Broadgate Hospital was a mental health facility to the east of Walkington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
| Broadgate Hospital | |
|---|---|
_(27443447492).jpg) Broadgate Asylum in 1905 | |
  Shown in the East Riding of Yorkshire | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Walkington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Coordinates | 53°49′38″N 0°27′27″W / 53.8271°N 0.4576°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | N/A |
| Speciality | Psychiatric Hospital |
| History | |
| Opened | 1871 |
| Closed | 1989 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
History edit
The hospital was located on a site previously occupied by Broadgate Farm.[1] It was designed by Charles Henry Howell using a Corridor Plan layout and opened as the East Riding County Asylum in October 1871.[2] It became the East Riding Mental Hospital in the 1920s before joining the National Health Service as Broadgate Hospital in 1948.[1]
After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and, once the patients had been transferred to De la Pole Hospital in Willerby,[3] Broadgate Hospital closed in April 1989.[1] The buildings have since been demolished and the site has been redeveloped by Bryant Homes as a new village known as Broadgate.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Broadgate Hospital". County Asylums. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ^ "Broadgate Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ^ "Hundreds of East Riding pauper's graves are finally marked with a headstone". Yorkshire Post. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2019.