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A History of the County of York
… constables for 9, a lewd woman for 18, and Dolphin Duck, a lunatic, for 5. Confinement for several months was uncommon. … payment to paupers not already on their books or to a lunatic woman in the house of correction. Many orders were …
A History of the County of York
… see D.N.B. Ibid. Mason was one of the reformers of the lunatic asylum, see p. 469. Johnson's England, ed. A. S. …
A History of the County of York
… (1773-7) and the Female Prison (1780)—as well as the York Lunatic Asylum (1772-7) in Bootham. Earlier in the century a … 1772 the corporation subscribed 100 guineas to a proposed lunatic hospital, 6 and the York Lunatic Asylum, for paupers, was opened in 1777. 7 A third …
Survey of London Monograph
… afterwards purchased it. The house now became a Private Lunatic Asylum (a fate which has helped to preserve many a …
Survey of London
… and let the house to a Mary Bradbury, who opened a private lunatic asylum for ladies here in 1832. In the 1840s it … But possibly its later juxtaposition to the grounds of the lunatic asylum at Earl's Court House was eventually …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… forming a partnership with the county to found the pauper lunatic asylum. 36 Nevertheless the borough and its still …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… succeeded to his titles; but being in 1745 declared a lunatic, this estate remained in the hands of the …
The Manuscripts of Rye and Hereford Corporations, etc.
… in the porter's lodge prison, but having now been found a lunatic and committed to the care of Sir John Scudamore, …