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93-549: Bellsdyke Hospital , also known as Stirling District Lunatic Asylum ('SDLA') or Stirling District Asylum , is a former psychiatric hospital at Larbert , Falkirk that was opened in June 1869 and largely closed in 1997. It was an asylum set up by the Stirling District Lunacy Board. Stirling District Lunacy Board formed in 1848: those on the board began to make plans to build another building to cope with

186-419: A commuter town . Many residents work in the nearby towns of Falkirk and Stirling , as well as the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow . Scotland's Census of 2011 reveals that the population of Larbert has increased to 9,143 from the 2001 Census figure of 6,425 and it continues to grow with large-scale housing development on the northern periphery of the town as well as on brownfield sites. The origins of

279-539: A mecca for curiosity seekers who believe it is haunted. Because of its dry climate, Colorado Springs was home to several sanatoria . A. G. Holley Hospital in Lantana, Florida , was the last remaining freestanding tuberculosis sanatorium in the United States until it closed on July 2, 2012. In 1907, Stannington Sanatorium was opened in the northeast of England to treat tuberculosis in children. The sanatorium

372-414: A chapel, male and female dormitories and a dining-room. The asylum was meant to house two hundred and fifty inmates, but issues with overcrowding meant that there were several additions to the original buildings. The inmates came from the counties of Clackmannan, Dumbarton, Stirlingshire and Linlithgow. The first superintendent of the asylum was Dr Frederick Skae of Morningside. During the first few years of

465-481: A circular route through Larbert, Stenhousemuir, past the Carron Iron Works , through Bainsford and to Falkirk. Larbert's new closeness to surrounding communities raised concerns about the loss of village independence. A consortium of local industrialists and residents, fearing higher burgh rates , successfully resisted a 1912 proposal to incorporate nearby villages such as Larbert and Stenhousemuir into

558-608: A graduate student at Rutgers University , discovered streptomycin , an antibiotic and the first cure for tuberculosis, sanatoria began to close. As in the case of the Paimio Sanatorium, many were transformed into general hospitals. By the 1950s, tuberculosis was no longer a major public health threat in the developed world; it was controlled by antibiotics rather than extended rest. Most sanatoria had been demolished years before. Some, however, have been adapted for new medical roles. The Tambaram Sanatorium in south India

651-714: A hospital which led to the expansion of the Chronic block which changed the shape of the original asylum. In 1891, it was noted that the works of the Falkirk and Larbert Water District had led to the Board to decide to update the plumbing of the SDLA, this was a favourable measure as previously there had not been enough water for the sanitary needs of the asylum. Toilets, bathrooms and water closets were all renovated or new ones installed so that used water and sewage were not being pumped into

744-577: A larger population. As a result, the local centre of commercial gravity is located in Stenhousemuir, where most shops, the nearest health centre, high school and local government offices are found. There are currently three primary schools in Larbert itself. Larbert Village Primary School dates from 1891 and has 270 pupils. Ladeside Primary School dates from 1970 and has a roll of 400 nursery and primary pupils. Additionally, pupils who live in

837-474: A limited number of places available for private patients who paid a fee for their place. Dr MacLaren was the first to introduce a fully trained nurse to the SDLA in 1882. Dr John Macpherson was appointed as superintendent in 1889; he disapproved of the inmates being thought of as state prisoners and began to push for the inmates to be referred to and be treated as a patient instead. Macpherson pushed for patients to have intensive medical treatment as they would at

930-523: A local businessman, opened a sawmill on land adjacent to the Dobbie Forbes and Company foundry, which grew rapidly manufacturing timber frames. By the turn of the 20th century, Dobbie Forbes had a payroll of more than 200 employees. In 1888, a joint venture between Jones and the cashier of Dobbie, Forbes and Company, Dermont Campbell, produced the Jones and Campbell foundry on land close to

1023-455: A local quarry. The church was built at a time of population growth and increasing prosperity in Larbert and its parish, which necessitated the construction of a more modern place of worship. As Larbert grew during the 19th century, the church again became too small. Major alterations to the building were carried out in the 1880s. An early chapel under the domain of the Abbot of Cambuskenneth

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1116-617: A new site. The construction phase of the project is expected to be completed by December 2009. Services will then progressively transfer to the hospital from Summer 2010. There is also a WH Smith, M&S Simply Food and Starbucks located at the Hospital. The Falkirk Council local authority provides all waste management services, with recycling facilities at Roughmute near Denny and at Kinneil Kerse in Bo'ness . There are three 18-hole golf courses close to Larbert. Falkirk Tryst Golf Club, on

1209-745: A part of Stirlingshire and is part of the Stirling and Falkirk lieutenancy area . For the purposes of local government , Larbert is located in the 'Bonnybridge and Larbert' ward of Falkirk Council, which elects three councillors under the single transferable vote system. Following the 2017 elections, the Bonnybridge and Larbert ward returned one councillor each for the Scottish National Party , Scottish Conservatives and one Independent . Larbert, Stenhousemuir and Torwood comprise one of Falkirk's community councils , which have

1302-463: A pioneer in metallurgy , was born in Larbert in 1772. Baildon was involved in pioneering industrial undertakings such as the construction of the first blast furnaces fired by coke in continental Europe. The Scottish-American actor Jimmy Finlayson was born in Larbert in 1887. Finlayson worked in silent movies as well as sound movies and starred opposite Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy . Sanatorium Sanatoriums should not be confused with

1395-406: A role in communicating local opinion to local and central government. Larbert combined with Stenhousemuir also forms one of the six Falkirk Council Area Forums , which represent aggregations of both council wards and community council areas. Forums are normally held every eight weeks, and their membership consists of all councillors representing the area, a representative from the community council,

1488-428: A taboo subject and, the SDLA was re-classed as a hospital and, the name changed to Bellsdyke Hospital. Nurse training increased as did the training of health visitors so that after-care treatment was improved. In April 1964, Cunningham House was opened, which was a new male psycho-neurotic block. Six new villas opened, Kinnaird and Stenhouse in 1967, Glenbervie, Dunmore, Carronhall and Torwood in 1968, they took over from

1581-562: Is believed to have stood in the vicinity of the present-day church. The church is now under threat of closure as of June 2016 At the southern tip of the village, the Dorrator Iron Bridge used to span a meander in the River Carron until it was dismantled and replaced with a new bridge adjacent to the surviving pillar on the west side of the river, connecting Larbert with the neighbouring settlement of Camelon . The bridge

1674-649: Is part of the Falkirk constituency, which elects one member to the House of Commons . The current MP is Euan Stainbank of the Scottish Labour Party who has represented the Falkirk constituency since the 2024 United Kingdom general election . Larbert lies at an elevation of 30 metres (100 feet) above sea level . The settlement sits on a shelf of land overlooking the River Carron , which flows to

1767-571: Is south-westerly, which brings warm, wet and unstable air associated with the North Atlantic Drift . The predominant land use in Larbert is suburban . The urban environment of Larbert is a mix of housing styles ranging from 19th- and 20th-century developments to large detached villas built of stone in Victorian times for Larbert's industrialists. Much new housing development in Larbert is on brownfield sites, such as those west of

1860-408: Is suitable for a range of light industries. Larbert lacks a supermarket , but the main street of the town is home to small retail outlets and a post office . The Lochlands Industrial area sits south of Larbert. One of the main tenants of the industrial park is Dowding and Mills, an electrical contractor, which opened a factory in 1979. Most residents of Larbert work outside the town. Historically,

1953-456: Is the nearest interchange for Larbert. McGill's Scotland East provide local bus services in Larbert and surrounding communities. Included is the local 'Circular' bus service, which connects Larbert with Stenhousemuir, Camelon , Bainsford and Falkirk. The nearest bus station to Larbert is in Falkirk. While having its own identity, Larbert is contiguous with the neighbouring settlement of Stenhousemuir , which borders its eastern side and has

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2046-613: The Lancet , and his sanatorium was converted to an asylum soon after. The rationale for sanatoria in the pre- antibiotic era was that a regimen of rest and good nutrition offered the best chance that the patient's immune system would "wall off" pockets of pulmonary TB infection. In 1863, Hermann Brehmer opened the Brehmersche Heilanstalt für Lungenkranke in Görbersdorf (Sokołowsko) , Silesia (now Poland), for

2139-511: The A88 road , was developed into a business park . The site became known as 'Central Park'. Its first occupant was the US -based data storage corporation Exabyte , which opened in late 1992 and employed 80 workers. Towards the end of the following year, three more high tech firms arrived, which gave Central Park a combined floorspace of 14,000 square metres (150,000 sq ft). Central Park

2232-586: The Carron Company , which developed east of Stenhousemuir, was a major employer. More recently, the bus builder Alexander Dennis , which has a large works at Camelon , has employed Larbert residents. Larbert sits in the travel to work area for both Edinburgh and Glasgow , with many residents commuting to work there daily. Larbert railway station opened on 22 May 1848, when the Scottish Central Railway built its line through

2325-464: The 15th or 16th centuries (Hall and Hunter 2001). Larbert's later growth is tied to the industrial development in the village itself as well as the wider parish. The pivotal event was the opening of the Carron Iron Works to the east of Stenhousemuir, in 1759, which produced a range of cast-iron goods and the Carronade , a naval cannon . The development of the iron works shifted the centre of

2418-603: The 1930s and 1960s. In the early 20th century, tuberculosis sanatoria became common in the United States . The first of several in Asheville, North Carolina was established by Dr. Horatio Page Gatchell in 1871, before the cause of tuberculosis (then called "phthisis" or "consumption") was even known. Fifty years earlier, Dr. J.F.E. Hardy had reportedly been cured in the "healing climate". Medical experts reported that at 2,200 feet (670 m) above sea level, air pressure

2511-408: The 1980s and since then salmon and sea trout have returned in good numbers. The surrounding population, largely scattered, engaged in agriculture and took part in the important Falkirk Tryst (cattle market) held annually in nearby Stenhousemuir. In the 1950s, archaeological excavations to the north of present-day Larbert uncovered remains of a substantial pottery works with eight kilns dating from

2604-685: The Bellsdyke Hospital complex, located on the outskirts of the town, still exists and provides psychiatric care only for patients in the Forth Valley health board area. In May 2007, construction began on a new 860-bed hospital for the Stirling and Falkirk on the site of the former RSNH in Larbert. the Forth Valley Royal Hospital (FVRH) will replace and combine existing facilities at both Falkirk and Stirling on

2697-504: The Falkirk area average of 3.6 percent and the Scottish average of 3.9 percent. In 2001, there were 2,542 dwellings in Larbert of which 76.8 percent were owner-occupied, a higher than average proportion compared to the surrounding area. Homes rented directly from the council or tenants associations, comprised 20.7 percent of the total housing stock in Larbert, with privately rented, or rent-free dwellings making up

2790-442: The Larbert and Stenhousemuir locality had a total population of 16,311, of whom 12,969 were aged 16 or over. Disaggregated 2001 census data showed that Larbert proper had a higher proportion of those under age 15 than the Falkirk council area and Scottish average and a lower proportion of those over age 75. The census figures also showed that 1.7 percent of those who are economically active, were unemployed, lower than

2883-449: The Larbert area was heavily forested, but this was cleared and gave rise to much of the agricultural land which surrounds the town. The coming of industry and especially the arrival in the 1840s of the Scottish Central Railway , which passes through the village, provided a base for economic growth. From the late 18th century until the mid-20th century heavy industry , such as boilermaking , casting and manufacturing underpinned

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2976-592: The National Anti-Tuberculosis Association (Canada) was founded in 1904, its members, including renowned pioneer in the fight against tuberculosis Dr. R.G. Ferguson , believed that a distinction should be made between the health resorts with which people were familiar and the new tuberculosis treatment hospitals: "So they decided to use a new word which instead of being derived from the Latin noun sanitas , meaning health, would emphasize

3069-701: The Russian sanatoriums from the time of the Soviet Union, which were a type of sanatorium resort residence for workers. The first suggestion of sanatoria in the modern sense was likely made by George Bodington , who opened a sanatorium in Sutton Coldfield in 1836 and later published his essay "On the Treatment and Cure of Pulmonary Consumption" in 1840. His novel approach was dismissed as "very crude ideas and unsupported assertions" by reviewers in

3162-553: The SDLA became a hospital. The patients of the SDLA were then returned in 1919 when its use as a temporary Naval War Hospital ended. Patients from the war were admitted to the SDLA well into the 1920s to deal with the trauma of what they had experienced. In the 1930s, the Stirling District Mental Hospital Joint Committee took over the jurisdiction of Larbert and with it the SDLA. The implementation of electrical and hot baths treatment

3255-684: The SDLA patients and photographs from other asylums as well as short stories. Larbert Larbert ( Scottish Gaelic : Leth-Pheairt , Scots : Lairbert ) is a town in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The town lies in the Forth Valley above the River Carron which flows from the west. Larbert is three miles (five kilometres) from the shoreline of the Firth of Forth and 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (4 kilometres) northwest of Falkirk . Stenhousemuir lies directly east of Larbert, with both settlements being contiguous and sharing certain public amenities with one another. In medieval times,

3348-576: The Scottish Headquarters of the Boys' Brigade . Robert Bruce of Kinnaird , early church leader. Arthur Mitchell , based at Larbert Hospital, and his son, Sydney Mitchell the eminent British Arts and Crafts architect, who was born in Larbert. The Abyssinian explorer James Bruce was born at Kinnaird, just outside Larbert in 1730 and is buried in the graveyard of Larbert Old Parish Church. Bruce travelled through much of Africa and in

3441-598: The Succursal block as the villas allowed for a more personal treatment. Although some services remained on site, the hospital effectively closed in 1997. Most of the buildings were demolished in the early 2000s. The Passing Hour was a magazine and chronicle of the SDLA in Larbert, the first issue was published in January 1901, and the final issue was published in 1917. The magazine was published every two months with volumes containing poetry, correspondences, photographs of

3534-454: The West that not enough housing was available. In 1910, tent cities began to pop up in different areas; one was described as a place of squalor and shunned by most citizens. Many of the infected slept in the open desert. The area adjacent to what was then central Phoenix, called Sunnyslope, was home to another large TB encampment. The residents primarily lived in tents pitched along the hillsides of

3627-680: The age of 5 and 21. In 1948 the facility became known as the Royal Scottish National Hospital (RSNH). On adjacent land, the Stirling District Lunatic Asylum, opened in 1869 at a cost of £20,000, engaged in the treatment of those with mental illness . The asylum later became known as Bellsdyke Hospital. The arrival of the tram in October 1905 improved transport between Larbert and many of its surrounding neighbours. The service followed

3720-461: The asylum being open, it was mentioned in a debate in the House of Commons as an example of how an efficient asylum should be run. This reputation was due to the change in treatment that was happening at this point in history which the SDLA implemented. Dr James McLaren was appointed as superintendent in 1876; he continued to promote understanding of the inmate as a treatment rather than the use of force. The SDLA had no walled exercise as of 1879 when

3813-495: The asylum was close to being at capacity once more. Renovation work was needed in parts of the hospital and patients had worked to create some of the roads around the asylum, and also a new cricket ground was made. Overcrowding was still an issue, and a further extension was added to the Chronic block so that another one hundred and ninety patients could be housed. An officer was appointed to locate suitable outside boarding for those that were more tractable cases. Dr George Robertson

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3906-489: The asylum, the new piggery was also completed. The patients also performed in a concert, and theatrical performance was held in the winter of 1911. In 1912, the burgh of Falkirk petitioned for the SDLA to be included in their burgh, but again they were denied. The profits from the Asylum shop were used to purchase a large magic lantern and cinematograph ; this allowed the patients to have frequent cinematograph displays. As it

3999-560: The asylum. The asylum was transferred to the care of the NHS in 1948. Wooden huts were built alongside the Bellsdyke Road to allow for more patients and, these only began to be replaced in the 1960s. The Mental Health (Scotland) Act of 1960 saw the patient's being re-classified as informal, the admission rate fell and instead there was a large number of patient's voluntarily admitting themselves. The subject of mental health became less of

4092-449: The asylum. The patient's regularly worked in the garden, the gardens were often expanded to allow for more of the patients to get involved and more farmland was being sought by 1909 to allow for more patients to help on the farm also. The Asylum Officers' Superannuation Act of 1909, was operational as of 15 May 1910. This act allowed those that were asylum officials and servants to retire at the age of 55 or 60 as long as they paid in weekly to

4185-505: The boundary between Larbert and Stenhousemuir, is a parkland-style course with a length of 6,053 yards (5,535 m). Falkirk Golf Club, is located on the outskirts of Larbert, between the town and Camelon . About one mile (two kilometres) north is the Glenbervie Golf Club. Larbert also has its own lawn bowls club. There is a cricket club in Stenhousemuir, which adjoins Larbert. Stenhousemuir Cricket Club based on part of

4278-476: The building was William Stirling III, whose previous works are also in the Falkirk area. The building was to be built on the Gowkhill Estate, with it being a mere coincidence that the old Scots word gowk means cuckoo. The estate was bought from Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Dundas of Carron Hall , son of Thomas Dundas . The asylum would be adjacent to the newly opened Scottish Imbecile Institution, or as it

4371-584: The county, £25 per year was paid by the Parish Council for every patient sent by the Parish to the asylum. The friends and relatives of the inmates often contributed to the costs of the stay in the asylum. However, even those from respectable homes were referred to as 'pauper lunatics' due to their dependency on the State-run asylums. The sum of £40,000 was set aside for the asylum, and the architect for

4464-429: The day, trains are half-hourly to Glasgow and Edinburgh and take 35 minutes and 45 minutes respectively to reach their destinations. There are four trains per hour to Stirling , which is a journey of 10 minutes. In 2005–06 there were 468,849 passenger journeys from the station, a rise of 9.6 percent on the previous year. As late as the 1970s, through traffic from Falkirk and Glasgow passed

4557-670: The desert were formed by pitching tents and building cabins. During the tuberculosis epidemic, cities in Arizona advertised the state as an ideal place for treating TB. Many sanatoria in Arizona were modeled after European away-from-city resorts of the time, boasting courtyards and individual rooms. Each sanatorium was equipped to take care of about 120 people. The first sanatorium in the Pacific Northwest opened in Milwaukie Heights, Oregon , in 1905, followed closely by

4650-657: The early 1900s. The most famous was the Paimio Sanatorium , completed in 1933 and designed by world-renowned architect Alvar Aalto . It had both sun-balconies and a rooftop terrace where the patients would lie all day either in beds or on specially designed chairs, the Paimio Chair . In Portugal , the Heliantia Sanatorium in Valadares was used for the treatment of bone tuberculosis between

4743-475: The east. Historically, Larbert and Stenhousemuir were united into one parish and consequently shared public amenities. Commonly, Larbert and Stenhousemuir are referred to as being part of the same locality. The underlying geology of Larbert is primarily characterised by glacial deposits . Elevations above 10 metres (33 feet) are covered by a mixture of glacial till and boulder clay with low-lying areas covered by sandy soils and loams . The origins of much of

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4836-672: The eastern portion of Larbert and live in the catchment area for Stenhousemuir Primary School attend there. A new purpose built 434-pupil primary school, Kinnaird Primary School , opened in January 2008 in North Larbert. Most secondary pupils attend Larbert High School , which historically was the main school for the whole of Larbert parish and serves secondary level pupils from the surrounding area and outlying villages such as Airth and Skinflats . Despite its name, Larbert High School lies entirely in Stenhousemuir. The large Forth Valley Royal Hospital lies in Larbert. A small portion of

4929-571: The economy of Larbert. The Victorian era also saw the opening of the Stirling District Lunatic Asylum at Bellsdyke and Scottish National Institution for Children on the Stenhouse Estate. This made Larbert central in providing care , both locally and nationally. Although the traditional economic base of Larbert dwindled with the decline of heavy industry, it has latterly experienced considerable growth as

5022-415: The female walled exercise court was turned into a drying green and the inmates enjoyed regular dances and concerts with those that were able working in the garden, laundry and farm on the asylums grounds. Physical activity was seen as a benefit to the inmates and many inmates helped at the laundry, gardens, and in the kitchens. The Succursal block was built in 1882; the extra room was for convalescents with

5115-670: The first state-owned TB hospital in Salem, Oregon , in 1910. Oregon was the first state on the West Coast to enact legislation stating that the government was to supply proper housing for people with TB who could not receive adequate care at home. The West Coast became a popular spot for sanatoriums. The greatest area for sanatoria was in Tucson with over twelve hotel-style facilities in the city. By 1920, Tucson had 7,000 people who had come for treatment of tuberculosis. So many people came to

5208-441: The former RSNH and Bellsdyke Hospital is slated for joint residential and commercial development and will be known as Kinnaird Village . There is open parkland south of Larbert. On Census night 2001 , Larbert had a total resident population of 6,425, which has risen to 7,235 according to 2005 estimates. For statistical and census purposes, Larbert is normally combined with adjoining Stenhousemuir into one wider locality. In 2001,

5301-399: The fund. In 1911, the burgh of Falkirk proposed to extend its borders their proposal meant that the asylum would go from being in Stirling district to Falkirk district. The Board for the Asylum did not want this to happen as the taxes for the asylum would rise if they were to be incorporated into the Falkirk district. The greenhouses were replaced in 1911 and fire alarms were fitted throughout

5394-426: The hospital block, the block for those that could do light work and the block for the, 'feeble and senile'. There were over seven hundred patients by 1914, and the problem of overcrowding was an issue again as there were more cases requiring treatment than the admission rates allowed for. In 1915, a new block was built to house more patients. In August 1908, Dr Robert Campbell took over the position as superintendent of

5487-477: The large number of inmates in the asylums in Stirlingshire and the counties that surround it. The Falkirk Poorhouse, which had been built in 1850, was unable to cope with the number of inmates it held which had led to overcrowding and this, in turn, led to the decision of a new asylum being built. In an Act of Parliament of 1858 saw that district asylums were to be built and maintained by the authorities of

5580-544: The larger town of Falkirk . From 1891 Larbert was contained within the county of Stirlingshire and from 1894 until 1930 constituted its own civil parish . Larbert was located in the Falkirk district of the Central Regional Council area from 1975 to 1996. Since local government reorganisation in 1996 , Larbert has been part of the Falkirk council area , which is one of Scotland's 32 local authorities . For registration purposes, Larbert remains

5673-783: The local unit commander from Central Scotland Police and nominees from other local community groups. Larbert is in the Falkirk West Scottish Parliament constituency . Since the May 2007 Scottish general election , the seat has been held by the SNP. The Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the constituency is Michael Matheson . In the Parliament of the United Kingdom , Larbert

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5766-545: The mountains that rise to the north of the city. Several sanatoria also opened in southern California in the early 20th century due to the dry, warm climate. The first tuberculosis sanatorium for Black Americans in the segregated South was the Piedmont Sanatorium in Burkeville, Virginia . Waverly Hills Sanatorium , a Louisville, Kentucky , tuberculosis sanatorium, was founded in 1911. It has become

5859-476: The name Larbert are uncertain. Historically, the name was variously written as Lairbert scheills or Laithbert scheills which signifies the scheills , or huts, of a man named Lairbert or Laithbert. Historians believe that the origin of Larbert dates back to the Middle Ages when Scotland was beginning to emerge as a nation. The area in which Larbert lies was heavily forested at this time. The lands to

5952-399: The nearby stream. Instead, the used water and sewage were chemically treated and then filtered in sewage tanks. The old administrative section of the asylum was repurposed into a General Store, and a new administrative block was built. A new dairy and laundry were also built as the previous buildings were too small. In 1892, the cost of a patient's admission went from £27 10s to £25, a bakery

6045-472: The need for scientific healing or treatment. Accordingly, they took the Latin verb root sano , meaning to heal, and adopted the new word sanatorium." Switzerland used to have many sanatoria, as health professionals believed that clean, cold mountain air was the best treatment for lung diseases . In Finland , a series of tuberculosis sanatoria were built throughout the country in isolated forest areas during

6138-410: The old Trysting grounds at Tryst Road. As a club it has been in existence for over 135 years and has a very proud history with many international cricketers coming from within its ranks. Larbert Old Parish Church stands on the western approaches to Larbert, above the River Carron . The church, designed by the Scottish architect David Hamilton , was built in 1820 at a cost of £3,000 using sandstone from

6231-526: The outskirts of Larbert. Motorway construction in the area from 1980 onwards ran Central Scotland's important trunk roads close to Larbert. The nearest motorway is the M876 , of which Junction 2 is the interchange for Larbert. The motorway connects with the M80 , the principal route into Glasgow. The M9 , the main route into Edinburgh, passes east of Larbert. The motorway's Junction 7 ( Kincardine Bridge )

6324-491: The parish eastwards as people moved to closer to the Carron Ironworks for employment. Fortunes changed in the 1840s with the building of the Scottish Central Railway which was a catalyst for economic expansion in Larbert itself. Improved transportation led to Dobbie, Forbes and Company establishing a foundry in Larbert in 1872 which manufactured stoves, ranges and light castings. Three years later, James Jones,

6417-586: The process traced the origins of the Blue Nile . It was said that Bruce was fluent in 13 languages and stood over 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) tall. Thomas Hardy , parliamentary reformer and co-founder of the London Corresponding Society , was born in Larbert in 1752 and ran a boot-making business there. He moved to London, where he continued boot-making until he became involved in parliamentary reform. John Baildon ,

6510-447: The railway line, on reclaimed foundry land. As a result, little industrial land remains in the village itself. Larbert's surroundings are much more rural in character with scattered farmsteads on land between Larbert and the M9 motorway and between Larbert and the village of Plean . Parkland on the northwest side of Larbert has been given over to the development of a new hospital. The site of

6603-551: The railway, which further cemented Larbert's position as a centre of heavy industry. By 1891, the parish of Larbert had a population of 900. The 19th century also witnessed the establishment of the Scottish National Institution for the Education of Imbecile Children on land to the north of present-day Larbert. The institution, opened in 1863 at a cost of £13,000, provided care for minors between

6696-534: The remaining 2.5 percent. Average house prices in Larbert have been among the fastest growing in Scotland and the UK. In 2005, the average house price in Larbert was £145,716, making it the ninth most expensive place in Scotland to buy property. Today, Larbert is home to a range of light service industries . In 1992, 19 hectares (190,000 m ) of the former RSNH site, on the northern flank of Larbert close to

6789-523: The said bridge." A later, more modern crossing built next to Larbert Bridge carries the main A9 ;road from Larbert to Falkirk. Nearby, a 19th-century viaduct, built outside Larbert, carries the railway into town. The main A9 ;road passes underneath. The Station Hotel, close to Larbert's railway station, has been a central focal point of Larbert for many years. An inn or public house has stood on

6882-484: The same extensive training that was applied to other branches of the medical profession. The structure of how the asylum was run changed when the appointment of a matron and six assistant matrons took place in 1905. By 1906, nurses were required to train on a three-year course to gain a, 'Certificate for Proficiency in Mental Nursing'. A sanatorium for males and a separate for females opened on 21 February 1906;

6975-440: The same practices as the SDLA by 1894. The Chronic block was built for acute cases. Also, kitchens were added, and a telephone system was installed throughout the asylum. Dr Macpherson's treatment focused on soothing colours, pleasant surroundings and a dignified attitude towards clothing and hygiene helped towards the progress of the patients. Eighty patients were housed in the new block on 14 August 1893, however, nine months later

7068-492: The settlement, and this gives rise to differing elevations surrounding the town. Beneath the surface layer of unsorted glacial till are strata of sandstone and ironstone which weathering and erosion have exposed above the surface in areas. Deposits of coal are found east of Larbert. Like much of the rest of southern Scotland, Larbert experiences a temperate , maritime climate with mild winters, cool summers and evenly distributed rainfall. The prevailing wind direction

7161-492: The site of a Roman camp close by. An early Christian community, with a chapel, is believed to have existed close to the crossing point on the Carron around 1160. By the 1750s, Larbert constituted a small settlement on the main road between Falkirk and Stirling, which was turnpiked by an Act of Parliament in 1752. At this time, Larbert had at three mills powered by water from the nearby River Carron. These mills shut down in

7254-655: The south of Larbert and Camelon, in the area traversed by the Antonine Wall , were strategically important to the Romans . The crossing point on the River Carron at Larbert was an important transportation route for the Romans on the road they constructed from Watling Lodge on the Antonine Wall to Stirling. Early Ordnance Survey maps showed Larbert located on an old Roman Road between Camelon and Stirling, with

7347-429: The spot of the current hotel for as long as the railway has passed through Larbert. The Victorian Gothic structures of the Royal Scottish National Hospital (RSNH) and Bellsdyke Hospital existed in a dilapidated state until their eventual and very controversial demolition in 2015, most of the grounds are being used for new housing development. Carronvale House is an 18th-century category A listed building , now home to

7440-613: The treatment of tuberculosis. Patients were exposed to plentiful amounts of high altitude, fresh air, and good nutrition. Tuberculosis sanatoria became common throughout Europe from the late-19th century onward. The Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium , established in Saranac Lake, New York , in 1885, was the first such establishment in North America. According to the Saskatchewan Lung Association, when

7533-549: The unsorted glacial rubble found in the area are eroded debris from the Campsie Fells and Kilsyth Hills to the west. In places, stratified till and boulder clay give rise to features of glacial deposition such as eskers , and drumlins that are predominant over much of the area north and east of Larbert and provide natural transportation routes. As Larbert is not far from the coast, post-glacial features akin to raised beaches are particularly prevalent south and west of

7626-581: The village and narrowly survived the Beeching cuts of the 1960s. Larbert station lies north of one of the major rail junctions in central Scotland, where the line from Stirling and Perth splits into one branch heading to Glasgow and the other to Edinburgh. The station is on the Edinburgh to Dunblane and Croy Lines. Like most stations in Scotland, Larbert, which has two platforms, is owned by Network Rail and operated by ScotRail on their behalf. During

7719-400: The wards had their windows constantly opened to allow fresh air to circulate around the patients with consumption . After selling Kersebrock farm due to how far it was from the asylum, new land was purchased on South Inches farm which ran along the south-west border of the asylum. In 1907, a new block was opened to house the large numbers of female nursing staff; the SDLA now had three blocks;

7812-550: The west. The river has its source in the Campsie Fells north of Glasgow, flowing into the Carron Valley Reservoir and past the town of Denny . After passing Larbert, the river flows through Falkirk before emptying into the Firth of Forth at Glensburgh, near Grangemouth . Larbert has an area of 1 + 1 ⁄ 2  sq mi (4 km ) and is contiguous with the town of Stenhousemuir to

7905-414: Was added to the asylum which had the capability of producing 1000 loaves a day and the dining halls, in the main building, were extended to allow for the patients to all eat with one another. Upon the day of the Chronic block opening on 26 July 1893, Dr Macpherson said in his speech that the SDLA was the first institution in the world which had adopted this attitude. two English asylums were about to take on

7998-443: Was appointed superintendent, he was an important figure in the field of mental health and brought the asylum closer to becoming a hospital. Robertson increased the practice of having fully trained nurses on the site that had previously been started by Dr McLaren. Dr Robertson did find it difficult to recruit young Victorian ladies into the nursing profession as it was not viewed as a respectable, to counter this view Dr Robertson provided

8091-442: Was boosted further in 2000 with the creation of 700 jobs by the multi-client Telecom Service Centre (TSC) facility. Other occupants of the park include the travel firm Thomas Cook and the central Scotland baker Mathiesons, which has consolidated all operations onto one site. Glenbervie Business Park was developed next to Central Park with the help of local government and EU structural aid. The 28-hectare (280,000 m ) site

8184-614: Was constructed in 1893 on the site of a ford , which could rarely be used when the river was in full flow. The bridge is reached via a footpath leading from the bottom of Carronvale Road in Larbert. Larbert Bridge was the original crossing over the Carron and was built in the 17th century. A toll was collected in the 18th century, payable to the Earl of Callendar and Linlithgow and levied at " ...four pennies Scots for each cart, two pennies for each loaded horse and twelve pennies Scots for each score of droves of cows that shall pass along

8277-414: Was equal to that in blood vessels, and activities, scenery, and lack of stress also helped. In the early 1900s, Arizona's sunshine and dry desert air attracted many people (called "lungers") who had tuberculosis, rheumatism, asthma, and numerous other diseases. Wealthier people chose to recuperate in exclusive TB resorts, while others used their savings to journey to Arizona and arrived penniless. TB camps in

8370-643: Was latterly known the Royal Scottish National Hospital . During the building of the asylum, there were issues that delayed the asylum opening mainly due to problems with the water and gas on the site. William Stirling III never saw his work completed as he died in February 1869, James Brown completed the building of the asylum and it was opened as the Stirling District Lunatic Asylum (usually known as Larbert Asylum) in June 1869. The asylum consisted of two large buildings that consisted of

8463-482: Was opened using funds raised by a local charity, the Poor Children's Holiday Association, now the region's oldest children's charity, Children North East . The largest U.S. tuberculosis sanatorium was located on the site of Chicago's present-day North Park Village. Chicago's Peterson Park fieldhouse housed the lab and morgue of Chicago's Municipal Tuberculosis Sanatorium. After 1943, when Albert Schatz , then

8556-526: Was put in place as was occupational therapy . The priority, however, was still to allow those that could work to lend a hand at the many farms of the SDLA. Dr Spence was the superintendent during the Second World War , during this time 55% of the staff were called up to go to war however Dr Spence was praised for operating the SDLA efficiently with the reduction of staff. The 1940s was when open wards and non-observation dormitories were introduced to

8649-584: Was the Coronation year of George the Fifth , a special dinner was held on the day of the coronation for the patients, and the staff were all given one day off to go on a paid outing to Rothesay . The First World War depleted the number of staff as many went off to fight, they were either replaced by inexperienced staff or were not replaced at all. The SDLA temporarily became a Naval War Hospital in 1918, with over 800 patients being moved to other asylums while

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