The woman who thought she was 'queen of heaven', the pensioner who jumped in a canal and a boy called 'broken window': Haunting stories and photos reveal horror of life inside a Victorian asylum
The records, currently being held in Wakefield, West Yorkshire,
detail hundreds of former patients of the Stanley Royd Hospital - part
of the West Riding Pauper Asylum (inset). Medical details and
photographs of thousands of patients are included in the collection-
including Ann Humphreys (left) who was admitted age 53 after jumping in
to a canal, and schoolboy Alfred Todd (right) who thought his name was
'broken window'. The records have been added to the National Register of
Documentary Heritage - an online programme run by UNESCO to promote the
UK's heritage across the world.
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