crumpsall

[Barbara.H]

Hi Dawn,

I also have a death cert address 123 Crescent Rd Crumpsall; it was a workhouse to start with but then became a hospital. My Gt-grandmother Elizabeth died there in 1922, cause of death "mania" which I think would translate today as mental illness.

http://www.manchester.gov.uk/downloads/PoorLawRecordsGuide.pdf

has a brief history of the Crumpsall site.

http://www.a2a.org.uk/html/127-m326.htm

is the Access to Archives link, it includes "Beech Mount Maternity Home" within Crumpsall which may be what you want. Records are at Manchester Central Library. The link says that some medical records are restricted for 100 years, but some admissions, births and deaths are open.

I have to confess, just reading the list of headings in the online link is so bleak, I've not yet tried to delve into my gt-gran's records, in any case I am some distance away.

Good luck,

Barbara

[blackwood]

hi barbra
i will have a look now i am just wandering what else will pop up i don`t want to upset my mum to much it is just she wanted to know if i could find anything out for her
thanks
dawn