Macclesfield Asylum Hospital

[Meander]

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.

[CaroleW]

Hospitals within the WH were for non-mental patients so it would be a move elsewhere

[Meander]

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/

[Meander]

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/

[CaroleW]

Where did she die?  You haven't given any details of who she was so can't check for you

[Meander]

Elizabeth Kennedy died 2nd quarter of 1885 Macclesfield age 57 yrs according to FreeBMD.

Meander.

[CaroleW]

Where was her actual place of death - as per her death cert?

[Carra]

Information on this website suggests that Parkside opened in 1871 - then named Second Cheshire County Asylum
https://www.countyasylums.co.uk/parkside-macclesfield/

[Meander]

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.