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The wing sleeve at the
top of the 'Kingswood Hall'
Large rustic water
tank
The following
photos show the remains of the water system that once supplied the hospital.
In the early days the acquisition of the sole water rights ensured the use
of the high level spring water for supply by gravitation to the needs of the
Asylum. In addition, a storage reservoir for 800,000 gallons of water was
constructed at the highest levels of the site.
Derelict building at the
hill of the site...
...this is the inside of
the above building. A large water tank and a motor pump still remains.
Wadsley Church...and
the hospital forgotten patients
This is the open-clear section of land within the Church yard where a
license was granted for the exclusive burials of patients from the hospital.
There are several hundred souls buried here today, but sadly, no stone or
memorial was ever erected to mark their identity. This burial ground for the
unclaimed patients was a very cost effective solution for an ever increasing
problem, in Victorian times it was very unwise to make it public that you
had a loved one in the Asylum as madness was consider to bring disgrace or
shame to the family, and on that basis alone many people were simply left
there. — Many patients had simple ceremonies only attended by a member
of the Clergy and a lone gravedigger...
...this could be a marker
indicating the limits of the large burial section of land where the nameless
patients lay in eternal rest.
"Kingswood Hall"
in summer 2008. (Photo: Ian Slater)
The back of the "Key
Lodge"
The new houses on the site.
"South Yorkshire Asylum
1878"
Water feature situated
in front of the converted "Kingswood Hall"
Entrance to "Kingswood Hall"
Main door to the "Kingswood
Hall" building.
Looking outwards from the
main entrance of "Kingswood Hall"
Winter in January 2010.
Wharncliffe war memorial
at Wadsley Church, dedicated to the soldiers who died at the hospital during
First World War.
January 2010.
'Wadsley Park Village'
is the new name given to the former hospital site.
Winter in January 2010
Protected tree?
A rare type of tree to be seen at the present day is a Ginkgo or Maidenhair
tree growing in front of the central administration block. It is described
as a species which alone has survived the millions of years, and although
familiar in the Far East, is very rare in Great Britain.
Main entrance to 'Wadsley Park Village'
on Middlewood Road.