Inside abandoned asylum which housed patients for 100 years bangour village hospital was a psychiatric hospital located west of. Bangour fauldhouse ward the war office announced in may 1915 that it was taking over bangour village hospital for use as a war hospital. An outstanding remaining example of a psychiatric hospital. Bangour village hospital was a psychiatric hospital it was officially opened in october 1906 and the last ward closed in 2004. Site of abandoned bangour village hospital put up for sale. Bangour village hospital was a psychiatric hospital located west of dechmont in west lothian, scotland, designed in the village system of patient care, a revolutionary concept at the time. Macleod aberdeen university press, 1991 hospitals 234 pages. Discover bangour village hospital in dechmont, scotland. Like atlas obscura and get our latest and greatest stories.
Oct 21, 2019 the longawaited redevelopment of bangour hospital in west lothian has moved a step closer. Bangour village hospital scotland share your paranormal. Bangour village hospital was a psychiatric hospital, located west of dechmont, in west lothian, scotland. In the 1950s bangour village hospital began to take patients from west lothian as. It was designed by hippolyte blanc and officially opened as. About the students who followed them to become registered nurses. It was officially opened in october 1906, although the first patients had been admitted in june 1904.
Inside abandoned asylum which housed patients for 100 years bangour village hospital was a psychiatric hospital located west of dechmont in west lothian, scotland. Author jenni fagan uncovers the story of bangour village hospital and its. Haunted bangour village hospital archives scottish paranormal. Bangour village hospital is a hospital in scotland. I first got into villa 9 almost 4 years ago, and now revisited it a few times again recently. You are advised to check listed building status with historic scotland. Bangour village hospital or edinburgh district asylum vimeo. Bangour general hospital was built during the second world war as an annexe to bangour village hospital for mental diseases and was run by the department of health for scotland under the emergency hospitals scheme. Large numbers of very imposing and increasingly derelict buildings are dotted around an overgrown 960 acre site on a.
I imagine that many, if not most, of the residents who passed through the adolescent unit at bangour village hospital have rarely had the chance to tell their stories about how and why they were admitted into the unit, what they experienced while there, and how it impacted on the lives they led after discharge. Linda was first baby born in bangour maternity unit. Its no stranger to reports of paranormal activity, giving it the title of haunted bangour village hospital by many visitors who share their story both online and offline lets take a look at some pictures from haunted scotlands visit to this location in august 2015. Bangour village hospital continued as a psychiatric hospital until 2004. Plans revealed for up to 900 homes at bangour psychiatric. At the centre of the site was an edwardian baroque hall. Bangour hospital redevelopment moves step closer as. The development was designed as a selfcontained community supported by its own amenities which included a village shop, church and railway. Set in a central position on the site and in a severe romanesque style, it is one of the most impressive hospital churches in scotland.
Bangour village hospital scotland was a psychiatric hospital opened in 1906 and. Sep 12, 2012 information on bangour village hospital taken from wikipedia. The church at bangour village hospital, photographed by rcahms in 1993. Bangour village hospital was a psychiatric hospital located west of dechmont in west lothian, scotland. Bangour village hospital dechmont, scotland atlas obscura. The church is the centrepiece of the large complex, though it was built later than the patients villas, admin and other ancillary buildings, and while. Edinburgh to bangour village hospital 5 ways to travel via. Sorry, there are no tours or activities available to book online for the dates you selected. The first patients from the royal edinburgh asylum were transferred to bangour in 1904, and the hospital was officially opened on 3 october 1906. Edinburgh to bangour village hospital 5 ways to travel. A history of bangour village and general hospitals by william f hendrie online at alibris uk. Haunted bangour village hospital archives scottish. Its no stranger to reports of paranormal activity, giving it the title of haunted bangour village hospital by many visitors who share their story both online and offline.
Bangour reopened as a psychiatric hospital in 1922. The mental health patients were moved to other asylums, and the hospital was converted and ready for army patients within six weeks. It was officially opened in october 1906 under the name edinburgh district asylum, over two years after the first patients were admitted in june 1904. Bangour village hospital feature page on undiscovered scotland. Available works include four published collections of poetry, two fiction novels. Bangour village psychiatric hospital dechmont, west lothian. A history of bangour village and general hospitals hendrie, william f on. Villa 32 was the last villa to close, with donald a. Bangour village hospital is situated nearby to dechmont.
A church was added to the site in 192430 designed by h. Located just a short bus journey away from edinburgh, bangour village hospital was once the site of a sprawling complex dedicated to providing luxury psychiatric care that boasted its own working farm, shop, large church and even a railway line. In the 1950s bangour village hospital began to take patients from west lothian as well as edinburgh, finally ceasing to take edinburgh patients in 1974. Bangour village hospital broxburn, fife, united kingdom. At this time many temporary shelters were erected to the nw of the site and this became the basis of the bangour general hospital now demolished. Information about and images of bangour village hospital in west lothian on. Dechmont, bangour village hospital, church canmore. Bangour general hospital was run down and closed and subsequently demolished following the opening of st johns hospital in nearby livingston in 1989. A history of bangour village and general hospitals by hendrie, william fyfe, macleod, donald isbn. The cheapest way to get from edinburgh to bangour village hospital costs only. Bangour village hospital and other abandoned buildings. Lothian health services archive lhsa holds the historically important records of lothian nhs hospitals and other health and medicinerelated records of organisations and individuals. Livingston north railway station is one of two railway stations serving the new town of livingston in west lothian, scotland. After the war the annex became bangour general hospital, offering general medical services across west lothian, while bangour village hospital again reverted to use as a mental hospital.
Other enabling works include the the creation of footpaths, car parking, landscaping and access points. Bangour village hospital, broxburn, fife, united kingdom. Macleod, consultant surgeon, closing bangour general and village hospitals in march 2004. An outstanding remaining example of a psychiatric hospital built as a village in a restrained scots renaissance style. Bangour village hospital finally closed its doors 100 years after it was originally began treating patients. A history of bangour village and general hospitals william f.
The place can be glimpsed briefly though a break in the trees as you whizz along the motorway between edinburgh and glasgow and there a couple of signposts although with no indicators as. Inside abandoned asylum which housed patients for 100 years. The bangour railway as it was known began with an east facing junction at bangour junction on the edinburgh and bathgate railway. In its heyday bangour village hospital in west lothian was a busy psychiatric facility. Bangour village hospital dechmont 2020 all you need to know. Villa kid back in the 1980s i arrived home from school one afternoon and was intercepted at the door by my father who informed me, while i was still holding my schoolbag, that i was going in to hospital. Comprising individual villas housing around 30 patients each, the village also had its own railway connection, farm, bakery and latterly, a church. Haunted bangour village hospital bangour village hospital, is a now abandoned psychiatric hospital located in west lothian, scotland. Bangour village psychiatric hospital dechmont, west. For more stories from across the edinburgh area like our.
A history of bangour village and general hospitals new edition by william fyfe hendrie, donald macleod isbn. This is bangour village hospital or edinburgh district asylum a cine poem by jenni fagan by forest of black on vimeo, the home for high quality videos. Rome2rio has found 5 ways to get from edinburgh to bangour village hospital by bus, train, taxi and car. Opened to serve a hospital in 1905, the station did not survive to the 1923 grouping, being closed by the north british railway in 1921. Bangour village hospital has to be one of the most atmospheric places in scotland. Bangour village asylum haunted hotel, melancholy, asylum, abandoned. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
This is the deathtrap villa 9 at bangour village hospital. Sep 04, 2015 the church at bangour village hospital, photographed by rcahms in 1993. A history of bangour village and general hospitals by hendrie, william fyfe. Bangour village hospital, is a now abandoned psychiatric hospital located in west lothian, scotland. It was designed by hippolyte blanc and officially opened as the edinburgh district asylum in october 1906. This is one of a group of 4 four villas which are situated around the former administration. Aerial travel scotlandisle of skye landscapes 2015 4k uhd dji inspire one duration. Bangour village hospital was built by architect hippolyte blanc in the early 1900s as the edinburgh district asylum. The hospital was modelled on the village system of patient care, the best example of which is the altscherbitz hospital at schkeuditz in germany which was developed in the 1870s. A history of bangour village and general hospitals aberdeen university press bks. A housing developer is set to take over the site of the former bangour village psychiatric hospital with plans to build 891 houses. The former hospital block is a welldetailed building situated in a prominent high position within the complex.
This is one of a group of 4 four villas which are situated around the former administration building see separate listing of the complex. Today, though, the only noise is the distant hum of the m8, an occasional chirrup of bird song and the wind. Information on bangour village hospital taken from wikipedia. Plans for a whole host of infrastructure works, including a new roundabout on the a89, have been given the green light. May 22, 2017 the former bangour village hospital site in west lothian has been put up for sale. When the demand for beds to treat wartime casualties did not materialise, accommodation was made available to a neurosurgical. Investigating ghosts, cryptids, ufos, urban legends and forgotten histories of aotearoa. Lhb44 bangour village hospital introduction 1 edinburgh. An oral history project remembering the adolescent unit ward 31 at bangour village hospital, near dechmont, in west lothian, scotland.
Not far from where i live there is a hamlet called bangour and next to it is bangour village hospital. Its amazing how quickly the roofs have came down in space of a few weeks. The 215acre site near dechmont is being brought to market by on behalf of nhs lothian, with potential for up to 800 new build homes and a further 91 residential units from conversion of existing buildings on the site, subject to planning approval. Bangour general hospital opened on the site in 1918. I am sure there was a waterworks maybe hospital sewage works. Bangour village hospital is the best surviving example in scotland of a psychiatric hospital created in the village system of patient care, a revolutionary concept in the late 19th century. The west lothian site, which is the size of 100 football pitches and includes 15 listed buildings, has lain empty for 14 years. This is a prominent and imposing detached former ward villa. There are health and safety issues at bangour village hospital. Bangour village hospital, just west of dechmont, was previously a psychiatric hospital. She took the pics in the woods just off the old mortuary road where it follows the wee burn, and just off the old pavilion playing fields. Dechmont, bangour village hospital, hospital block canmore.
An outstanding remaining example of a psychiatric hospital built as a village in a restrained scots renaissance style march 22, 2017 jack beckett bangour village hospital was a psychiatric hospital located west of dechmont in west lothian, scotland, designed in the village system of patient care, a revolutionary concept at the time. However in 1939 the hospital again became the edinburgh war hospital, with an additional annexe, which became bangour general hospital. The junction hosted several sidings, and was located where the a899 livingston spine road crosses the railway today. Bangour village hospital, in west lothian, opened in 1906 on a sprawling 960 acre estate, and housed patients in a series of villas. Bangour village hospital map scotland, scotland mapcarta. He has written many books on aspects of scottish local history for tempus publishing. Bangour village psychiatric hospital haunted auckland. This 1974 timeline is about the bangour group school of nursing, which trained the vast majority of nurses who then initially practiced in the area. A history of bangour village and general hospitals. Dec 02, 2017 bangour village hospital was a psychiatric hospital it was officially opened in october 1906 and the last ward closed in 2004.
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