There were two asylums in Somerset. The first was the 'Somerset and Bath County Asylum' which operated from 1848 to 1991. This asylum was situated in East Horrington, in Wells, Somerset.
You can find the census records from this asylum on Ancestry.com starting from 1851. You'll have to play around a bit with the enumeration districts because of boundaries changes over time.
For the census' it can be found;
1841 Not yet formed.
1851 Somerset > Wells St. Cuthbert Out > Somerset County Lunatic Asylem.
1861 Somerset > Wells St. Cuthbert Out > District County Lunatic Asylem.
1871 Somerset > St. Cuthbert Out Wells > District County Lunatic Asylem.
1881 Somerset > Wells St. Cuthbert Out > District Sumerset and Bath Lunatic Asylem.
1891 Somerset > St. Cuthbert Out > District Somerset and Bath Asylum.
1901 Somerset > Wells St. Cuthbert Out > District Sumerset and Bath Pauper Lunatic Asylem.
1911 Somerset > Wells St. Cuthbert > 18.
(Those are not typos by the way).
The second asylum is 'Tone Vale' near Taunton which began operating in 1892 and closed in 1995.
These records don't seem to be online as of yet (unless you know differently) because, I believe, of the 100 year Data Protection Act. However, I would have thought the 1911 (and earlier) census for this institution would be open by now. The village of Cotford St. Luke sprang up because of the hospital.
UPDATE:
Thank you to Whoosher (see comments below) for kindly pointing out that Tone Vale is indeed listed in the census.
1901 Somerset> Bishops Lydeard> Somerset and Bath Asylum.
1911 Somerset> Bishops Lydeard> District 12.
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Although not technically an asylum, there was a sanatorium built at Charterhouse high in the Mendips. Nordrach-upon-Mendip was opened in 1899 and was an expensive retreat for TB (Tuberculosis) patients.
Nordrach-upon-Mendip was situated in the village of Ubley, near Blagdon, Somerset. In the 1901 census there were 37 patients, some coming from America, Canada and Scotland, but also from all over the United Kingdom. Staff included Andrew Scott Smith, a doctor of medicine, two housekeepers and 13 servants.
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The 1911 census is definitely available on Ancestry. The Somerset and Bath County Asylum at Bishops Lydeard appears at the end of piece RG 14/14262. You can browse it by selecting the county Somerset and then the parish of Bishops Lydeard. It appears as enumeration district 12. The inmates were listed by initial only, so it's not really possible to search, however I found my relative by going page by page. I believe the 1901 census is also searchable, however my relative was admitted in 1903 so I haven't needed to try it.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Whoosher. I will take a look and update. Much appreciated, Ursula.
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