harperbury

Last year we explored what we could of the mostly demolished Harperbury Asylum. At the time there was a building that intrigued us but was completely closed off and we couldn't get in. Well, we re-visted today and it was all opened up. A few photos from that building below... the full explore...

Harperbury Hospital History The Middlesex Colony, begun in 1929, was opened on 20th May, 1936, by the Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley Wood, M.P. Minister of Health. The Colony is intended for mental defectives who are socially inadaptable in the community, or who are neglected or without visible...

Harperbury Hospital opened as Hangars Certified Institution in 1925 and was known as Middlesex Colony until 1949. The original hospital has now closed, although some facilities remain on the site. The following comes from the 1937 Kelly's Directory: "The Middlesex Colony, begun in 1929, was...