The Bath Idiot and Imbecile Institution

Reference Number: PP/971
Level of Description: Item
Title: The Bath Idiot and Imbecile Institution
Creator(s) & Administrative History: Carpenter, Peter K.: Author
Alpha Academic in collaboration with The Royal College of Psychiatrists: Publisher

Chalfont St. Giles

Halfpenny Furze, Mill Lane, Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks, HP8 4NR
Date: 2000
ISSN: 0957-1558
Extent: Pages: 26
Description: An article in the History of Psychiatry, Vol 11. Part 2. Number 42, June 2000, pp. 163-188. The history of the institution/school and its successors. It opened in 1846 by Miss Charlotte White, originally at 5 Walcot Parade and then moved to 35 Belvedere. In 1887 it was taken over/merged with the Bath Municipal Charity Trustees and then moved to Rockhall House at Combe Down. It became The School for Imbecile Children at Rockhall but pupils eventually began to stay into adulthood. The school closed in 1978 and was eventually redeveloped as sheltered accommodation for the elderly
Subject: Educational Institutions
Mental Health