Haydock Park Lunatic Asylum ......................

On 13th February, 1858, large type posters in the township proclaimed “Lunatic at Large”. A confirmed lunatic had escaped from the Haydock Lodge Asylum last Wednesday night. Keep on the lookout for him, he is very dangerous.

On 27th February the following report on the asylum appeared.
The Royal Albert Asylum for Idiots and Imbeciles in the North of England provides a Training School home for feeble minded youths, and is also a great boon to the idiotic and imbecile, and it is very gratifying to note that these humblest fragments of humanity are, in the true spirit of Christianity being tenderly cared for and not left hopeless.

So sad.

I'm sure I would have been one of the ones locked up... "humblest fragments of humanity"

So very, very sad.

Aww, when we were being nowty my mam would say "they'll be taking me to Winwick"..or as we heard it Winnick..we never knew what she was on about at the time....we must have done her head in....four daughters!....

Haydock Lodge

Ooops

June explanation

Lancashire County Asylum, Rainhill.

They took somebody away once for typing "every been"

Any more local?

Or would the patients be sent to the workhouse.

She was the Mother In Law in Allo Allo.

My great great Aunt who lived in Marsh Green was sent to Lancaster Moor Asylum. In late 1800s She passed away in that institution. We thought that she may have been buried in Lancaster,but found out that her body was sent home to Wigan. Something that was only done if you had money. We had scoured graveyards in Lancaster looking for her.

You're all asylum seekers!

Now being built on TOM.

Lancaster Moor

The site will become a multi million pound housing development, but the building will undergo renovations. Money for this will come from the developers of the site.

I too like looking at 28Days Later,some brill photos of old Mills and such

my mums brother was in lancaster mental hospital ,i believe on a hill,is this the sameone ,he died in there 14years old ,and brought back ,to wigan by his granddad and buried in st johns pemberton

Think it could only be Lancaster Moor Asylum,later becoming Lancaster Moor Hospital.

Both My Mother and Father worked there in the 1930s,if I remember rightly the main Man there then was Dr Wooton

I think some descendants of the asylum frequent this forum

Aye, at least a couple of 'bungalows come on here to moan.


Banned*

I had a Aunty who was in a hospital in Lancaster in 1980 it was a unit for folk with alcohol problems, although I visited there a few times I cannot remember what the hospital was called

If anyone needs anyone finding at the graveyard next to Lancaster Moor, let me know. I live a stones through away from that graveyard and can easily visit it on my way home from work one day.

Nice of you to offer and give your time, Helen, I'm sure someone may need your help at some point in time. Well done.

Hear hear.

I won't to whittingham hospital many years ago to get some reclaimed architectural building equipment, the place was huge ,station,whole infrastructure power plant ,very eerie ,what happened to all the people.????

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