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Stirling District Lunatic Asylum
Stirling District Lunatic Asylum in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Stirling District Lunatic Asylum is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Bellsdyke Hospital, also known as Stirling District Lunatic Asylum (SDLA) or Stirling District Asylum, is a former psychiatric hospital at Larbert, Falkirk council area, that was opened in June 1869 and largely closed in 1997. It was an asylum set up by the Stirling District Lunacy Board.
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Background
History
Stirling District Lunacy Board formed in 1848: those on the board began to make plans to build another building to cope with the large number of inmates in the asylums in Stirlingshire and the counties that surround it. The building was to be built on the Gowkhill Estate, The estate was bought from Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Dundas of Carron Hall, son of Thomas Dundas. The asylum would be adjacent to the newly opened Scottish Imbecile Institution, or as it was latterly known the Royal Scottish National Hospital. During the building of the asylum, there were issues that delayed the asylum opening mainly due to problems with the water and gas on the site. William Stirling III never saw his…
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- Coordinates
- 56.0352, -3.8205
- District
- Falkirk
- Postcode
- FK5 4XT
- Parliamentary constituency
- Alloa and Grangemouth
- Established
- 1869
Sources
- wikidata: Q54869681 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Bellsdyke Hospital (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Stirling District Lunatic Asylum?
- Stirling District Lunatic Asylum is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode FK5 4XT).
- When was Stirling District Lunatic Asylum built?
- Built or established in 1869.
- How do I get to Stirling District Lunatic Asylum?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode FK5 4XT. It sits within the Alloa and Grangemouth parliamentary constituency.