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Offline nenepops

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Where to start with researching Hospitals and Asylums
« on: Wednesday 25 July 18 15:08 BST (UK) »
Is there anywhere I can research hospitals or old asylums?

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Re: Where to start?
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 25 July 18 15:27 BST (UK) »
You could try www.workhouses.org.uk?
Most (older) hospitals started as infirmaries attached to workhouses, and there is usually info on that site as to what became of them (NHS, Public Institutions, etc)
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Re: Where to start?
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 25 July 18 15:31 BST (UK) »
Quote from: nenepops on Wednesday 25 July 18 15:08 BST (UK)
Is there anywhere I can research hospitals or old asylums?


Yes.
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Re: Where to start?
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 25 July 18 16:43 BST (UK) »
Index of English and Welsh Lunatic Asylums and Mental Hospitals
http://www.studymore.org.uk/4_13_ta.htm
and  the Lunacy Commission http://studymore.org.uk/5s.htm
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Re: Where to start?
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 25 July 18 16:46 BST (UK) »
The Hospital Records Database  http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/

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