Esther Howarth born 1857 Rochdale

[Gibel]

More detailed records of Prestwich Asylum are held at Lancashire Record Office and Greater Manchester County record Office. Whittingham Asylum Records are held at Lancashire Record Office. These records are likely to hold more information on the person's condition.

[aber]

Thank you very much Gibel. How do I access the records? What type of information are they likely to hold?  PS I live in New Zealand.

[Gibel]

Your best bet would be to contact Lancashire and Manchester Archives and ask what it would cost to do a look up for you and the cost of copying the information. You could also get a researcher to do the look up for you and make the copies for you.

There may well be case records which would tell you why the patient was there and about their treatment.

[aber]

  Thanks for your information I'll send them an email.