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Hospital
Belle Grove Lunatic Asylum
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Important information
Information about this hospital might be outdated.
Details
- Previous Names
- Belle Grove Lunatic Asylum, 1766-1795
- Bellegrove Retreat, 1795-, 1850-1865
- Address
- Unknown
- Foundation Year
- 1766
- Status
- Closed (since 1850)
Administrative Authorities
- Regional Board (1948-1974)
- Not Applicable
- Management Committee (1948-1974)
- Not Applicable
- Regional Authority (1974-1982)
- Not Applicable
- Regional Authority (Post-1982)
- Not Applicable
- District Authority (1974-1982)
- Not Applicable
- District Authority (Post-1982)
- Not Applicable
- Pre-1974 County
- Tynemouth
- Post-1974 County
- Not Applicable
- Post-1996 County
- Not applicable
Status
- Pre-1948
- Private
Type
- Pre-1948
- Mental
Other information
Belle Grove Lunatic Asylum opened on 18 October 1766 at St Luke's Asylum, and catered for private patients. Situated near Hunters Moor Hospital. It was rebuilt and enlarged in 1795 and became known as Bellegrove Retreat. By 1827 it had 8 or 9 patients of each sex, who mostly had their own bedroom and sitting room which were clean, comfortable, neatly furnished, papered and carpeted. They had pleasant gardens, separate from those of the noisy or unruly patients who occupied a dormitory away from the main building. They seem from contemporary reports to have been well fed, had baths and recreation, including books from circulating libraries and 'harmless games'. For reasons unknown, between 1850 and 1865 the Belle Grove Asylum closed.
Record locations
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- Lists of visitors appointed by magistrates and reports of their visits to the asylum; some material among records of St Nicholas Hospital