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Details
Previous Names
Royal Asylum of Montrose (1781)
Address
Sunnyside, Hillside, by Montrose, DD10 9JP
Previous Locations
The Links, Montrose, 1781-1858
Current Trust
Tayside Primary Health Care NHS Trust (since 1996)
Foundation Year
1781
Status
Open
Administrative Authorities
Regional Board (1948-1974)
Eastern
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Sunnyside Royal Hospital
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Tayside
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Tayside
District Authority (1974-1982)
Angus
District Authority (Post-1982)
Angus
Pre-1974 County
Forfarshire
Post-1974 County
Angus
Post-1996 County
Angus
Status
Pre-1948
Voluntary
Post-1948
NHS
Type
Pre-1948
Mental
Post-1948
Mental
Other information
The Royal Asylum of Montrose was instituted in 1781 by Mrs Susan Carnegie of Charlton, for the treatment of private patients and the poor in the counties of Forfar and Kincardine, previous to which the insane had been treated in the Old Tollboth, Montrose High Street. The new building on the Links, Montrose, was the first psychiatric institution in Scotland. In 1858 it was transferred to a new site, the farm of Sunnyside, 4 miles N of Montrose, and a new building named Carnegie House. Howden Villa for male pauper patients and Northesk Villa for female pauper patients were completed in 1904. The lease of Sunnyside Farm expired in 1911 and over 52 acres were purchased from the proprietor, Mr Duncan, for £4500. In 1914 a new Royal Charter of Incorporation was granted, and the Infirmary and Dispensary separated and received its own charter.
Record locations
Dundee University Archive, Records Management and Museum Services