pauper

Had slayaa round for pizza last night and we were chatting about how long it had been since id done a report., then tonight was having a hard drive/sd card sort and found some pics from an explore me and the mrs went on with @The_Raw so thought fook it might aswell throw them up. I know its...

If there was ever a competition for places with the most name changes, this place would be a top contender. The hospital opened as the Surrey County Pauper Lunatic Asylum in 1840. The original building was a grand symmetrical red brick Tudor-style composition enclosing a large courtyard, built...

As I was flicking through old files recently i noticed that I'd only processed about half of the pics from here. So I decided it was about bloody time I did - this is the condensed version.  If you are interested in reading more about the institution I would recommend reading the info on the...

Sorry this ones a bit late, visited on Boxing Day 2013 with Goldie87, was a great day for it :) History: St John’s Asylum, Lincolnshire in the East of England was built 1852. The building was then known as Lindsey & Holland Counties & Lincoln & District Lunatic Asylum. The Asylum has also...

Hi all, Decided to visit, the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum, High Royds, in Menston near Leeds. I was visiting with Casper & TT (non members of 28DL) HISTORY High Royds Hospital is a former psychiatric hospital south of the village of Menston, West Yorkshire, England. The hospital is...

Visited twice recently with LanceUppercut, lots of history on other reports. On our first mooch we visited the Pharmacy and Hebdon House. Noticed the security patrol wandering about - we didn't have the pleasure of meeting during our explore, but (epic fail) we stayed late and got locked in the...

West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum (High Royds Hospital) [1] High Royds Hospital is a former psychiatric hospital south of the village of Menston, West Yorkshire, England. The hospital is located in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough as the border with the City of Bradford metropolitan...

The Poor Law Unions became a handy tool for parishes and government officials to deal with mentally disturbed individuals. In those days, the term "lunatic" was applied to a range of mental problems. These individuals were evaluated, and if they could be adequately kept in the workhouse...

Also operated under the names... Bracebridge Asylum Bracebridge Heath Asylum Lindsey and Holland Counties and Lincoln and Grimsby District Lunatic Asylum St Johns Visited with The Riddlers, Zippy, Stumpy, Disco, Dweeb, Turkey and Raddogextreme.