Stirling District Asylum,
Stirling District Mental Hospital,
Bellsdyke Hospital records

Primary maker
Stirling District Asylum
Production date
1881-1947
 Description
Plans of hospital buildings, 1881-1947, and magazine, 1901-03

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Administrative History
Bellsdyke Hospital (originally called Stirling District Lunacy Asylum) was set up by Stirling District Lunacy Board in September 1865 and the first patients arrived in June 1869. The Stirling District Lunacy Board was formed in 1848 and an Act of Parliament in 1858 enabled district asylums to be built and maintained by county authorities. Bellsdyke Estate was purchased from Dundas of Carronhall in 1865 in order to build the hospital. In the 1930s the hospital came under the jurisdiction of Stirling District Mental Hospital Joint Committee. In 1960 following the Mental Health (Scotland) Act the name Bellsdyke Hospital was adopted. The original buildings were extended with additions in 1882, 1893, 1896, 1907, 1915 and the 1960s.
Record level
Collection
Collection
Stirling District Mental Hospital/Hospitals Group
Primary maker
Production date
1881-1947
Measurements
20 items
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Restriction
Open - no restriction on access
Accession number
A485

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