tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992381256386825587.post3868347217572552525..comments2023-10-28T14:06:38.160+01:00Comments on Hertfordshire Genealogy News: Mental Heath and Lunatic Asylums in HertfordshireChris Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03180178794366214284noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992381256386825587.post-64830233658942482482017-10-25T16:45:56.381+01:002017-10-25T16:45:56.381+01:00 My great great Nan was sent to Hill End in 1902 .... My great great Nan was sent to Hill End in 1902 .. where she passed in 1920 believed to be still a patient in the asylum . Where many patients buried in in marked graves ?Rebecca Challisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992381256386825587.post-91942108923025757722012-10-22T05:56:57.021+01:002012-10-22T05:56:57.021+01:00All the buildings - except the chapel - have been...All the buildings - except the chapel - have been demolished - and the chapel is now a theatre. <br /><br />The graveyard also remains<br /><br />The name "Hill End" was deemed unacceptable because the developers believed that some people would not but the new houses if they discovered that they were on the site of an old asylum so the area is now called "Highfield" - although "Hill End Road" retains its old name. <br />Chris Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03180178794366214284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992381256386825587.post-2291374388885091062012-10-21T23:55:23.138+01:002012-10-21T23:55:23.138+01:00Can you vist hill end and look around the old buil...Can you vist hill end and look around the old buildings or are they off limits? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05657098192960802971noreply@blogger.com