Hanwell Asylum

GPTKB entity

Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:psychologist
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Hanwell Insane Asylum
Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum
gptkbp:architect William Alderson
gptkbp:buildingType Victorian asylum
gptkbp:capacity over 1,000 patients at peak
gptkbp:closed 1986
gptkbp:coordinates 51.5147°N 0.3406°W
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:currentUse part of Ealing Hospital (St Bernard's Hospital)
gptkbp:historicalSignificance one of the first large county asylums in England
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hanwell Asylum
gptkbp:location gptkb:Hanwell,_London,_England
gptkbp:managedBy gptkb:Middlesex_County_Council
gptkbp:notableEvent introduction of non-restraint system in 1839
gptkbp:notableFor early use of non-restraint policy in mental health care
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:John_Conolly
gptkbp:opened 1831
gptkbp:regionServed gptkb:Middlesex
gptkbp:status Grade II listed
gptkbp:successor gptkb:St_Bernard's_Hospital
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:London_County_Council_asylums
gptkb:William_Ellis_(physician)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7