Volume: 'Suffolk County Asylum', formerly Melton House of Industry, now St Audry's Hospital

Date:
1765 - 1991
Location:
St Audreys Hospital, Yarmouth Road, Melton, Suffolk Coastal, Suffolk
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Melton House Of Industry, Yarmouth Road, Melton, Suffolk Coastal, Suffolk
Suffolk County Asylum, Yarmouth Road, Melton, Suffolk Coastal, Suffolk
Reference:
BF100047
Type:
Volume containing Photographic, Graphic, Textual and Miscellaneous material
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Description

The 'Melton House of Industry' was acquired by the County of Suffolk in 1827 and became the 'Suffolk County Asylum', later 'Suffolk District Asylum'. In 1917 it became 'St Audry's Hospital for Mental Diseases'. It closed as St Audry's Hospital in 1993.

Content

This is part of the Series: RCH01/012 Workhouses Project; within the Collection: RCH01 Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME) Archive

This Volume contains the following materials:
Photograph (Print): 7
Photograph (Print): 1
Photograph (Print): 120
Photograph (Print): 35
Cartographic Material: 28
Correspondence: 2
Extract/Cutting: 7
File: 1
Loose Notes: 2
Pamphlet: 2
Record Sheet/Form: 3
Report: 1
Photocopy: 28

Rights

© Crown Copyright. Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Architectural Field Investigator: Morrison, Kathryn

Architectural Field Investigator: Morrison, Kathryn

Architectural Field Investigator: Taylor, Robert

Keywords

Hospital, Early 20th Century Workhouse