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Thanks so much all you clever people. Edna Margaret Fischer born 13 September 1918. 1939 was lodging in Hackney listed as single. Domestic Assistant in a Hospital. Her identity card shows she was living Shire Lane Farm, Shire Lane,, Nr Tring in November 1940. Then a sticker over the top says living at Longfield, London Road, Knebworth on 9th Sep 1941. She then got married to Horace Williams on 27 September 1941 in Amersham and was resident back at Shire Lane Farm. I have a feeling that she may have been in hospital in Knebworth.
I am trying to help her daughter to find out about her mother who was very mysterious and refused to talk to her daughter about her previous life. She knows virtually nothing and just has a couple of papers, her identity card and her marriage cert to Williams. The fact that she said was single on the 1939 register and on the marriage certificate she said she was a widow but still had the same surname. The other weird thing is she said her father was Rainforth Gunn( It could be Gunn but difficult to read, definitely begins with a G then looks a bit like an eum or nn. Her daughter is convinced it's Gunn.

My head is spinning. I am confused. I though perhaps that Longfield, Knebworth may have provided a family connection but maybe not.

I do thank you all very much for your help and if anyone has any ideas please let me know.

Gwen Ing

I still can't see any mention of Longfield in Knebworth. There were other places- this one in Norfolk 1901:

1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Longfield, London Road, Wymondham, Forehoe, Norfolk, England

This one found 1891 in Maidstone:

1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Longfield, London Road, Maidstone, Kent, England

(this was listed as Longfield, 78 London Road, Maidstone in 1911)
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On the 1939 register in London Road, Knebworth, Hertfordshire, several of the properties have names eg 'Highfield Cottage', 'Allendale', "Invergordon"- and there are quite a few closed records, so it's possible that one of the closed records may be 'Longfield'.

There are mentions in the papers of Longfield, London Road, Dover

Dover Express - Friday 12 March 1948

WOMAN FOUND DEAD

When a visitor called at 'Longfield' London Road, River, on Monday afternoon, and could get no answer, her suspicions were aroused and the Police were informed. Sgt Reid got into the house and found the occupier, Miss Alice Ellen Robson, aged 71, daughter of the former traction engine proprietor, dead in front of the fireplace...
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The same address on the 1939 register:

Robson Household (1 Person) "Longfield" London Road River , Dover M.B., Kent, England
Alice E Robson 15 Mar 1876 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Single
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Also mentioned at this address in the papers are M. Middlemass (re a wedding of his daughter in 1942), and Mr & Mrs Pearson (re alterations to the front of the house in 1950)

I have found a 'women's Hospital on London Rd in 1939.

What was your aunt's name and age please ?

Dea x

would this have been an identity card issued in in WW2?

If so, we might be able to find her in the 1939 Register, if you would give us her name

59 London Road, Knebworth is a care home at the moment

I have an identity card showing the above address of an aunt I am trying to trace, Can anyone possibly tell me or tell me where to look to find whether this was a private residence/school/ hospital etc. She worked as a domestic/Cook. Grateful thanks for any help.