Gate Helmsley Asylum, near York

Date:: c 1800-1812

Reference:: RET/8/2/3

Part of:: The Retreat Archive

Archives and manuscripts

Collection contents

The Retreat ArchiveRET
- OTHER PAPERSRET/8
  - PAPERS RELATING TO OTHER ASYLUMSRET/8/2
    - Gate Helmsley Asylum, near YorkRET/8/2/3
      - Two advertisements of John and Jane Beal, formerly employed at The Retreat, publicising that they are opening Gate Helmsley Asylum. Gives terms for patientsRET/8/2/3/1

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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

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1 document

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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.

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