Link: Prestwich Lunatic Asylum later known as Prestwich Hospital

[UKgirl]

I came across these two articles from the Prestwich and Whitefield Guide:
www.prestwichandwhitefieldguide.co.uk

Memorial stone for former patients

http://web.archive.org/web/20110310025337/http://www.prestwichandwhitefieldguide.co.uk/news/766113.memorial_stone_for_former_patients

Headstone will mark "forgotten" patients

Apparently, between 1851-1968, 5,000 patients from the above institution were buried in the graveyard of St. Mary's Church, Prestwich without any form of headstone.
But there is now some happy news
A memorial to these forgotten patients has now been erected in the form of a five-foot high headstone made of Welsh slate.
Perhaps a photograph of the church and the memorial stone could be posted here on Rootschat since there have been so many questions by members about this place.

If you have a death certificate stating that your family member died at 535, Bury New Road, Prestwich, then this is unfortunately where they died.

UKgirl

[UKgirl]

The Registration District within which it falls has changed over time:

1837-1874: Manchester
1874-1924: Prestwich
1925-1934: Manchester North
1934-1974: Heywood

It's name has also changed over the years:

1861 Census: County Lunatic Asylum of Prestwich
1871 Census: County Asylum, Prestwich
1881 Census: County Lunatic Asylum
1891 Census: County Lunatic Asylum
1901 Census: County Asylum, Lancashire

1929-1948: Lancashire County Mental Hospital
1949-1994: Prestwich Hospital

currently: Mental Health Services of Salford

UKgirl

[UKgirl]

A very kind person has made a list of patients from Prestwich Lunatic Asylum who were buried in the graveyard of St. Mary's Prestwich.
All these patients originated from outside the area, hence the title:

"Strays buried at St. Mary's Prestwich"

http://www.british-genealogy.com/forums/archive/index.php/index.php/t-8975.html

His kindness in producing this list from the Parish Records is, I am sure, greatly appreciated by the readers of Rootschat.

UKgirl

[tony h]

Hi UKgirl,
further to your request to re-post a previous link i posted elsewhere, here goes


Found this on a site
http //www gmcro co uk/catalogues/userguide/public htm link broken

When you get to the site use Edit - Find - Prestwich on your toolbar

A/PRES/ PRESTWICH HOSPITAL
Patient Records Patient Casebooks 1891 - 1913; Private Patients Casebooks - Males 1851 - 1905, Females 1890-1924, Index 1885-1919; Chronic Patients Casebooks - Males 1857-1914, Females 1855-1904; Notice of Death Books 1891-1960; Registers of Deaths 1894-1948; Death Books Addresses of Relatives and Friends 1940-1964; Admissions Registers 1851 - 1951; Civil Registers - Certified Male Patients 1907-1935, Certified Female Patients 1907-1948, Voluntary Patients 1935-1948, Temporary Patients 1941-1948; Registers of Removals, Discharges and Deaths 1893-1906; Discharge Registers 1893-1946; Registers of Departures, Discharges and Transfers 1907-1945; Registers of Departures, Discharges and Deaths 1949-1973; Register of Patients Discharged to Friends 1909-1926; Escape Books 1851-1860, 1891-1970; Index Books 1893-1974; Index Books, Transfers to Rochdale Workhouse (Females) 1893-1917;

Possible the death could be in the bit i've highlighted in red

Some background on the History of Prestwich Asylum
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/exhibition-tells-the-history-of-towns-asylum-891671

best wishes
Tony

[UKgirl]

The above institution should not be confused with the Prestwich Union Workhouse:

http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Prestwich

Although both fall within the same Registration Districts, they fall within different Civil Parishes on the Census.

The Asylum lies within the Civil Parish of Prestwich
The Workhouse lies within the Civil Parish of Crumpsall.
The location of the Prestwich Workhouse was the Cleveland Estate off Delauneys Road, Crumpsall.

In 1918 it was renamed Delauney's Road Institution.
Then it became Delauney's Hospital.
Then it became part of North Manchester General Hospital.

UKgirl

[uk2003]

Hi UKgirl

After 4 visits to the church I have got your photos.

First trip gates were locked, second trip yesterday morning a wedding was about to start third trip yesterday afternoon "stone the crows another wedding".

Today Prestwich had its carnival but went on the off chance, Prestwich was busy but church was (excuse the pun) dead quite and peaceful. I have taken 12 photos around the church for you.

Here is one of the stone, sorry that line down the center is bird muck, I had nothing to wash it off with, I will when I get some time clean it up with PSPx digitally.

I have sent you a PM for your email address, hope you have Broadband the RAR file is 7.5 meg.

Regards
Ken

Now cleaned and resized and looks much better

As I took this photo, it is copyright free - photo removed as I have made it a copyright item

[liverpool annie]

You're a nice man Kenhar !!

Thanks for sharing the picture !! - interesting thread !

Annie 

[uk2003]

Hi Annie

in't it just typical I am a Prestwich lad born & bred, but never been to this church, mucked around in St Marys park a few times which is next door. It must be one of these things you get to appreciate only when you start getting older 
Only spent 20 minutes there and the oldest stone I found was dated 1641.

Just noticed your family lines - Howarth any of them from Manchester, doing some work for someone in Canada at the moment on a Howarth family.

If anybody would like to see the 12 photos I took please PM with your email address

Regards
Ken

[liverpool annie]

Hi Ken !

Sorry I just caught up with this post !! 

My Howarth's are really slow in coming to light ! - I have loads of them - but all the same generation if you know what I mean 
My Granddad and Greatgrandad were born in Liverpool - but that's as far back as I can get ............... loads of other family in Manchester ..... so it's not an impossibility !! 

Thanks for sharing your photographs - I love seeing them !!

Annie