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Records of the Moulsford Asylum

Catalogue reference: D/XQ 1

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This record is about the Records of the Moulsford Asylum dating from (1867-1911).

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Reference
D/XQ 1
Title
Records of the Moulsford Asylum
Date
(1867-1911)
Held by
Berkshire Record Office
Language
English
Physical description
4 vols, 1 doc.
Immediate source of acquisition

Transferred in April 1985 (acc. 3557).

Administrative / biographical background

In 1867 work was begun on building a new pauper lunatic asylum at Cholsey, for the County of Berkshire and the Boroughs of Reading and Newbury. The Moulsford Asylum, as it was known, was opened in 1870 and later became the County Mental Hospital, Fairmile.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/f5e9406e-5066-47d3-88eb-9182ffc39904/

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Records of the Moulsford Asylum