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In 1995 the Crichton Development Company was established to regenerate the redundant hospital. Several buildings were converted for business park use, while the central area was maintained as a public park. A golf course was developed to the west of the site, and a hotel and conference centre were
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The courses on offer at the Crichton University Campus include business, computing, teacher training and nursing courses. The Crichton Carbon Centre, housed in the Rutherford/McCowan building, is one of only two places where the Carbon Management postgraduate degree is available in Scotland. The
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and opened as the Crichton Institution for Lunatics in 1839. It became the Crichton Royal Institution in 1840. The Southern Counties Asylum, which was intended to provide facilities for paupers, was erected on the site in 1849 and subsequently amalgamated with the main facility.
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University of Glasgow offers an MA in Health and Social Policy, an MA Primary Education Programme with Teaching Qualification and a BSc in Environmental Science and Sustainability on the campus.
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An Act to incorporate the Trustees and others, Directors of the Crichton Royal Institution for Lunatics at Dumfries, and for the better enabling them to carry on their Charitable Designs.
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The last of the mental health wards finally closed in 2013, concluding the site's use as a hospital.
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Elizabeth Crichton (Elizabeth Grierson) 1779-1862 Founder of the Crichton Royal Hospital in Dumfries
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Art in Madness: Dr W.A.F. Browne's Collection of Patient Art at Crichton Royal Institution, Dumfries
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The last, and grandest, of Scotland's royal asylums was founded in Dumfries in 1838 by
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The Crichton Development Company acquired a 125-year lease on the site in 2004.
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moved to a new purpose-built £40 million building within the grounds in 2008.
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visited the site and unveiled a statue of Elizabeth Crichton in May 2000.
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Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
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took their name from playing on the sports fields at the campus
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Crichton Royal Institution for Lunatics at Dumfries Act 1840
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in southwest Scotland. It serves as a remote campus for the
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Dr. James Crichton 1765-1823 Physician and Philanthropist
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The hospital was expanded in the late 19th century, when
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Jones, H. Longueville (1838). "University of Dumfries".
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The Point: An Alternative Voice on Mental Health Issues
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Category A listed buildings in Dumfries and Galloway
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Crichton Campus
NHS Dumfries and Galloway

The Crichton is located in Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries
Dumfries and Galloway
Coordinates
55°03′01″N 3°35′34″W / 55.0504°N 3.5927°W / 55.0504; -3.5927
Care system
NHS
Type
Specialist
www.crichton.co.uk
Hospitals in Scotland
campus
Dumfries
University of Glasgow
University of the West of Scotland
Dumfries and Galloway College
Open University
psychiatric hospital
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title
Citation
3 & 4 Vict.
Royal assent
Text of statute as originally enacted
Elizabeth Crichton
Friars Carse
Scottish universities

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