Ladies' Sitting Room, Coton Hill Asylum, Stafford,
Coton Hill Asylum was built in the 1850s and opened in 1854. It was originally built as an extension to the County Asylum in order to house private patients. It was to be known as The institution for ...
Laundry staff, Cheddleton Asylum
Staff pictured in the laundry at Cheddleton Asylum. Standing second from left and wearing a dark dress is one of the female attendants.
In 1890 Staffordshire County Council’s Lunacy Committee decided ...
Lodge, Coton Hill Hospital, Stafford
View of North Lodge of Coton Hill Hospital, Stafford, standing on Knight Avenue. Apart from the chapel and the lodges the hospital was demolished to make way for the new Stafford District Hospital.
Coton ...
Lounge, Coton Hill Asylum, Stafford
Coton Hill Asylum was built in the 1850s and opened in 1854. It was originally built as an extension to the County Asylum in order to house private patients. It was to be known as The institution for ...
Magneto Electric Machine
The Magneto Electric Machine was an early electro-therapeutic device. It was to used to treat 'nervous disorders'. A patient would place their fingers in the metal tubes and an electric current was generated ...
Male imbecile ward, Stoke workhouse, Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent
This plan is of the male imbecile ward (so called at the time) built in 1894 at Stoke workhouse on Newcastle Road. Workhouses were originally meant to be places where the poor could work in return for ...
Nurses Manual, County Asylum, Stafford
Rules and regulations for attendants and nurses in the County Mental Hospital, Stafford. The manual includes sections on:
Duties of Attendants
Duties of Night Attendants
General Regulations
The ...
Private Sitting Room, Coton Hill Asylum, Stafford
Coton Hill Asylum was built in the 1850s and opened in 1854. It was originally built as an extension to the County Asylum in order to house private patients. It was to be known as The institution for ...
Recreation Hall, Coton Hill Asylum, Stafford
The large recreation hall was used in the winter as a dance hall, cinema and theatre.
Coton Hill Asylum was built in the 1850s and opened in 1854. It was originally built as an extension to the County ...
Spring Vale: water colour painting
Showing a house with wings, on rising ground, with one fountain in the foreground, and hills in the background.[See SV X.31b, for engraving of same.]Anonymous, [in the style of D. Parkes.]
St. George's Hospital Chapel, Stafford
This was originally the chapel for the County Asylum on Corporation Street. The asylum opened in 1818, to accommodate 120 private and pauper patients.
The hospital moved to Seisdon near Wolverhampton ...
St. George's Hospital, Stafford
The County Asylum on Corporation Street opened in 1818, to accommodate 120 private and pauper patients.
The asylum moved to Seisdon near Wolverhampton in 1946 and the building became St. George's Hospital ...
St. George's Hospital, Stafford
The County Asylum on Corporation Street opened in 1818, to accommodate 120 private and pauper patients.
The asylum moved to Seisdon near Wolverhampton in 1946 and the building became St. George's Hospital ...
Staff sitting room, Cheddleton Asylum
Staff pictured in a sitting room at Cheddleton Asylum.
In 1890 Staffordshire County Council’s Lunacy Committee decided to build a new asylum for the north of the county due to overcrowding in the ...
Stafford - Asylum: engraving
'Asylum, Stafford.' Showing a large plain building of three storeys, in park-like grounds. A man and woman are walking in the foreground.'Drawn by F. Calvert; Engraved by T. Radclyffe; Published by ...
Stafford - New Lodge to the Asylum: sepia drawing
'The New Lodge to the Asylum at Stafford,' taken from the road. Showing a one-storey building behind a perimeter wall, situated by the entrance gateway.'J. B.,' [John Buckler.]
Stafford Asylum
Pen and wash drawing of Stafford Asylum. The County Asylum on Corporation Street opened in 1818, to accommodate 120 private and pauper patients.
The hospital moved to Seisdon near Wolverhampton in ...
Stone - Spring Vale: sepia wash drawing
'Spring Vale.' Showing a large white house with wings, on rising ground. There is a garden with a pool which has one fountain and swans. To the right and the left of the garden are dense trees. Artist: ...