Hanwell Asylum 1831

occupation:
Former asylum, now part of Ealing Hospital
Nationality:
British
born in:
Hanwell, Ealing, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

opened 16 May 1831as Hanwell Asylum, registered in the 1881 census as Middlesex Lunatic Asylum, Norwood, Middlesex. Became a London County Asylum in 1889, known as Hanwell Mental Hospital from 1929 to 1937. St Bernard's Hospital from 1938 to 1980. By 1960 known as St Bernard's. It appears to have been absorbed by Ealing Hospital and become a separate wing known as St Bernards.