Abandoned Pauper Lunatic Asylum
The West Yorkshire Pauper Lunatic Asylum in Menston Nr. Leeds opened in October 1888. It was a truly magnificent development boasting it's own farm, railway, cobbler, tailor & shop. In 1963 it became High Royds Hospital and was one of the last remaining psychiatric hospitals of its kind when it closed in 2003.







For more photographs and detailed history please see http://highroydspauperlunaticasylum.fotopic.net/
Great collection mike...
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ReplyDeleteIf only I had somewhere to hang it I would buy a copy off you.
Ian Youster