Claypenny Hospital Revisited ...

Here are a selection of photos from the late Eric Readman (Easingwold electrician and keen amateur photographer) of Claypenny Hospital which was in the north of Easingwold.

Anyone who remembers Easingwold pre mid 1990s will call this area Claypenny, it is now known as Copperclay or Mallinson Hill or even Millfield, depends on how you view it.

Claypenny was originally Easingwold's work house a victorian building still standing (Poor Law Institution) where the hospital was situated and was expended across the adjoining area.

It first opened as a mental handicap hospital in 1934 by North Riding County Council.

Over the years more land was acquired and more wards and buildings built with the hospital peaking at just under 400 residents.

The facility housed children and adults of both sexes until it was started to be wound down in the mid 1980s.

It was Easingwold's largest employer for a time and many from the town worked there until it finally closed in 1993







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