Mapping the location, design and decline of London's psychiatric asylums (1831–2012)

摘要: ABSTRACTThis research analyses the location of psychiatric hospitals, previously known as ‘mental asylums’ built in late nineteenth and early twentieth century London, UK. Twenty largest facilities are geo-referenced using a mixed-methods approach including use archival documents, historical Ordnance Survey mapping, variety recent digital datasets. The hospital locations plotted on Survey© [2013. Retrieved July 26, 2013, from http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/opendata/viewer/] Meridian™2 vector data. Inset maps provide comparative mapping historic current sites Survey©, Google™ Satellite Two former asylums ‘Epsom Cluster’ explored detail, Long Grove Hospital West Park Hospital. Architectural design details on-site photographs 2007 2011 used to demonstrate changes luxury housing decay. Of 20 mapped, 14 were conver...