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Cheadle Royal Hospital

Hospital in Greater Manchester, England

Summary

Hospital in Greater Manchester, England

Field	Value
name	Cheadle Royal Hospital
image	Priory Hospital Cheadle Royal from the air - geograph.org.uk - 5904819.jpg
caption	Cheadle Royal Hospital from the air
location	Heald Green
region	Greater Manchester
state	England
healthcare	Private
type	Specialist
speciality	Mental Health
emergency	No
founded	1763
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pushpin_map	Greater Manchester
pushpin_map_caption	Shown in Greater Manchester
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Cheadle Royal Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Heald Green, Greater Manchester, England, built between 1848 and 1849. The main building is Grade II listed.

History

The hospital was founded at a time when only two other similar institutions existed in England (Bethlem and St Luke's) and was initially located next to the Manchester Infirmary in 1763. It was designed by Richard Lane in the Elizabethan style and it opened as the Manchester Lunatic Hospital in 1766. It had 24 beds when it opened, but had over 100 patients by 1800.

The facility relocated to Cheadle, 10 mi to the south, as the Manchester Royal Hospital for the Insane, in 1849.

The facility became Cheadle Royal Hospital in 1902 It had provision for the treatment of 400 patients in 1928

Famous patients

Famous patients have included:

Johnny Briggs, cricketer
Margot Bryant, actress
Arthur Ransome, children's writer and journalist

References

A plan of the Manchester Infirmary and Manchester Lunatic Hospital, 1845

References

{{National Heritage List for England
"Cheadle Royal Hospital". Manchester Medical Collection.
"Cheadle Royal Hospital". National Archives.
1. acres; in the following 80 years about {{convert. 220. acres
(18 January 2010). "Cheadle Royal sold to Priory in Affinity deal". Business Desk.
{{cite DNB12. W. B.. Owen
(11 January 1988). "Minnie's farewell from the Street". Manchester Evening News.
Brogan, Hugh. (1984). "The Life of Arthur Ransome". Jonathan Cape.

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