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Explore #127: Denbigh Asylum, Wales – March 2015

September 28, 2015

After an enjoyable pub lunch to rejuvenate our group from a long night and day of exploring, we ended the day with paying what was for me a long overdue visit to Denbigh Asylum. History (abridged from here) With the Lunatic Act passed in 1808 every county in the country was to provide an institute for the mentally ill, but by 1840 North Wales was still without such an institution because the poor rural communities could not afford to erect…

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Explore #111: Maiden Law Hospital Mortuary aka the (not so) white morgue, County Durham – November 2014

May 23, 2015

Adam X

Hospitals & Asylums, United Kingdom

As with my previous report from HMS Ganges, this is a very short report because I somehow managed to accidentally delete all but a couple of my photos from here – the first and hopefully last time that will happen! A very brief history The former Maiden Law hospital site is part of the Hospital Sites Programme which was inherited by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) from English Partnerships. An outline Planning Permission for 47 homes was granted in…

Explore #41: St Peter’s Mortuary, Chertsey, Surrey – March 2014

April 7, 2014

Adam X

Hospitals & Asylums, United Kingdom

After my climb of Kings Reach Tower, and my visit to CMH being cut short by the Ghurka security my energy was starting to wane. Nevertheless I was determined to give this location another go, having failed during a previous visit in August 2013, and was rewarded with gaining access this time! A very brief history St. Peter’s Hospital was initially built to house the casualties of the Second World War. The mortuary was built in the 1940s, but after…