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Winwick Hall
Winwick Hall was a boys school during the c18th, and became an Asylum in 1897.
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opened at Winwick in January 1902, which is available for 2,020 Adults and
120 Boys, and standing on a site of 206 acres, including a recreation hall
120 feet by 60 feet. The Asylum affords 2,132 beds [1913] |
It was utilised as Lord Derby War Hospital from 1915 to 1920. Records are held
at both Cheshire and Lancashire record offices, with Cheshire holding details of
plans of the building.
Asylum Staff 1913
Alexander Simpson, Medical Superintendent
George Llewellyn Brunton, Charles Chaves, Frederick Rogers and Joseph
Stanley Hopwood, assistant Medical Officers
Rev. Frederic William Evans Chadwick, Chaplain
Henry Ellis, Clerk and Steward
Peter Irving Dutton, Assistant Steward and Clerk |
LINK to photographs of
Winwick Asylum
Records
Records are available at Cheshire & Chester Records Office, Duke Street,
Chester.
www.cheshire.gov.uk/recoff/home.htm
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August 06, 2007
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Winwick Asylum