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   J. P. Gilliver (John) to All   
   Re: W.K.H.?   
   29 Mar 21 01:10:37   
   
   From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   On Sun, 28 Mar 2021 at 23:58:02, Ian Goddard    
   wrote (my responses usually follow points raised):   
   >On 28/03/2021 19:10, Jenny M Benson wrote:   
   >> 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.)   
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