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1793 to 2000 | History | The Vineyard | |||
Ticehurst House and the Newingtons are synonymous with care for the insane since 1793 until the present day The Newingtons are a long established Ticehurst family stretching back to Adam de Newington in the fifteenth century. Samuel Newington (1739 - 1811) was an apothecary and surgeon who, on January 26th 1793, in the Morning Chronicle under the heading "Insanity" advertised that he "having for thirty years past had patients under his care afflicted with this melancholy disorder, most of whom have been sent home to their friends in a sound state of mind, begs leave to inform the public that he has fitted up and neatly furnished a large and commodious house in Ticehurst for the reception of Patients of the above unfortunate description". The house, variously known as Ticehurst House or The Establishment, had been erected in the grounds of his home The Vineyard. Samuel and his wife Martha had fifteen children and at his death in 1811, his two sons Charles (1780 - 1852) and Jesse (1779 -1819) succeeded to its management and with the death of Jesse in 1819, Charles became the asylum's proprietor and chief surgeon. By 1827 there were 30 male patients, 20 female patients, 19 female attendants and 17 male attendants. Charles Newington is credited with establishing the Asylum as one of the best of such establishments in England which he did over the subsequent decades until his death in 1852. In 1812 Charles had married Elizabeth Hayes and their first two sons - Charles Edward Hayes Newington (1813 - 1863) and Samuel Newington (1814 - 1882) - continued the work of ministering to the insane. Their sons - Dr. Alexander Samuel Lysaght Newington (1846 - 1914) and Dr. Herbert Francis Hayes Newington (1847 - 1917), in turn, became the medical superintendants of Ticehurst House. In 1918 the Asylum was registered as "The Doctors Newington" a private unlimited company managed by four trusts representing various branches of the family until 1967 when it was re-incorporated as "Ticehurst House Private Clinic Ltd." and in 1974 it became part of Nestor Nursing Homes Ltd. Today it is part of the Priory Group and is known as "The Priory Ticehurst House". | |||||
6th Jun 1841 | Census | Mary Newington, F, Head, age 75 to 79, born Sussex; occupation: independent | Mary Newington | Vineyard Mansion | 1841 Census Ticehurst, Sussex |
Frances Newington, F, [Sister], age 73, born Sussex; occupation: independent | Frances Newington | ||||
Elizabeth Newington, F, [Sister], age 71, born Sussex; occupation: independent | Elizabeth Newington | ||||
Sarah Newington, F, [Sister], age 50 to 54, born Sussex; occupation: independent | Sarah Newington | ||||
Elizabeth Newington, F, [Relation], age 30 to 34, born Sussex; occupation: independent | Elizabeth Newington | ||||
Sophie Broadley, M, age 72, born Sussex, occupation: independent | Sophie Broadley [Newington] | ||||
Emma Sands, F, age 30 to 34, born Sussex; occupation: servant | Emma Sands | ||||
Charlotte Edwards, F, age 20 to 24, born Sussex; occupation: servant | Charlotte Edwards | ||||
Thomas Carrick, M, age 14, born Sussex; occupation: servant | Thomas Carrick | ||||
30th Mar 1851 | Census | Mary Newington, F, Head, single, age 87, born Ticehurst, Sussex; occupation: private income from dividends | Mary Newington | Vineyard | 1851 Census Ticehurst, Sussex |
Elizabeth Newington, F, Sister, single, age 82, born Ticehurst, Sussex; occupation: private income from dividends | Elizabeth Newington | ||||
Sarah Newington, F, Sister, single, age 66, born Ticehurst, Sussex; occupation: private income from dividends | Sarah Newington | ||||
Eleanor Kirk Patrick, F, Visitor, widowed, age 69, born Middlesex; occupation: Private income from dividends | Eleanor Kirk Patrick | ||||
Sarah Boorman, F, Servant, single, age 21, born Cranbrook, Kent, occupation: domestic servant | Sarah Boorman | ||||
Mary Ann Powell, F, Servant, married, age 27, born Ticehurst, Sussex; occupation: Domestic servant | Mary Ann Powell | ||||
Mary Pankhurst, F, Servant, single, age 25, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: Domestic servant | Mary Pankhurst | ||||
Charity Clark, F, Servant, single, age 22, born Wadhurst, Sussex, occupation: domestic servant | Charity Clark | ||||
Henry Campany, M, Servant, single, age 15, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: domestic servant | Henry Campany | ||||
3rd Apr 1881 | Census | William Salcombe, M, Head, married, age 60, born Elmore, Gloucester; occupation: gardener head | William Salcombe, gardener head | Vinyard Cottage | 1881 Census Ticehurst, Sussex |
Fanny Salcombe, F, Wife, married, age 48, born All Saints, Hereford | Fanny Salcombe | ||||
Fredrick W. Salcombe, M, Grandson, age 11, born Westham, Norfolk; occupation: scholar | Fredrick W. Salcombe | ||||
5th Apr 1891 | Census | William Salcombe, M, Head, married, age 70, born Ellmore, Gloucestershire; occupation: head gardener | William Salcombe, head gardener | Vineyard Cottage | 1891 Census Ticehurst, Sussex |
Fanny Salcombe, F, Wife, married, age 58, born All Saints, Herefordshire | Fanny Salcombe |
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