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Hi Pat, I'd love to get hold of a copy of that book or read a copy of it at some point. Is it a long book? Or is it possible to photocopy it or anything for research purposes? 

Also, I can't see an image above from the advertisement you mention? 

It turns out that the early history of the Strand Hotel was:

1842 - Built to be a hotel and called the Strand Hotel
1851 - The Strand House Academy run as a boarding school by Thomas Warton
After 1861 - The Halfway House Inn run by Mary Maria Carter
1868 - Purchased by the West of England Sanatorium as accommodation for recovering patients

This is by no means complete! I am wondering if we have a separate topic for the Strand/West of England Sanatorium similar to one Pat created on the Royal Hotel, Weston?

Richard

Hi Sylvia,

Ah ha! I think you might be on to something with both the biblical connection (I did not think of that) and the second name differentiating them from another member in the family. I am going to take a look at both ideas - Thank you very much.

Richard

Hi, Richard. Maybe a stringof,, let,s say, George in family.second name would differentiate from anyone else?

In our family, John was first name used by wife. Richard second, string of them in family. Then "Handfield" (any ideas, anyone?), used by family in Cornwall, after local Rev. Finally, called Jack by workmates. Depending who he was with, and where! First name could be biblical? Sorry not to be more help! Sylvia

Hi,

Ref my last email: I have found details of the inquest that took place on 14 October 1865 (page 5, Weston-super-Mare Gazette, and General Advertiser - Saturday 21 October 1865). Let me know if you would like a copy. Summary: Mr. W. Fear, a farmer at Uphill, found him in his "linhay" on the 12th October and took him to the hotel.

Richard

Hi Richard

Thank you for the information. The engraving looks to be from the area near the Sanatorium

I have found his burial record in Uphill for 1865. That's where the family lived - So the place and timeline seems correct. Just need to discover what actually happened to him.

Julie