Whittingham Brief History

Built as part of the County Aslyum network, Whittingham was Lancashires Asylum. Built to accomodate 2500 patients, it was one of the largest in Europe. It existed as a near enough self sufficient community. As it was expanded over the years, its population grew and peaked at over 3500 patients. Rather unique to Whittingham, it had its own railway line and station that linked it to nearby towns.

As you can see from the above photo, the site was vast. The larger complex in the centre of the image is St Lukes. If you look on the right hand side, near the centre, the duck pond is visible. This is where the material came from to make the bricks that the asylum is built from.