Coordinates: 57°38′43″N 3°19′59″W / 57.64537°N 3.33300°W / 57.64537; -3.33300

Bilbohall Hospital

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Bilbohall Hospital
Surviving lodge to the Bilbohall Hospital (the hospital was demolished in the late 1990s)
Bilbohall Hospital is located in Moray
Bilbohall Hospital
Shown in Moray
Geography
LocationElgin, Moray, Scotland
Coordinates57°38′43″N 3°19′59″W / 57.64537°N 3.33300°W / 57.64537; -3.33300
Organisation
Care systemNHS Scotland
TypePsychiatric hospital
Services
Emergency departmentNo
History
Opened1835
Closed1995
Links
ListsHospitals in Scotland

Bilbohall Hospital was a mental health facility located to the west of Dr Gray's Hospital in Elgin, Scotland.

History

The hospital, which was designed by Archibald Simpson, opened as the Elgin District Asylum in 1835.[1][2] It was extended by A & W Reid in the 1860s and a third storey was added in the 1880s.[1] It became the Morayshire Mental Hospital in the 1920s and joined the National Health Service as Bilbohall Hospital in 1948.[3] After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in April 1995.[4][5] The buildings were demolished in the late 1990s.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Bilbohall Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Institution Information - Elgin Asylum". Scottish Indexes. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Bilbohall Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Don't close our mental health unit!". Northern Scot. 9 October 2009. Archived from the original on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  5. ^ "NHS Hospitals Closed from mid 1970s to 1998". NHS Scotland. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
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