Specifications, maps, plans and sketches of buildings, estates and land in Wainfleet St Mary, and other land belonging to Bethlem in Lincolnshire

This material is held atBethlem Museum of the Mind

  • Reference
    • GB 1007 XAP
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1764/1914
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • 153 maps and plans

Scope and Content

An estate of nearly 3000 acres in Lincolnshire, mainly in the parish of Wainfleet St Mary, was left to Bethlem in 1733 by Edward Barkham specifically for the 'the further and better support, reliefe and maintenance of poor incurable lunaticks', and revenue from it supported the hospital's incurable department until its closure in the early twentieth century. The hospital disposed of the majority of this land in 1919.

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