Warneford Hospital Explained

Warneford Hospital
Org/Group:Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
Location:Oxford
Region:Oxfordshire
State:England
Country:UK
Healthcare:NHS
Type:Teaching
Emergency:No
Affiliation:University of Oxford
Beds:104
Founded:1826
Website:http://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk
Map Type:Oxfordshire

The Warneford Hospital is a hospital providing mental health services at Headington in east Oxford, England.[1] It is managed by the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust.

History

The hospital opened as the Oxford Lunatic Asylum in July 1826.[2] It was designed by Richard Ingleman (1777–1838) and built of Headington stone. The name commemorates the philanthropist Samuel Wilson Warneford.[3] It was renamed the Warneford Hospital in 1843[2] and extended by J.C. Buckler in 1852 and by William Wilkinson in 1877.

The hospital originally charged fees for treatment of middle-class patients with a fund eventually being set up for the care of poor patients. Men and women were originally segregated on different sides of the hospital with this practice continuing into the 1950s.[4]

Warneford Hospital was extensively mentioned in the book Dark Clouds Gather written by Katy Sara Culling about mental illness and published in 2011.[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: . . Warnford Hospital . 1988 . 491–492 . 0-333-39917-X . Hibbert . Christopher . Christopher Hibbert .
  2. Web site: Warneford Hospital, Oxford. National Archives. 20 September 2018.
  3. Warneford, Samuel Wilson. 59.
  4. Web site: Warneford. Oxford Archives. 20 September 2018.
  5. Book: Culling, Katy Sara . Dark Clouds Gather . 2011 . 978-1847476678 . Chipmunka Publishing .