Rainhill Hospital

Rainhill Hospital was a very large psychiatric unit in Rainhill, Merseyside, England.

It was known as the Lancashire County Asylum from 1851 to 1861, the County Lunatic Asylum, Rainhill (c.1861 - 1923), the County Mental Hospital, Rainhill (1923 - c.1948), Rainhill Mental Hospital and Rainhill Hospital until it closed in 1991.[1] In 1936 there were 3,000 inmates, and it was said to be the largest mental hospital in Europe.

It was the site of the Great Porridge Strike on 6 April 1913 when the staff, members of the National Asylum Workers' Union, went on strike when meat was replaced by oatmeal porridge.[2]

Rainhill Hospital was divided into two sites. The Avon side contained people mainly from liverpool and The Sherdley site which took people from St Helens and surrounding areas. Wards on the Sherdley site were named alphabetically using mainly districts of Merseyside. Allerton, Birkdale,Crosby,Dingle Eccles,Formby,Garston,Hale,Ince,Jarrow, Kirkby, Lindale, Melling, Newton,Orrel,Penketh,Quendon, Rainford, speke,upton and Vetnor.


See also

References

  1. ↑ "Details: Rainhill Hospital, Prescot". National Archives. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "The South London Women's Hospital Occupation 1984-85". Past tense. Retrieved 7 April 2014.

External links

http://www.countyasylums.co.uk/rainhillprescot/

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