This was my second visit to the original ‘Cornwall County Asylum’ – not much has changed since my first visit. The water ingress in the main hall was clearly becoming more of an issue. The future of the buildings still remain unknown but local residents continue to campaign to get the hall opened for community use.
St Lawrences Asylum, BodminOrginally known as ‘Cornwall County Asylum’ it was founded in 1815 at Westheath Avenue, Bodmin and became known as St Lawrence’s Hospital under the National Health Service. The County Lunatic...
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North Wales Hospital, DenbighMy second visit to Denbigh after a previous visit some 9 months ago. Not much more to report other than a continual decline of the buildings. If something isn’t done...
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North Wales Hospital, DenbighThe North Wales Lunatic Asylum was the first psychiatric institution built in Wales; construction began in 1844 and completed in 1848 in the town of Denbigh. It was original called...
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Tone Vale Hospital, TauntonFounded in 1892 and built in 1897 Tone Vale was originally named Somerset and Bath Asylum, then Tone Vale Asylum and finally Tone Vale Hospital. It was built to the...
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Mid Wales Hospital, TalgarthA return to the first asylum I ever visited. I have been here many times before and wasn’t intending to visit again but the news that the business park had...
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Hi guys, just a short note about my great grandmother who was an an inmate of St Lawrence’s. She came from a poor fishing village called Appledore in N. Devon. I think she became an inmate around 1910. What i would like to know is, why she died and why was she in the hosptal.
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hi, how to you get in the hospital,? I need to do a photoshoot and it looks perfect??