Hanwell Asylum, the lunatic asylum for the county of Middlesex, is situated, not in the parish of Hanwell, but in the adjoining parish of Norwood, 7½ miles W. of Paddington Station, London. It was originally founded in 1831, and now gives shelter to about 1800 patients.
Hanwell Asylum
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 550
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