High Royds Hospital: Inside Yorkshire’s Forgotten Asylum

Hinzugefügt: 2026-06-03

[00:00:00]It's quite a somber place.

[00:00:03]The resting place of over 2,000 patients from Manston, from High Roads, from originally the pauper's asylum.

[00:00:19]And I guess this is all of it.

[00:00:27]Mhm.

[00:00:28]You can see the little tombstones.

[00:00:32]I think this is where maybe the bodies were.

[00:00:38]And maybe there's only a few tombstones left now.

[00:00:42]Because the other graveyard seemed to have people younger than what they claim on here.

[00:00:50]And here is another one.

[00:00:52]Let's have a look.

[00:00:55]And this belonged to Elizabeth Merchant of Melbourne, Australia. Died the 20th April, 1923.

[00:01:07]Let the kindly fight.

[00:01:10]In loving memory.

[00:01:12]As you can see here.

[00:01:15]The rest of the graveyard, I think it's just remembrance.

[00:01:21]So, that's what I can do. Is remember the people that were buried here.

[00:01:26]And forgotten about, unfortunately. But maybe now they're not forgotten about as you're listening to me.

[00:01:33]So, if you'd like to see the history of this, High Roads is across the road in Manston, the hospital, which is now apartments, which are very beautiful.

[00:01:41]Mhm. [clears throat] Not the same as when I worked there, but they don't look very different.

[00:01:44]On this side of the road, you have the cemetery where the patients were put.

[00:01:51]So, I'm not quite saying it's a day out, but for historic purposes, yes, it's a good day out.

[00:01:58]Anyway, that's enough for today. Thank you.

[00:02:00]Ciao.