Institution Information - Old Monkland Poorhouse

Town/Parish/County: Coatbridge, Old Monkland, Lanarkshire

Alternative Names: [none]

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Locating Records for this institution

For people admitted to Scottish Mental Health institutions from 1 January 1858 a record usually survives in the ‘Notices of Admissions by the Superintendent of the Mental Institutions’ which are held by the National Records of Scotland. We are creating an index to these records and can assist you in searching the unindexed period. Search our index here or read more about the project here.

Patient records kept by this institution do not seem to have survived. If you learn of anything concerning the survival or whereabouts of these records, please contact us. Some records relating to the institution are held by the North Lanarkshire Archives at Motherwell.

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