Job: Plans Of 'Kent County Lunatic Asylum' (Subsequently Oakwood Hospital)

Date:
2 Apr 1990
Location:
KENT COUNTY LUNATIC ASYLUM, ST ANDREWS ROAD, BARMING, Maidstone, Kent
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OAKWOOD HOSPITAL, ST ANDREWS ROAD, BARMING, Maidstone, Kent
Barming Heath Asylum, Barming, Maidstone, Kent
Kent County Mental Hospital, Barming Heath, Maidstone, Kent
Barming Mental Hospital, Barming Heath, Maidstone, Kent
Reference:
90/00237
Type:
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Description

Plans of Oakwood Hospital copied at the Kent County Record Office.

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 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

This Job is divided into 83 Child Records
This Job contains the following materials:
Photograph (Print): 1
Photograph (Print): 82

Rights

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People & Organisations

Darkroom Printer: Murphy, Peter

Photographer: Murphy, Peter

Keywords

Psychiatric Hospital