Gate Helmsley Asylum, near York
- Date:
- c 1800-1812
- Reference:
- RET/8/2/3
- Part of:
- The Retreat Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
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Description
This private asylum was opened by former attendants at The Retreat, in the early 19th c. It was in existence in 1812 and seems to have closed in 1861. It had around 70 patients by the 1840s. and took pauper and private patients.
Publication/Creation
c 1800-1812
Physical description
1 document
Terms of use
Open and available at the Borthwick Institute for Archives. This material has been digitised by the Borthwick Institute for Archives as part of a Wellcome Trust funded project, and can be freely accessed online through the Wellcome Library catalogue.