Collection: Drawings of 'Bracebridge Asylum', or 'Bracebridge Mental Hospital', donated by Wentworth Andersen Property Developers

Date:
Nov 1901 - Jan 1929
Location:
Bracebridge Asylum, Canwick Avenue, Bracebridge Heath, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire
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Bracebridge Mental Hospital, Canwick Avenue, Bracebridge Heath, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire County Asylum, Canwick Avenue, Bracebridge Heath, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire
Bracebridge Heath Hospital, Canwick Avenue, Bracebridge Heath, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire
St John's Hospital, Canwick Avenue, Bracebridge Heath, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire
Reference:
WWA01
Type:
Collection Containing Graphic Material
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Description

The collection consists of two measured drawings of 'Bracebridge Asylum'.

The hospital opened as the ‘Lincolnshire County Lunatic Asylum’ or ‘Lincolnshire County Asylum’ in 1852. It was expanded several times in the late 19th century. The site was later known as ‘Bracebridge Asylum’. The hospital was renamed ‘Bracebridge Mental Hospital’ in 1919, and later ‘Bracebridge Heath Hospital’ in 1939. In 1961 it was renamed St John’s Hospital. The hospital closed in 1989.

Archival History

Donated to the NMRC in 2006, via the Cambridge office.

Content

This Collection is divided into 2 Child Records
This Collection contains the following materials:
Measured Drawing: 2

Rights

© Crown Copyright. Historic England Archive

Keywords

Victorian Psychiatric Hospital