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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Cheshire => Topic started by: Meander on Friday 22 January 21 13:40 GMT (UK)
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A few days after her admission to Macclesfield Union Workhouse in 1885, the resident was discharged to Asylum (Hospital) if I read the entry correctly.
There was a hospital on the workhouse premises according to a drawing on the workhouses.org.uk website. Would this have been the destination of the resident or did an asylum hospital exist elsewhere?
Meander.
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Hospitals within the WH were for non-mental patients so it would be a move elsewhere
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Hello Carole,
Thank you for your observation.
Did you notice on the drawing I was referring to that either side of the Macclesfield Union Workhouse hospital were separate 'airing courts' for female and male imbeciles?
Meander.
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Macclesfield/
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Carole,
Given your response applies to Macclesfield where then might she have been sent? There was a Parkside Asylum but I can't find a mention of a hospital around the date I cited.
The fascinating Historic Hospitals website feature Mental Hospitals in England doesn't mention Parkside as far as I can see.
Anyone?
Meander.
https://historic-hospitals.com/mental-hospitals-in-britain-and-ireland/mental-hospitals-in-england/
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Where did she die? You haven't given any details of who she was so can't check for you
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Elizabeth Kennedy died 2nd quarter of 1885 Macclesfield age 57 yrs according to FreeBMD.
Meander.
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Where was her actual place of death - as per her death cert?
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Information on this website suggests that Parkside opened in 1871 - then named Second Cheshire County Asylum
https://www.countyasylums.co.uk/parkside-macclesfield/
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Thank you.
The linked article seems to clinch the location. It'll be interesting to see cause of death given the proximity to her discharge.
Meander.
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As Meander was talking about someone who was admitted to Macclesfield Asylum in 1885 perhaps they won't mind me adding a memory I have from when I was young.
We lived in Cheshire when young, a few miles from Macclesfield and if my brother and I had been playing up mother used to say "For goodness sake behave, you'll have me in Macclesfield if you carry on like this!"