Pauper Lunatics - Quarter Sessions papers

Pauper Lunatics - Quarter Sessions papers.

Includes: Returns of Anglesey Pauper Lunatics; Notices of death and discharge papers; and Financial papers.

The North Wales Hospital, locally known as Denbigh Mental or Denbigh Asylum was constructed between 1844 - 1848 to care for care for Welsh pauper lunatics. Initially a hospital for up to 200 people with psychiatric illness, by the mid-20th century it housed 1,500 patients. The institution was wound down as a healthcare facility from 1991, finally closing in 2002.

linear catalogue

Dim cyfyngiadau/ No Restrictions

The archive appears to have been acquired directly from the Anglesey Court of Quarter Sessions.

Os gwelwch yn dda archebwch y dogfenau gan ddefnyddio y rhif cyfeirnod amgen (lle ddarperidd) / Please order documents using the alternative reference number (where provided)

Mae copiau clawr caled o`r catalogau ar gael yn Archifau Ynys Môn ac yn y Gofrestr Cenedlaethol Archifau. Polisi Archifau Ynys Môn yw catalogio yn iaith y ddogfen./Hard copies of the catalogue are available at Archifau Ynys Môn / Anglesey Archives and the National Register of Archives. It is the policy of Archifau Ynys Môn / Anglesey Archives to catalogue in the language of the document.

Cyflwr da /Good condition

Compiled by David Moore for the ANW project. The following sources were consulted in the compilation of this description: Archifau Ynys Môn / Anglesey Archives, Catalogue, Quarter Sessions Records.

Mae'r holl gofnodiadau sy'n cydymffurfio â pholisi casglu Swyddfa Gofnodi Cyngor Sir Ynys Môn wedi eu cadw /All records which meet the collection policy of the Anglesey Archives have been retained.

Mae croniadau yn bosibl/Accruals are possible