Copy of a site plan of the 'Kent County Lunatic Asylum', Maidstone

Date:
20 Dec 1861
Location:
KENT COUNTY LUNATIC ASYLUM, ST ANDREWS ROAD, BARMING, Maidstone, Kent
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Barming Heath Asylum, Barming, Maidstone, Kent
Kent County Mental Hospital, Barming Heath, Maidstone, Kent
Barming Mental Hospital, Barming Heath, Maidstone, Kent
OAKWOOD HOSPITAL, ST ANDREWS ROAD, BARMING, Maidstone, Kent
Reference:
BB041315
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

Photographic reproduction 2nd April 1990.

The 'Kent County Lunatic Asylum' opened in 1833. It was also known as 'Barming Heath Asylum', 'Kent County Mental Hospital', and 'Barming Mental Hospital', before it was renamed 'Oakwood Hospital' in 1947. The hospital closed in 1994.

Content

This is part of the Job: 90/00237 Plans Of 'Kent County Lunatic Asylum' (Subsequently Oakwood Hospital); within the Volume: BF086905 Oakwood Hospital (formerly 'Kent County Lunatic Asylum'), St Andrews Road, Barming, Maidstone; within the Sub Series: RCH01/002/052 RCHME Architectural Requests: Kent; within the Series: RCH01/002 Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England: Architectural Requests; within the Collection: RCH01 Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME) Archive

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People & Organisations

Photographer: Murphy, Peter

Photographer: Murphy, Peter

Keywords

Psychiatric Hospital