Stories
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Building a dream in the garden suburbs
In the late 19th century a ‘garden suburb’ promised a retreat from London’s dirt and crowds. See how this new concept was developed to appeal to the health concerns of the literary classes.
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Homes for the hives of industry
By building workers’ villages, industry titans demonstrated both philanthropy and control. Employees’ health improved, while rulebooks told them how to live ideal lives.
- Long read
Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
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London, city of lost hospitals
Come on the trail of hundreds of ghost hospitals, whose remnants hold clues to medical treatments of the past.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
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Sketches of the Retreat buildings and grounds by H.G. Hampton
Date: 1925Reference: RET/2/1/22/5Part of: The Retreat Archive- Archives and manuscripts
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Agreement between Trustees of the Friends Retreat and the Corporation of York for improvement of corner of Church Lane and Heslington Lane
Date: 19 May 1888Reference: RET/2/2/10/7Part of: The Retreat Archive- Archives and manuscripts
SAINT LUKE'S HOSPITAL {WOODSIDE HOSPITAL}
Date: 1750 - 2001Reference: H64- Books
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The common prayer-book, the best companion to prepare communicants for a worthy receiving the Lord's Supper: being a preparatory office, collected out of the liturgy of the Church of England. Containing Every Thing necessary to be known or done on this solemn Occasion: To which are prefixed, three Discourses on the following Subjects: Discourse I. On the dignity of the Holy Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. - The method of receiving it in St. Paul's time. - The reason why so many in the present age neglect the Lord's Supper. - The great danger that those are in, who never come to the Holy Sacrament. Discourse II. Of the mercifulness of God to penitent sinners, evinced from the words of our Saviour. - The qualifications of such as are to receive this mercy and pardon. - The end for which God proposes to give us his pardon. Discourse III. Of the necessity of a due preparation for the Lord's Supper. - The scruple concerning Unworthiness removed. - How a man may be satisfied that he is prepared, according to what God requires of him. Revised and corrected by a clergyman of the Church of England. To the whole of which is added, the Book of Psalms, digested into prayers and Meditations, very useful in conducting us to those best adapted to our present Occasions; and necessary to be added to our other Devotions.
Date: [1750?]- Books
A history of disability in England : from the medieval period to the present day / Simon Jarrett.
Jarrett, SimonDate: 2023