The wing sleeve at the top of the 'Kingswood Hall'
Large rustic water tank
The following photos show the remains of the water system that once supplied the hospital. In the early days the acquisition of the sole water rights ensured the use of the high level spring water for supply by gravitation to the needs of the Asylum. In addition, a storage reservoir for 800,000 gallons of water was constructed at the highest levels of the site.
Derelict building at the hill of the site...
...this is the inside of the above building. A large water tank and a motor pump still remains.
Wadsley Church...and the hospital forgotten patients
This is the open-clear section of land within the Church yard where a license was granted for the exclusive burials of patients from the hospital. There are several hundred souls buried here today, but sadly, no stone or memorial was ever erected to mark their identity. This burial ground for the unclaimed patients was a very cost effective solution for an ever increasing problem, in Victorian times it was very unwise to make it public that you had a loved one in the Asylum as madness was consider to bring disgrace or shame to the family, and on that basis alone many people were simply left there. — Many patients had simple ceremonies only attended by a member of the Clergy and a lone gravedigger...
...this could be a marker indicating the limits of the large burial section of land where the nameless patients lay in eternal rest.
"Kingswood Hall" in summer 2008. (Photo: Ian Slater)
The back of the "Key Lodge"
The new houses on the site.
"South Yorkshire Asylum 1878"
Water feature situated in front of the converted "Kingswood Hall"
Entrance to "Kingswood Hall"
Main door to the "Kingswood Hall" building.
Looking outwards from the main entrance of "Kingswood Hall"
Winter in January 2010.
Wharncliffe war memorial at Wadsley Church, dedicated to the soldiers who died at the hospital during First World War.
'Wadsley Park Village' is the new name given to the former hospital site.
Winter in January 2010
A rare type of tree to be seen at the present day is a Ginkgo or Maidenhair tree growing in front of the central administration block. It is described as a species which alone has survived the millions of years, and although familiar in the Far East, is very rare in Great Britain.
Main entrance to 'Wadsley Park Village' on Middlewood Road.