History of Cheddleton asylum studied in Staffordshire heritage project

By Jack Lenton

7th Jan 2022 | Local News

St. Edwards Hospital, photographed in the 1990s prior to its closure. Image credit: staffspasttrack.org.uk
St. Edwards Hospital, photographed in the 1990s prior to its closure. Image credit: staffspasttrack.org.uk

A former mental asylum in Cheddleton has been the focus of a history project, and its fascinating past has now been revealed.

Cheddleton Asylum, which later became known as St Edward's Hospital, was one of three historic Staffordshire mental asylums studied by the county council's Archives and Heritage Service in a project which began in 2019.

The project, funded by medical charity the Wellcome Trust, explores the patient experience of mental health care in Staffordshire from the 1800s all the way to the 1960s.

And now, a major new exhibition, called "A Case for the Ordinary: Staffordshire's asylums and the patient experience" will reveal the story of the asylum and its patients to the general public.

The exhibition opens at the Museum of Cannock Chase on Monday (10th January) and continues there until Saturday 26th February.

There will also be taster exhibitions at Newcastle Library from Wednesday 8 December - Tuesday 11 January and at Biddulph library from Thursday 13 January - Wednesday 9 February.

More information about the project, as well as extensive information about the Cheddleton asylum, is available on the project's blog. Click here if you would like to read more.

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