Iirc, the law that allowed women to be locked up for 'moral deficiency' (i.e. repeated illegitimate pregnancy) was introduced in 1911 or 1912. I think it gets conflated with the nineteenth century because it SOUNDS so Dickensian!
This was really interesting, do you know if the children who were in the asylum were admitted due to a health issue for themselves or because their parents were and as their children they had to be admitted too?
Do you know where the other 2 burial grounds are please are they still around? I visit the one with all the headstones regularly but didn't realise there were a further 2.
Iirc, the law that allowed women to be locked up for 'moral deficiency' (i.e. repeated illegitimate pregnancy) was introduced in 1911 or 1912. I think it gets conflated with the nineteenth century because it SOUNDS so Dickensian!
Great blog!
This was really interesting, do you know if the children who were in the asylum were admitted due to a health issue for themselves or because their parents were and as their children they had to be admitted too?
Wonderful article and very nice use of sources. Really good to see these patients were not abandoned.
Do you know where the other 2 burial grounds are please are they still around? I visit the one with all the headstones regularly but didn't realise there were a further 2.