HOSPITALS, ASYLUMS, WORKHOUSES............
STARTING IN THE EARLY 1990's, A MASSIVE PROGRAMME BEGAN TO CLOSE DOWN MOST MENTAL HOSPITALS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM,
AND MOVE ALL BUT THE MOST "AT RISK" PATIENTS INTO THE GOVERNMENT's "CARE IN THE COMMUNITY" SCHEME.
SLOWLY BUT SURELY, THIS PLAN WAS INSTIGATED, WITH MANY HISTORIC BUILDINGS,
SOME SERVING THE PUBLIC FOR WELL OVER 150 YEARS, BEING SHUT, ONE BY ONE.
JUST OVER A DECADE LATER, MOST ARE INDEED CLOSED, AND HAVE EITHER BEEN DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS,
CONVERTED (USUALLY FOR RESIDENTIAL USE), OR LEFT EMPTY & LEFT AT THE MERCY OF TIME, THE ELEMENTS, AND VANDALS.
THE FOLLOWING PLACES VISITED MOSTLY FALL INTO THE LAST CATEGORY, AND OUT OF THE PLACES THAT ARE STILL OPEN,
MOST OF THESE ARE SCHEDULED TO CLOSE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS........................
TURNER VILLAGE
ESSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL
SEVERALLS MENTAL HOSPITAL
(ESSEX SECOND COUNTY ASYLUM)
St. ALBRIGHT's
(LEXDEN & WINSTREE WORKHOUSE)
St. JOHN's HOSPITAL
(CHEMSFORD WORKHOUSE)
BRIDGE HOSPITAL
(WITHAM WORKHOUSE)
St. PETER's HOSPITAL
(MALDON WORKHOUSE)
St. MICHAEL's HOSPITAL
(BRAINTREE WORKHOUSE)
HELLINGLY HOSPITAL
(WEST SUSSEX COUNTY ASYLUM)
MID WALES HOSPITAL
(BRECON & RADNOR
JOINT ASYLUM)
LINKS TO MORE HOSPITAL RELATED INFORMATION........................
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