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Doctor and chauffeur, Cheddleton

A North Staffordshire doctor paying a visit in his chauffeur driven car. The reverse of this postcard has a note stating that the photograph was taken at Cheddleton Asylum but we have been unable to ...

Dr. Wilkins and the Billiards Team, St. Edwards Hospital, Cheddleton

Members of the billiards team and Dr. Wilkins pictured with their trophies in the hospital grounds.

Essex sow, Staffordshire County Show, Uttoxeter

Essex sow 'Cheddleton Daisy 13th', owned by Cheddleton Mental Hospital in competition at the Staffordshire County Show, held at Uttoxeter Racecourse. Photographer: Gerald McCann of High Street, Uttoxeter....

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 ...

Malloy House under construction, Cheddleton

Malloy House under construction at Cheddleton Asylum. The house was originally the home of the superintendent of the hospital, and was designed by Giles, Gough and Trollope, architects of Cheddleton Asylum. ...

New Year’s Eve Ball, Cheddleton Asylum

One of the most popular events which Staffordshire’s asylums provided for both staff and patients was the annual New Year’s Eve Ball at Cheddleton (St. Edward’s) hospital, held in the Main Hall. The last ...

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 ...

Renovation of St. George's Hospital, Stafford

Renovation of St. George's Hospital buildings during conversion into flats and housing, a view of the main building from St. George's Parkway. The County Asylum on Corporation Street opened in 1818, ...

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. Edward's Hall, Cheddleton Asylum

The main hall at Cheddleton Asylum decorated with flags of Australian states for New Year’s celebrations. The annual New Year’s Eve Ball was a popular event at St. Edward’s for many years, with the ...

St. Edward's Hospital, Cheddleton

An aerial view of Cheddleton Asylum viewed from the south. 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 ...