hospital in clayton manchester

[ricoba]

Hi all,I have a little girl born 1896,on the 1901 she is a patient in Birkdale Lancashire with spinal curviture.I think it was a Dr barnados.
)n the 1911 she is a patient in Clayton Manchester Prestwick aged 15.What was the name of this place and what do you think may have happened to her as she got older.Her Family didn;t seem to stay in touch with her.Any clues anyone??
Thanks for any info.

[heywood]

Hi ricoba,
I wonder if this was the situation.
Prestwich Hospital was an asylum and I suppose she may have been institutionalised there because of her condition as happened in those days. Perhaps Clayton was the name of the ward?
I have found this :
http://www.prestwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1082261_old_asylum_brought_back_to_life_for_kids

which gives a bit of insight into it but there is porbably much more on the internet or even in rootschat.

best wishes
heywood

[ricoba]

Hi Heywood,how sad for the poor little thing if it was an asylum.Her parants weren't much better to her 2 sisters. I will have a look at the link you gave,thanks for your reply.
I hope to be able to look up any records(if any left)

[heywood]

As you say- very sad lives.
There seem to be references re records etc by googling  but that is the only explanation I could think of.
Clayton is an area in Manchester but not near Prestwich and Prestwich was very 'famous' as the asylum.

good luck

[ricoba]

Hi again,It looks like on the link you gave they have some good record keepers.On the 1911 it says district 26 sub dist Bradford , Clayton,prestwick Manchester.

Am I on the right track?
Will send the Greater Manchester County Record Office an email.Hope you don't have to go there to search as I am in Oz ,fingers crossed Thanks again.

[heywood]

Hang on then -

I think it may be Ancoats Hospital was Bradford, Clayton Manchester - will have a quick look.

[heywood]

yes I think it may be that - sorry- which may be better news re her fate.
Again googling will give you some idea but the email to the records office etc may also help.

best wishes

heywood

[Viktoria]

Hello, there was an isolation hospital in a district of Manchester called Clayton, just behind Philip`s Park. We used to pass it when we walked to Woodhouses and Crime Lake.As usual with these places it was on a hill---fresh air I suppose---.Bradford was the closest district to Clayton. Although all my mother`s family were born ,married and died in Manchester near the centre all B.M.Ds are registered in Prestwich which must have been the closest Registry office. My grandfather worked for an undertaker and used to have to go to Clayton Isolation Hospital to collect deceased people for burial. My mother used to accompany him,riding in the hearse( a horse-drawn one)on the way there but not on the way back!!!!. Grandad sat  outside like a stagecoach driver driving the big black horses.This would be about 1900.This area of Clayton/Bradford is very close to Manchester City Football ground. I would imagine the hospital has long been demolished. Hope this has helped. How kind to remember the little girl . Viktoria.

[Mumsie2131]

What about Crossley Hospital the Salvation Army Hospital that was quite near Ancoats as another alternative.