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    • 2018/2019 | Local suppliers to Normansfield – 1868 to the 1930s
      • L is for Laundry, Lemonade and Local Photographer
      • Music and Weaving at Normansfield
      • Local Suppliers 1868-1930s
      • Bringing Electric Lighting to Normansfield
      • Normansfield Farm and the Local Economy
    • 2017 | The Staff who worked at Normansfield, 1868 – 1997
      • Employment at Normansfield
      • The Laundry and Linen
      • Frances Mary Palling, Governess
      • Early Chaplains at Normansfield
      • Staff and the First World War
      • William Henry Briggs
      • Normansfield Theatre
      • Memories of Normansfield, Summer 1977
    • 2016 | The History of Normansfield’s Buildings
      • Before 1868
      • 1868 – 1873
      • 1874 – 1880
      • 1881- 1890
      • 1891
      • 1891 – 1893
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      • Earlswood Asylum
      • The Metropolitan Asylums Board (MAB)
      • Leavesden Hospital
      • Darenth
      • Tooting Bec Asylum
      • The Fountain Hospital
      • The Five Hospitals that made up the Epsom Cluster
      • Botleys Park Hospital
    • 2013 | Normansfield: The Early Years 1868 to 1913
      • Introduction
      • Mental Deficiency and Treatment at Normansfield
      • Patients’ Statistics
      • Fees and Charges
      • Staff
      • Teaching
      • Case Study: Ida Penelope Page
      • Case Study: Robert Belchamber
  • Normansfield Residents
    • Patricia Collen
    • Dolly Freeman
    • Tony Hudson
    • Walter Ridpath

2013 | Normansfield: The Early Years 1868 to 1913

2013 | Normansfield: The Early Years 1868 to 1913

Research conducted by members of the University of the Third Age (U3A).

Introduction | Mental Deficiency and Treatment at Normansfield Patients’ Statistics | Fees and Charges | Staff | Teaching

Case Studies: Ida Penelope Page | Robert Belchamber

 

What's On

OPEN HOUSE LONDON / KNOW YOUR PLACE FESTIVAL

12PM–5PM SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2019

You are welcome to look around on your own or join a talk or tour:

Talk at 12.30pm: Dr John Langdon Down and Normansfield

Talk at 2.30pm: Normansfield Theatre

Tours of museum and theatre at 1.30pm and 3.30pm

Know Your Place

The rich and vibrant history of Richmond upon Thames will be celebrated throughout September 2019 with the seventh annual Know Your Place heritage festival. An action packed events programme encompasses the whole borough, with events for all ages.

MUSEUM & THEATRE OPEN DAY

10AM–5PM SATURDAY 26 OCTOBER 2019

Talk & tour 11am – 12.00pm: Historic European Theatres Day & Normansfield Theatre

1pm – 2pm Tour of the museum and theatre.


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