can anyone help me
did the church on the site of middlewood hospital pre date the hospital and what was there pre 1872 when hospital opened

Hi Roger,

I'm not sure about dates or anything, but the church is still standing I believe, although most of the old hospital is gone now to new housing.

The church was built specifically for the Hospital. Prior to the Hospital being built the land was a park called Wadsley Park, hence Wadsley Park Village the name of the new estate.

I used to live on the winn Gardens estate across the road from where the new Houses have been built.

When they were buidling them, they put up a huge sign reading ' The Copse'

We were going to make one of our own...reading ' The Robbers'

:D

Middlewood Hospital was built 1896 and opened april 1872, before the hospital was built there stood a chapel and burial ground. On our site you will find the purches deeds.:thumbsup:

Did quite a bit of research on the hospital.:clap:

bikertec did you ever find anything spooky about middlewood hosp? i worked there 8 years and it always seemed a bit spooky, especially when most of the wards were closed and you had to walk through them in the dark to get around, it was a right rabbit warren!
one night I was walking through a darkened upstairs ward and was scared to death by a patient sat on the bare floor in the middle of the ward! cant imagine how long he'd been there.

Does anyone know the plans for the Church now the hospital has closed down?

Originally posted by suzyoo
bikertec did you ever find anything spooky about middlewood hosp? i worked there 8 years and it always seemed a bit spooky, especially when most of the wards were closed and you had to walk through them in the dark to get around, it was a right rabbit warren!
one night I was walking through a darkened upstairs ward and was scared to death by a patient sat on the bare floor in the middle of the ward! cant imagine how long he'd been there. Yes we had a lot of good experiences there and lots of unexplained pictures.

Originally posted by Avalon
Does anyone know the plans for the Church now the hospital has closed down? Apparently the church keeps changing hands between developers because they can't get planning permission for anything. Apparently both buildings are up for review by Sheffield city council in March.

Just been having a look at the pitures on the paranormal site

I worked at middlewood in the late 70`s early 80`s, the photo of the building that was wards 51/2 ect makes me so sad, beautiful building left to rot, what a shame

Will you be posting any more piccies/info of your experiences there Bikertec ?

Hope you are recovered from your accident Mick

Originally posted by suzieq
Just been having a look at the pitures on the paranormal site

I worked at middlewood in the late 70`s early 80`s, the photo of the building that was wards 51/2 ect makes me so sad, beautiful building left to rot, what a shame

Will you be posting any more piccies/info of your experiences there Bikertec ?

Hope you are recovered from your accident Mick It is really sad what Bloors have let happen to the hospital I don't think I will be posting more Middlewood photos on the site.:( But If you want to come to one of our meetings I will bring some for you. Also most of the footage we have is on video which could be shown at a future meeting.:thumbsup:

Getting there thankyou still feel crap then I look at the bike and feel worse.:(