Report - Clayton Hospital Morgue - Wakefield - July 2014

[Mr Beady]

Visited with a Mr Badbatz and bumped in to acid reflux while we were outside and he were up in the tower. Cheers to him and Mr Jst for some pointers etc etc.

We didn't fancy the hospital and arrived just for this small but charming out building. A lot of damage has been caused by the local Wakey chavs and evidence of damage from splorers too.

Clayton Hospital is named after Thomas Clayton, a mayor of Wakefield and was founded in 1854. It was an amalgamation of Wakefield General Dispensary, founded in 1787, and the Wakefield House of Recovery, founded in 1826. Wakefield General Dispensary was for out-patients and the Wakefield House of Recovery was for poor in-patients suffering from infectious diseases.
In 1852 the Wakefield Union Workhouse was completed and its hospital wards accomodated pauper invalids and fever cases, so that the House of Recovery was closed in 1854. In 1863 Mayor Clayton financed an expansion and the institution was re-named 'The Clayton Hospital and Wakefield General Dispensary'. The site moved from Dispensary Yard to the present site in 1876 and the new building was opened in 1879.By 1948 the name was changed to Clayton Hospital and it had a capacity of 200 beds. It was announced in the Wakefield Express Newspaper of the Hospitals closure on the 12th October 2012

 

[ACID- REFLUX]

Looks familiar

well at least "i"ll" give you a mate

Well i"ve looked at Pic number 1 and i can"t see a dodgy looking bloke in the Tower watching U2 : I"d wondered where all the noise was coming from Thought it was those 3 lads that me & Will kept scaring (Hi Lads

Always makes me smile, the massive CCTV Camera over the old side entrance looking like it"s new & active.....then you look at the Hospital

It was more of a mess before i had a tidy up in there, picking rubbish up & pushing switch units back into the walls etc etc

Hopefully catch up with you soon ?

 

[Mr Beady]

Aw thanks AR. haha we weren't being loud at all. Its all a proper mess. Yes will catch up soon

 

[Pinkman]

Nice report

This place has seen better days that's for sure!