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Royal Female Orphan Asylum, Beddington, SurreyUniformed girls and staff at the Royal Female Orphan Asylum, Beddington, Surrey. Date: circa 1905
Receipt, Asylum for Idiots, Earlswood, Redhill, SurreyReceipt from the Asylum for Idiots, Earlswood, Redhill, Surrey, dated 6 June 1889, confirming one years subscription of one guinea from Mrs R Blake Byass, signed by James Downing, Secretary
London Orphan Asylum, Watford. A large group of girls posed with the main building behind
Wanstead Infant Orphan AsylumInfant Orphan Asylum, Wanstead. A view of the principal fronts. Date: 1843
Royal Victoria Patriotic Asylum, Wandsworth, designed by Mr Rhode Hawkins. Date: 1857
London Orphan Asylum, Watford - Girls in Swimming PoolLondon Orphan Asylum, Watford. Girls in the indoor swimming bath. Date: circa 1924
London Orphan Asylum, Watford - Boys in Swimming PoolLondon Orphan Asylum, Watford. Boys in the indoor swimming bath. Date: circa 1924
Royal Victoria Patriotic Asylum, Wandsworth - PlanRoyal Victoria Patriotic Asylum, Wandsworth. Plan of the ground floor by the architect, Mr Rhode Hawkins. Date: 1857
London Orphan Asylum, Watford - Infirmary Girls WardLondon Orphan Asylum, Watford. The girls ward in the homes hospital facility. Date: circa 1924
London Orphan Asylum, Watford - Boys LaboratoryLondon Orphan Asylum, Watford. Boys carry out a chemistry experiment in the laboratory. Date: circa 1924
London Orphan Asylum, Watford, ChapelLondon Orphan Asylum, Watford. Architects design for the chapel. Date: 1869
London Orphan Asylum, Watford - Dining HallChildren sit in long rows in the dining hall at the London Orphan Asylum, Watford
London Orphan Asylum / School, Watford - Aerial viewAn aerial view of the London Orphan School (formerly London Orphan Asylum) at Watford. Railway yards lie at the bottom of the picture
British Orphan Asylum Admission PetitionA printed petition on behalf of orphan John Russell seeking support for his admission to the British Orphan Asylum Admission at Clapham Rise, south-west London
Royal Female Orphan Asylum, Beddington - Dining HallGirls sit at long tables in the dining-hall of the Royal Female Orphan Asylum, Beddington, Surrey
Blind Asylum, BristolThe Bristol Blind Asylum which in 1832 moved to castle-like premises Queens Road, Tyndalls Park, Bristol
Cartoon, They get what they deserve, WW1Cartoon, They get what they deserve, showing a group of pessimists, as if in a lunatic asylum, with a sign warning others against approaching or speaking to them. Date: 1915
GAOS GONZALEZ POLA, Jose (1902-1969). Spanish philosopher who obtained political asylum in Mexico during the Spanish Civil War. Portrait by A. Martinez Anaya. Oil on canvas
Benevolent Asylum, Victoria StreetBlack and white image of the exterior of the Benevolent Asylum (now demolished), Victoria Street, Melbourne, Australia. Part of Box 100, Melbourne, Boswell Collection. Slide number 27
The centenary fete of the asylum of female orphans, LambethThe centenary fete of the asylum of female orphans on Westminster Road, Lambeth. Here the Archbishop of Canterbury is pictured saying Grace
The mens ward at Bethlehem Hospital, 1861. Several large potted plants are in evidence; perhaps an early example of horticultural therapy. Date: 1861
Suffragette Lunatic Asylum. Inmate of Lunatic Asylum tells mannish suffragette in tweed suit, spats and hat, What! You, a militant suffragette! Pooh
Earlswood Asylum, Redhill, Surrey - Inmates CobblingInmates at the Earlswood Asylum at work making and repairing shoes. Date: circa 1904
Wolverhampton Royal Orphanage - Girls at PlayGirls at play, some with skipping ropes, at the Wolverhampton Orphan Asylum. Designed by Joseph Manning, the orphanage opened in 1854 at Goldthorn Hill. Date: circa 1905
London Orphan Asylum and School, WatfordA view of the London Orphans Asylum and School. The institution was founded in 1813 and moved to Watford in 1871. Date: Date unknown
Wadsley Asylum, SheffieldWadsley Asylum opened in 1872 near Sheffield. It was various known as the South Yorkshire Asylum, the West Riding Asylum, Wadsley Mental Hospital
London Houseless Poor AsylumA queue of men wait for admission to the London Houseless Poor Asylum in Cripplegate. Date: 1908
City of London Asylum, Stone, KentPatients and nurses in the St Raphael Ward of the City of London Asylum at Stone. Date: Date unknown
Infant Orphan Asylum, Wanstead, LondonThe Wanstead Infant Orphan Asylum was founded in 1841 by Congregational minister Andrew Reed to provide a home for orphans below the age of seven. Date: Date unknown
Laundry at the Beaufort War Hospital, Fishponds, BristolAn interior view of the laundry at Beaufort War Hospital, Fishponds, Bristol. Sheets are being ironed in a large rotary press. In peacetime, the hospital operated as the Bristol Lunatic Asylum
British Orphan Asylum, Slough, BuckinghamshireA motor bus with its crew and passengers, stands in front of the British Orphan Asylum, Slough. Date: 1907
Magdalene Institution, EdinburghAn illustration of the Royal Magdalene Asylum on Gorgie Road, Edinburgh. The institution was originally established in 1797 to house female ex-prisoners and fallen women
Female Quarters, Broadmoor HospitalExterior view of the female quarters and gardens at the Broadmoor Asylum, Crowthorne, Berkshire. Two women stand next to a gazebo. Date: 1911
Earlswood Asylum summer festival, 1867Summer festival at the Earlswood Asylum for Idiots, Redhill. Date: 1867
Georgina Weldon, campaigner, litigant and amateur singerGeorgina Weldon 1837-1914), campaigner against the lunacy laws, litigant and amateur singer. Her interest in spiritualism led her husband to try to prove that she was insane; she resisted being taken
Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum Cemetery, 1851The consecration of the cemetery of the new Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch, near Friern Barnet, Middlesex (North London), 1851
Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum fire, 1903The ruins of the temporary annexe at the Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch, near Friern Barnet, Middlesex (North London), following the disasterous fire there in 1903
The foundation stone of the Middlesex Pauper Lunatic AsylumThe ornate silver trowel used on 8th May 1849 by Prince Albert to spread the mortar on the foundation stone of the New Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch, near Friern Barnet
Melancholia patient, Charenton, 1838A mental patient at Charenton asylum, suffering from melancholia. Date: 1838
The Royal Visit to Ireland, 1900 - blind women cheerInmates of the National Institute and Molyneux Asylum for the blind cheering Queen Victoria as she passed towards the city gates, as part of her royal visit to Ireland. Date: April 1900
Haydns Toy Symphony performedPerformance of Haydns Toy Symphony by children of the Royal Asylum of St Anne, Redhill, Surrey. Date: 1887
Chelsea Hospital - labelled here the Military Asylum. Date: 1805
Forbes WinslowFORBES BENIGNUS WINSLOW doctor who specialised in insanity, had his own lunatic asylum, a key figure in early psychiatry. Date: 1810 - 1874
David Johnston, ChurchDAVID JOHNSTON Scottish churchman, minister of North Leith; founder of the Blind Asylum, Edinburgh. Date: 1734 - 1824
Meeting of like minds at the Lnatic AsylumDottieville Lunatic Asylum - Inmate to new arrival: " What, you mad too! So gad." Date: 1898
Comic caricature in a lunatic asylum by Phil MayDottieville Lunatic Asylum Visitor to the Asylum - " Is that Clock Right?" The Dotty One - " O course it ain, or it wouldn t be here." Date: 1900
Right of asylum in convents and churches. Illustration" Right of asylum in convents and churches. Illustration of the epic poem " L entr饠 d Espagne" of the 14th C. that narrates Charlemagnes expedition to Spain. Gothic art
Sports Day at Earlswood Asylum, near Redhill, 1864Engraving showing one of the running races held for the patients of the Earlswood Asylum for Idiots, near Redhill, 1864. A large crowd of spectators, in Victorian dress