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Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch, near Friern Barnet, Middlesex (North London), seen from the railway bridge. The foundation stone was laid in 1849 by Prince Albert
Wadsley Asylum, SheffieldA view of Wadsley Asylum opened in 1872 near Sheffield. It was various known as the South Yorkshire Asylum, the West Riding Asylum
Infant Orphan Asylum, WansteadEntrance lodge at the Infant Orphan Asylum, Wanstead, London. Date: Date unknown
Southwest view of Bethlem or Bedlam Hospital and London Wall, 1814. In the 18th century, visitors paid a penny at the Penny Gate to view the inmates
Parts of the London Wall and Bethlem or Bedlam Hospital, built in 1675. Copperplate engraving drawn and etched by John Thomas Smith from his Topography of London, 1814
Caterham Asylum, Surrey - Male TrainingA male training workshop at Caterham Imbeciles Asylum. Like its twin at Leavesden, the asylum was established in 1870 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board for Londons sick poor with mental conditions
Licensed Victuallers Asylum, London 1880Exterior of Licensed Victuallers Asylum. Date: 1880
British Orphan Asylum, Slough 1865Exterior of British Orphan Asylum, Slough. Date: 1865
Curious carvings by James Henry Pullen at Earlswood Asylum. Pullen was a 70 year old with a genius for model-making and was patronised by King Edward VII who from time to time sent him tusks of ivory
Asylum for idiots, Essex Hall, ColchesterThe Asylum for Idiots at Essex Hall, Colchester, pictured in 1851. The institution later became known as Royal Eastern Counties Institution for Mental Defectives. 1851
Ursula Mordant in A School of LifeUrsula Mordant in a Lunatic Asylum - illustration to A School of Life by Anna Mary Howitt, author and artist. circa 1855
Workhouse, Blackwells Island, New York, USAThe workhouse on Blackwells Island, New York, USA. The workhouse provided a punitive regime for petty offenders who were required to labour during their stay
Victims of communal rioting during the Partition of IndiaTwo victims of communal rioting during the period of the partition of India. Here, a bandaged member of a caravan of sikh refugees rests by the roadside during a halt from the often lengthy
Exterior of the new asylum for girls under the age of twelve, at Beddington near Croydon. The girls were taught how to read, knit and sew and to work in the kitchen
London Orphan Asylum, Watford - Infirmary Girls WardLondon Orphan Asylum, Watford. The girls ward in the homes hospital facility. Date: circa 1924
Glasgow Deaf and Dumb AsylumThe Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Prospecthill Road, Glasgow. Date: Early 1900s
Margate Royal Asylum for Deaf and Dumb Date: 1908
New Asylum for Fatherless Children, Reedham 1858Exterior of the new Asylum for Fatherless Children, at Couisdon, near Croydon. Date: 1858
St. Anns Royal Asylum, Brixton 1857Exterior of St. Anns Royal Asylum in Brixton, London. Date: 1857
London Orphan Asylum, Watford 1871Birds-eye view of London Orphan Asylum, Watford, opened in 1871 Date: 1871
ST ANNES SOCIETY DINNERThe anniversary festival of the Royal Asylum of St Annes Scoiety, in the hall of the Clothworkers Company; the Duke of Cambridge is in the Chair. Date: 1889
LUNATIC ASYLUM 1877Asile dAlienes (lunatic asylum) of Sainte-Anne, Paris Date: 1877
Broadmoor - female dormitory 1867Broadmoor asylum - Female dormitory. Date: 1867
Hogarth - Rakes Progress8. Scene in Bedlam asylum. Date: 1735
Charcot and Asylum PatientUNE LECON CLINIQUE A LA SALPETRIERE J M Charcot demonstrates the symptoms of hysteria with a patient under hypnosis Date: 1887
Norfolk County Asylum, Main Building - Front Entrance. The Norfolk County Lunatic Asylum was established in 1814 at Thorpe near Norwich
Volos, Greece - Capital of Magnesia - The Poor AsylumThe Poor Asylum at Volos, a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about 330km north of Athens and 220km south of Thessaloniki
Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum - LaundryStaff stand amongst piles of washing in the laundry at Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum
Force Feeding at Denbigh Lunatic AsylumA patient is force fed through a tube at the Denbigh Lunatic Asylum, North Wales. Date: 1890s
Coxlodge Lunatic Asylum, Newcastle-upon-TyneA view of Newcastles Coxlodge mental asylum opened in 1869. After 1948, it was renamed St Nicholas Hospital. Date: 1907
Portrait of Louis Wain taken from an advertisement for Phosferine, a tonic medicine, featuring Louis Wain, the famous cat artist
Lunatic Asylum humour - Upside down wheelbarrowVisitor to Dottieville Lunatic Asylum which is undergoing structural improvements (to harmless lunatic who is extremely busy wheeling a barrow upside down)
Laundry Staff at Whittingham Asylum, near Preston, LancsLaundry staff at Whittingham Asylum, Cumeragh Lane, Goosnargh, near Preston, Lancashire. The asylum, designed by Henry Littler of Manchester, opened in 1873 as the Lancashire County Lunatic Asylum
Seafield House, Seaforth, Liverpool. In 1914, the West Derby Union converted and extended a former convent on Waterloo Road at Seaforth to provide accommodation for what were then referred to as
Durham County Lunatic Asylum, SedgefieldThe Durham County Asylum was opened in 1859 at Salters Lane, Sedgefield, County Durham. The Sedgefield Asylum later became Durham County Mental Hospital and then Winterton Hospital
Angleton Asylum, Bridgend, Glamorgan, WalesA view of the Angleton lunatic asylum at Penyfai, Bridgend, Glamorganshire, also known as the Glamorgan County Mental Hospital and later Glanrhyd Hospital
Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum - staff and patients in the infectious hospital
Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum - Childrens WardStaff and inmates of Childrens Ward 2 at the Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum. One girl holds a doll, and another sits on a rocking horse; two others sit in a rocking device
Female Patients Room, Broadmoor AsylumInterior of a female patients bedroom at Broadmoor Asylum, Berkshire. Date: circa 1900
Royal Caledonian Schools, Bushey, HertfordshireA view of the Caledonian Schools, Bushey, originally established in 1815 as the Caledonian Asylum. Date: Date unknown
Seamens Orphanage, Spring Bank, HullThe Hull Seamens Asylum and Schools was opened in 1866 by the Hull Seamens General Orphan Society. The building was designed by T.H. Wyatt of London. Date: circa 1910
Form at a Glance. WW1, H. M. Bateman cartoon" Form at a Glance: THE VISITOR: Whats his trouble? THE ASYLUM DOCTOR: Oh; hes trying to calculate how many times " Form fours!" has been ordered since the war broke out
Jews Orphanage, West NorwoodThe Jews Orphanage (previously the Jews Orphan Asylum) on Knights Hill Road, West Norwood. A group of boys stand beside the approach to the home. Date: early 1900s
Starcross Institution (Western Counties Idiot Asylum), ExeteThe Starcross Institution, formerly known as the Western Counties Idiot Asylum, near Exeter
Blue Maids Orphan Asylum, BristolThe Blue Maids Orphan Asylum at Hooks Mills, Bristol. Date: circa 1907
Royal Infant Orphanage, Wanstead, LondonAn aerial view of the Royal Infant Orphanage at Wanstead in north-east London. The institution was founded as the Wanstead Infant Orphan Asylum in 1841 by Congregational minister Andrew Reed to
Dorset County Asylum (Herrison Hospital), Charlton Down Date: 1904
Wiltshire County Asylum, DevizesEntrance to the main buildings of the Wiltshire County Lunatic Asylum. The asylum, designed by T.H. Wyatt, opened in 1851, later becoming Wiltshire County Mental Hospital then Roundway Hospital