Lancaster Moor Asylum - chapel
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Lancaster Moor Asylum - chapel
Image: © Eileen Cowen Taken: 22 Apr 2008
Added to the 1816 asylum in 1842. By this time Samuel Gaskell, surgeon, was superintendent and there were about 600 patients, all paupers.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.04597
Longitude
-2.775943