Hawkhead mental hospital

[ragdollrosie]

Hi can anyone advise me as to where I can find any info on this hospital. I have a relative John Gallagher who died here in the 1950's.
Many thanks Rose x

[daval57]

I might be wrong but is Hawkhead not the same as Leverndale off Crookston Road in Cardonald?

[daval57]

This might help.
http://www.archives.gla.ac.uk/gghb/collects/hb24.html

http://www.theglasgowstory.com/image.php?inum=TGSG00005

[RJ_Paton]

I might be wrong but is Hawkhead not the same as Leverndale off Crookston Road in Cardonald?

You're right - Hawkhead was an earlier name for Leverndale Hospital - their laundry and insignia bore the head of a hawk (My mother was a nurse there).

It's possible that the early records of the hospital are now held by Glasgow University although I believe there is a 100 yr closure on personal medical records.

[ragdollrosie]

Many thanks for the reply it was very interesting to read about the hospital. I had not hard of it , and did not even know where in Scotland it was situated.

Rose x

[RJ_Paton]

Although Leverndale Hospital still exists it is in a much reduced capacity and is used for far more than mental health problems.

The original wards were named after Scottish Counties and areas and he grounds were so extensive it had its own private 9 hole golf course for staff.

Most of the grounds have been sold off and several private housing developments now take their place. Some of the larger ward buildings have ben converted to flats.

[ragdollrosie]

It looks a much nicer place today then the other photo I looked at on the website. Can anybody tell me where a person may have been buried if they died there?
I don't know much about John, his other siblings emigrated from Ireland to USA, I don't know if he had his own family to bury him yet!

[RJ_Paton]

Regarding burial places a lot would depend upon whether there were any family alive to take responsibility for the funeral. In those cases the deceased would have been buried where the family decided and relative to the parish/area where they lived.

If there was no family or next of kin the council would arrange the funeral and there are several cemeteries nearby. The two closest are in Cardonald  and off of Berryknowes Road (Crematorium)   

[daval57]

I think the crematorium off Berryknowes Rd is / was also a cemetery (Craigton).