Inmates at Cheddleton Asylum
"Inmates" at Cheddleton Asylum were encouraged to take part in games and physical training as part of their treatment.
Teamwork games such as netball would help secure friendship and be of benefit ...
Interior of Cheddleton Church: sepia drawing
'Interior View of the Chancel of Cheddleton Church, Staffordshire.' Showing a `Decorated' chancel, the east window of five lights, and the sedilia (the font occupying one.) The chancel is bare, and ...
Interior of the Storeroom, St. Edwards Hospital, Cheddleton
The store was well designed with galleries containing all the goods, a lift, and a cellar. The stores were run by a storekeeper, whose job it was to keep up to date records of all the incoming and outcoming ...
Interior Re-Decoration Scheme Proposal, St. Edwards Hospital, Cheddleton
The suggested new colour scheme for Ward 9.
Interior Re-Decoration Scheme Proposal, St. Edwards Hospital, Cheddleton
The suggested new colour scheme for Ward 9, Day Room.
Interior Re-Decoration Scheme Proposal, St. Edwards Hospital, Cheddleton
The suggested new colour scheme for the Main Ward (Number 18).
The drawing is the work of the Walpamur Company who submitted it to St. Edwards Hospital to consider as a proposal for the re-decoration ...
Interior Re-Decoration Scheme Proposal, St. Edwards Hospital, Cheddleton
The suggested new colour scheme for the Main Ward (Number 18).
The drawing is the work of the Walpamur Company who submitted it to St. Edwards Hospital to consider as a proposal for the re-decoration ...
Kitchen, St. Edwards Hospital, Cheddleton
Interior of the newly built kitchen area. The kitchens were located next to the main dining hall, so that the 600 patients' meals arrived hot at their tables. Situated along the back wall are a number ...
Kitchen, St. Edwards Hospital, Cheddleton
The new kitchens at St. Edwards, showing the enormous tea earns on the right hand-side, and patent steam cooking range on the back wall.
Kitchen, St. Edwards Hospital, Cheddleton
The new kitchens at St. Edwards, showing the patent steam cooking ranges, tea urns and preparation tables.
Kitchen, St. Edwards Hospital, Cheddleton
Interior view of the new kitchens and three members of the kitchen staff hard at work. In order to keep the kitchen area as clean as possible the walls were tiled to a height of 6 feet.
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 ...
Leek Road, Cheddleton
Looking south along Leek Road towards Cheddleton. The track leading off to the left is what is now Basford View. On the skyline to the right can be seen the tower of St. Edward's Church.
Postcard ...
Male hospital attendants' Christmas dinner, Male Staff Dining Rooom, St. Edwards Hospital, Cheddleton
By the amout of food on their plates these smartly dressed young men look like they are just about to start eating! Most of them also have a rather unusual choice of Christmas drink - a pint of beer. ...
Malloy House, St. Edwards Hospital, Cheddleton
The former home of Dr. Malloy, built in the early 1900s is now (in 2003) a listed building.
Moss Lee House, Mosslee Hall Farm, Cheddleton
The house is located in Cheddleton Parish, and stands on the site of a medieval house, lived in by the Hollins family during the Middle Ages (13th-14th century). Much of the present building dates from ...
New Years Eve Fancy Dress Ball, Main Hall, St. Edwards Hospital, Cheddleton
The annual New Years Eve Ball was a popular event at St. Edwards for many years, with the last one taking place in the 1940s. Traditionally staff had to alter their hours of working so that they could ...
Portrait of Mrs Hambleton, Cheddleton
Mrs Hambleton was born Sarah Hall on June 1st 1810 at a farm called High Street, about one and a half miles from Cheadle. She was one of eight children, having four brothers and three sisters. The family ...