I Have No Idea!

[Daft Bat]

Tim has sent this over, asking if anyone can read it.

I think that the ink has bled too much into the wood for it to be legible, but I bow to others with better eyesight than me.

Ta everso.

 

[Archie's Mum]

John Fitzgerald Warburton?

 

[Daft Bat]

Thank you - I will pass that on.

Apparently, it was created by a chap named J HILL, who worked mainly in Oxfordshire. No clues as to date, but it is probably sometime in the late 18th Century.

 

[Archie's Mum]

John Kings? Warburton?. I do believe he is John though.

 

[Daft Bat]

Thank you. All suggestions being forwarded.

 

[Archie's Mum]

There was a J or I Hill who worked from Oxford Street London, 1775-1808. Painted on paper.

 

[Daft Bat]

There was a J or I Hill who worked from Oxford Street London, 1775-1808. Painted on paper.

Just been sent this, which is on the inside:

 

[Archie's Mum]

19 ? Marylebone. Last place starts with C. Is that a London address?
Marylebone High Street runs from Oxford Street.
Could that be 19 High Marylebone?

 

[Daft Bat]

Could that be 19 High Marylebone?

I thought that it could be Gt (Great) Marylebone Street, which is now New Cavendish Street...

 

[mugwortismy cat]

I thought that it could be Gt (Great) Marylebone Street, which is now New Cavendish Street...

Yes, I read it as Gt too

 

[Archie's Mum]

Gt it is then

 

[Ma-dotcom]

My eyes not as good as anyone else, but, isn''t that & letter 'y' or a 'g' after the L or whatever?-2nd letter in. It's got a tail whatever it is.

 

[Archie's Mum]

Warburton one name study…..not at all saying this name is Warburton, however in 1841 there is a John Warburton MD age 50 St Marylebone. Address is 23 Park Crescent Cavendish Square. According to the one name study he was the son of Thomas Warburton, an infamous mad house keeper who as noted in his will owned property at Westminster, St John, Hackney and St Matthew Bethnal Green. John died in 1845.

 

[Daft Bat]

Warburton one name study…..not at all saying this name is Warburton, however in 1841 there is a John Warburton MD age 50 St Marylebone. Address is 23 Park Crescent Cavendish Square. According to the one name study he was the son of Thomas Warburton, an infamous mad house keeper who as noted in his will owned property at Westminster, St John, Hackney and St Matthew Bethnal Green. John died in 1845.

You little cracker! That certainly sound like the right chap!

Thank you!

Sent the info to Tim. xxx

 

[Ma-dotcom]

Oh dear, ofcourse, it's a 'G t....going to bed now, rest my eyes

 

[Daft Bat]

Tim says to pass on HUGE thanks, especially to @Archie's Mum xxx

 

[gillyflower]

Oh dear, I certainly can't read it. good luck with it.

 

[Shellymac]

Can we please see the front of this.

 

[Archie's Mum]

You little cracker! That certainly sound like the right chap!

Thank you!

Sent the info to Tim. xxx

I do have a small problem with him being the John who died in 1845 as the age doesn’t fit. J Hill being around only until 1808. However John ? Warburton could be a relative.

 

[Archie's Mum]

There is some wonderful research out there on the mad houses of Hackney. Thomas was infamous for his treatment of patients, having them sleep naked, 3 to a filthy straw bed and beatings requiring medical attention that wasn’t forthcoming. However when he died and John Warburton took over, the changes he made were significant, I’m not certain I have the correct John Warburton but have a Google and read about these asylums.