Bothwell Lunatic Assylum

[Urbanfox]

Would anyone have any information/photos of Bothwell lunatic assylum. Two of my relatives lived and worked there.
       Regards, slywright

[hemmy]

I used to live near there, but unfortunately have no pics.  Have you tried googling Kirklands Hospital, there's a few write-ups, but no pics.  There is a contact for the university archives you could try them to see if they have any photos.
Good Luck

[lanarkshire lassie]

Not sure Kirklands was everly openly called a Lunatic Asylum.

I have recently foung out that my great grandmother died there.


It was always just referred to (certainly in my memory) as Kirklands Hospital.

Gail

[hanes teulu]

The Glasgow Herald, April 19, 1872 carries an article about Bothwell Asylum opened "June last and erected at Kirklands". It gives a detailed description of the buildings, grounds and the type of patient catered for ie. "upper and middle classes"

Have sent a PM

regards

[sancti]

1958 map it is recorded as Kirklands Mental Hospital

1914 map it is recorded as Kirklands Lunatic Asylum

[MonicaL]

Details of NHS archives here www.archives.gla.ac.uk/gghb/collects/lk7.html

Monica 

[lanarkshire lassie]

I have just found my copy of my gt grandmother's death certificate.

She passed away at Kirklands, October 1938. On closer inspection, place of death does, indeed state." Kirklands Mental Hospital, Bothwell".

I guess that I didn't pick up on it's full name.

Apologies to those posters to whom I might have come across as defensive to your posts.

Hindsight is always rewarding, even if not for the reasons that you are looking for.

Gail

[sancti]

There's no shame in mental illness

Many of the patients from those days would not be admitted nowadays

[lanarkshire lassie]

Thanks Santi.

As you say, many people today wouldn't be in such a place.

Gail