W.K.H.?

[Jenny M Benson]

In the Burial Register for St Giles in the Fields, Holborn, circa 1830,
several of the entries have W.K.H. written in the Abode column,
sometimes just the initials, sometimes preceded by a street name and on
at least one occasion by "Middlesex Hospital."

Can anyone tell me what W.K.H. stands for in this context?

[Charles Ellson]

On Sun, 28 Mar 2021 19:10:56 +0100, Jenny M Benson

Post by Jenny M Benson
In the Burial Register for St Giles in the Fields, Holborn, circa 1830,
several of the entries have W.K.H. written in the Abode column,
sometimes just the initials, sometimes preceded by a street name and on
at least one occasion by "Middlesex Hospital."
Can anyone tell me what W.K.H. stands for in this context?

Have you got some of the street names?

[Ian Goddard]

Post by Jenny M Benson
In the Burial Register for St Giles in the Fields, Holborn, circa 1830,
several of the entries have W.K.H. written in the Abode column,
sometimes just the initials, sometimes preceded by a street name and on
at least one occasion by "Middlesex Hospital."
Can anyone tell me what W.K.H. stands for in this context?

Workhouse?

Ian

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

Post by Ian Goddard

Post by Jenny M Benson
In the Burial Register for St Giles in the Fields, Holborn, circa
1830, several of the entries have W.K.H. written in the Abode column,
sometimes just the initials, sometimes preceded by a street name and
on at least one occasion by "Middlesex Hospital."
Can anyone tell me what W.K.H. stands for in this context?

Workhouse?
Ian

Sounds plausible. Does the writing say WKH or W.K.H. as you say? Before
- oh, I'd say about the mid-20th century, possibly later - people were
more careful with their dots than they became later. (Nowadays, they
hardly ever appear at all.)

[Jenny M Benson]

Post by Ian Goddard

Post by Jenny M Benson
In the Burial Register for St Giles in the Fields, Holborn, circa
1830, several of the entries have W.K.H. written in the Abode column,
sometimes just the initials, sometimes preceded by a street name and
on at least one occasion by "Middlesex Hospital."
Can anyone tell me what W.K.H. stands for in this context?

Workhouse?

That was my first thought, but then I thought it was quite definitely
written as 3 separate capital letters, not anything like Wk H. However,
I have now looked at another page in the Register (written in a
different hand) and there it is certainly Wk H or Wk:H so I am now
satisfied that it does indicate WorkHouse. Presumably, where there is
an additional address it indicates that the person had been resident in
their own home shortly before dying in the Workhouse (Infirmary?) or, in
the case of the Middlesex Hospital one, had been living at the Workhouse
before being admitted to the Hospital where he died.