill

Wilderness; Abenhall, Plump Hill (reply)

ChrisW — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:18:12 +0000

Oh good. I'm not losing the plot then!

Wilderness; Abenhall, Plump Hill (reply)

slowhands — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:43:50 +0000

from my 2004 posting on Rootsweb

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/ENG-GLOS-FOREST-DEAN/2004-11/1100936249

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cbennett/abenhall1927.htm
refers to the Wilderness as the isolation Hospital

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=23259

referred to the Wilderness or Hill house and its use as an isolation
hospital.

referring to the manor at Abenhall

The manor is now divided, being the property of Mrs. Davies, of the Wilderness (originally Wild-deers-nest), and Charles Barton Esq.

Where is the Wilderness (reply)

ChrisW — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:33:05 +0000

.....and just in passing....

I read somewhere that the word wilderness is a corruption of 'wild deers nest'.

Feel free to discuss!

Where is the Wilderness (reply)

maurice — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:23:09 +0000

The Wilderness was a former mansion of a local industrialist,then became an isolation hospital.I was a patient from November 1939 to February 1940 with diptheria and scarlet fever but fortunately survived.A younger cousin was not so lucky.
The building is now used for education.

Wilderness; Abenhall, Plump Hill (reply)

slowhands — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:59:40 +0000

Plump Hill is my serious answer :-)

the building was being used as an "isolation" type Hospital at that time, now...

http://www.wildernesscentre.co.uk/

Where is the Wilderness

tonyjenkins — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:52:23 +0000

My Uncle Lewis Jessie James Jenkins died in The Wilderness of Diphtheria in 1935

Sounds very Biblical, can anyone tell me where The Wilderness is

Regards

Tony Jenkins