German air-raid killed 38 patients at Severalls Hospital in 1942
On 11th August 1942 a German air raid (which Berlin would later confirm to have targeted at Colchester and Hastings) destroyed part of the West side of Severalls Hospital. 38…
Severalls Hospital Timeline
This Severalls Hospital Timeline provdes an idea of important dates in the hospital’s history and also how changes in law and society influenced what occurred at the hospital. Much of…
Request (and refusal) to visit Severalls site for research and photographs, March 2009
In March 2009 I was considering writing a book on Severalls, so I contacted the Government (the land was still State owned at the time) and asked for permission to…
Severalls Hospital: the Evil Inside The Asylum
When I wrote the original Wikipedia article of Severalls Hospital I was left asking lots of questions. I wanted more details on the sorts of experiences people had there and…
PICTURES: Aerial shots of Severalls Hospital demolition
It has commenced: Severalls Hospital is now being demolished for good. The end of an era of this historic place. There are some great photographs in this set. It’s sad…
Nurse Muriel May Jackson: The Forgotten Hero of Severalls Hospital
Nurse Muriel May Jackson was born in 1923 in Colchester, Essex, England. She trained as a nurse at the Royal Free Hospital in London before later moving back to Colchester…