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Blackburn question of site for lunatic asylum
At the adjourned annual county sessions at Lancaster, the Finance Commitee have been empowered to negotiate for the purchase of a site for a new lunatic asylum, and to secure land for the purpose to an extent exceeding immediate wants, in the vicinity of Blackburn, Chorley, or Preston.
Source: The Builder 1868 Vol XXVI 19th September 1868
Submitted by Alan Longbottom
Ashworth Hospital (Maghull Homes)
Link to Ashworth Hospital news - The Guardian
http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,3807204,00.html
Ashworth Hospital first opened in 1878, as Maghull Homes, a convalescent
home for Children from Liverpool workhouses. In 1914 the estate was sold to the
Lunacy Board of Control, but was used as a Military Hospital during the First
World War, when it became known as Military Red Cross Hospital, Moss Side.
Following the war it became the Ministry of Pensions Hospital for Soldiers. The
building known as Moss Side became a Special Hospital in 1933. It was merged
with Park Lane Hospital, also located on the same site, in 1989, and became
known as Ashworth Hospital.
ASHWORTH.
Maghull has always been in the forefront of treating those less fortunate
members of society. Local hospitals have always been known for their pioneering
work in medical fields. Moss Side, for instance, was first opened to treat
soldiers suffering from shell shock in the 1st WW, while Park Lane specialized
in the treatment of smallpox and later became a sanatorium for sufferers of
pulmonary
tuberculosis.
Moss Side and Park Lane eventually became Ashworth and it's current use can be
traced back to the 1930`s when 100 patients were treated transferred from
Rampton, due to overcrowding.
MAGHULL HOMES.
Maghull Homes for the treatment of sufferers from epilepsy were founded in 1888.
It was a pioneering venture by a group of Liverpool philanthropists to overcome
the public ridicule and social ostracism which came with this
affliction. A number of buildings were either adapted or built over the years,
including the original Manor House, Chapel House Farm and the Harrison and
Bartlett homes.
These days the work is administered by the Parkhaven Trust.
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All information extracted from Millenium Matters. A joint publication issued to
every household in Maghull and Lydiate by the Millenium Christian Projects in
these parishes.
With grateful thanks to Charles Lyon for sending this information.
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by Rossbret
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