LIVES – LIONEL ATHERTON
Researched and written by Christopher John Hogger, Susan Morris and Rupert White
The so-called ‘First British Osteopathic Hospital’ was founded by a 47-year-old man named Lionel Atherton and was located in Effingham on the edge of Ranmore Common in the large country house Sun Haven, formerly known as Dunley Hill House. The facility opened in 1934 and seems to have been a substantial enterprise. Upon investigation we discovered that Mr Atherton had been a man with a variety of unconventional beliefs and a strong entrepreneurial spirit, both of which put him much in the public eye through both the Press and his extensive lecturing.
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Since the primary article above was written we have discovered more about the strange group known as the Brotherhood of the Essenes that had been established by Lionel Atherton. The following supplementary article presents these new discoveries.
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An intriguing short YouTube video from the Wyrd Corners website about the antics of the Brotherhood of the Essenes
Wyrd Corners – Brotherhood of the Essenes, 16.54 minutes