Bilbohall Hospital
Bilbohall Hospital was a mental health facility located to the west of Dr Gray's Hospital in Elgin, Scotland.
Bilbohall Hospital | |
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Surviving lodge to the Bilbohall Hospital (the hospital was demolished in the late 1990s) | |
Shown in Moray | |
Geography | |
Location | Elgin, Moray, Scotland |
Coordinates | 57.64537°N 3.33300°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | NHS Scotland |
Type | Psychiatric hospital |
Services | |
Emergency department | No |
History | |
Opened | 1835 |
Closed | 1995 |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in Scotland |
History
The hospital, which was designed by Archibald Simpson, opened as the Elgin District Asylum in 1835.[1][2] It was extended by A & W Reid in the 1860s and a third storey was added in the 1880s.[1] It became the Morayshire Mental Hospital in the 1920s and joined the National Health Service as Bilbohall Hospital in 1948.[3] After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in April 1995.[4][5] The buildings were demolished in the late 1990s.[1]
References
- "Bilbohall Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- "Institution Information - Elgin Asylum". Scottish Indexes. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- "Bilbohall Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- "Don't close our mental health unit!". Northern Scot. 9 October 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- "NHS Hospitals Closed from mid 1970s to 1998". NHS Scotland. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
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