West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum Through Time

by Mark Davis

During the eighteenth century the plight of those considered insane was dismal. Many were locked up in madhouses or chained in the workhouse, their illnesses ignored. It was only with the advent of the Industrial Revolution that reform came into place. Within the West Riding of Yorkshire the first steps in reform were taken by the Tuke family who built the Retreat at York, instrumental in bringing a new moral, caring attitude that was quickly adopted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445607506
• ISBN13: 9781445607504
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages