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It has been known as Harperbury Hospital for 61 years and has been a fixture of the area's mental health scene since 1928. It had two sister institutions, Shenley Hospital and Napsbury Hospital, within a few miles of its location.
By the 1990s plans were in the works to close the Shenley, Napsbury and Harperbury hospitals. Patients were moved out of all three that decade. However, in 1995 and 1998 Harperbury got a temporary influx of patients coming from two other institutions that were closed. By late 2001 Harperbury had only about 200 patients and Harperbury was officially considered closed.
The scaling down at Harperbury resulted in many of the old hospital's buildings becoming abandoned.
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By the 1990s plans were in the works to close the Shenley, Napsbury and Harperbury hospitals. Patients were moved out of all three that decade. However, in 1995 and 1998 Harperbury got a temporary influx of patients coming from two other institutions that were closed. By late 2001 Harperbury had only about 200 patients and Harperbury was officially considered closed.
The scaling down at Harperbury resulted in many of the old hospital's buildings becoming abandoned.
More details here
_DSC4322 by Roll, on Flickr
_DSC4342 by Roll, on Flickr
_DSC4438 by Roll, on Flickr
_DSC4430 by Roll, on Flickr
_DSC4425 by Roll, on Flickr
_DSC4418 by Roll, on Flickr
_DSC4357 by Roll, on Flickr
I'll post a link to some others once they finish uploading
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