Wadsley Asylum burial 1891

[Nancy Armit]

My relative John Schofield died at the Wadsley Asylum November 19, 1891.  He was buried November 22, 1891. I would like to know if a cemetery still exits there.  From what I can find, he was buried in Section D, #126.  Or were they buried at a church cemetery?
Any information about the cemetery and his location would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Nancy

[Jenny1]

Hi Nancy

I've found his admission to Wadsley (Middlewood Hospital) on 23rd May 1891. Have you seen this?

States his residence was Castleford so could he have been buried there?

Where did you find grave details.

Jenny

[emeltom]

Wadsley Asylum did not have a graveyard. Instead bodies were buried at Wadsley Parish Church.

Wadsley Asylum, also known as South Yorkshire Lunatic Asylum and later Middlewood Hospital, had a designated burial ground at Wadsley Parish Church. Over 2,500 patients who died at the asylum between 1872 and 1948, and were not claimed by family, were buried in a mass grave there.

[MollyC]

Map surveyed 1890 showing a church in SE corner.

https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17.0&lat=53.41831&lon=-1.51919&layers=168&b=ESRIWorld&o=100

[tonyfebruary]

Hi Nancy  John Schofield was buried in Castleford New cemetery on the 22nd of November 1891 place of death Wadsley asylum in grave D 126  hope this helps Tony

[Dalum]

Wadsley Asylum did not have a graveyard. Instead bodies were buried at Wadsley Parish Church.

Wadsley Asylum, also known as South Yorkshire Lunatic Asylum and later Middlewood Hospital, had a designated burial ground at Wadsley Parish Church. Over 2,500 patients who died at the asylum between 1872 and 1948, and were not claimed by family, were buried in a mass grave there.

To me a mass grave is one in which a large number of people are buried who died at the same time or in a very short period of time. They may be buried in one single excavation. The burials from the Asylum were in individual plots over a period of more than 70 years and in this they do not differ from any other burial in the churchyard. Here is a google earth image of the Asylum section taken c2020 with parch marks showing rows and plots