edinburgh asylum??

[hume]

I can see why I didn't spot him on Ancestry. It has him as born circa 1868.

As you'll probably know now, he was a patient at West House, Royal Edinburgh Asylum on Craig House Road. Through Google, "West House" is supposedly referring to a later extension of the asylum, built in 1842.

http://www.lhsa.lib.ed.ac.uk/catalog/records/lhsar011/lhb7x.html

If I'm looking at the right bit, records can be found at the Lothian Health Services Archive in Edinburgh.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/details.asp?id=865&page=50

Hope this helps.

hume24

[poppysmum]

thats him!

thanks fro the help you two, i see that they have the patients notes for the right period, i don't know if i can apply for them.

I managed to work out that the cause of death was senility and brain disease over 3 years which could be why he was admitted in the first place?

caroline 

[poppysmum]

i've had a look and it looks like they will have is notes and it is over 100 yeasr so i should be able to see them,
i don't live too far from edinburgh but i don't have much free time but i will try, i don't understand how it works, i would be a bit nervous to go to the university library

[dolly dimples]

  Caroline,  just to say , I sent my request  by post to the Chrichton Asylum in Dumfries, and received about an 8/9 page report on my Great Aunt who was in this institution from about 1881 until 1929 when she died. It describes her and gives  details of her personality , treatment, etc', and only cost £8 ..  it made great, if not very sad reading.  Dolly.

[sharonf73]

Hi

I can't help you with finding records, but if the place you are looking for is in fact Craighouse, the building is now owned by Napier University (I worked there in the South Craig building, one of the many buildings on campus, over three years ago).  It is a beautiful building and the story is there are many tunnels underneath leading to the west end of Edinburgh (so the rich patients were not seen entering the hospital!).  You can still see the skylights in the grounds for these tunnels.

Napier has a wee bit in their website (April 1994)http://www.news.napier.ac.uk/background/bkInfo6.htm which you may or many not find interesting!

Sharon

[GrahamH123]

poppysmum,

I am interested in the Blackies that were watchmakers in Musselburgh. My direct line Charles Hutton had a brother George Hutton in Inveresk who worked for a George Blackie and George Blackie was witness at his wedding.  Any info on George Blackie be very welcome.

[poppysmum]

hi 
it would be interesting to discuss the blackies but we are going on hols tomorow so it will have to wait!