The Retreat in York is a psychiatric hospital that was built to improve care for the Quakers in 1796, and it is still open today.

However, the basement of the hospital has been left untouched for over 40 years.

Items that were found inside the abandoned basement include a monkey skull.

An old blood pressure tester.

These boilers were installed in 1922 and quit working in the 1970s.

The boiler room has not been used since the boilers stopped working. But a poem from 1915 was found on the pin boards there.

The mortuary, built in the 1920s, has laid unused for decades but the original table was found preserved.

There were plenty of dusty cupboards found with old medicines.

An Electro Convulsive Therapy CVT machine was found among the rooms and would have been used back in 1960s.

This is silver serving ware it was found in cupboards. Perhaps it was used to dispense medicine or water to patients.

Old paint, containing lead, was found in the storage rooms in the basement.

A trolley containing old film reels was found and was probably used around 1954 as patient training aids.

This is the incinerator, which lay unused for decades in the hospitals morgue.

An ostrich egg was among the many odd items found.

This bedroom was used to accommodate male trainees. It was built in 1927 and was one of the rooms left abandoned at the hospital.

Time records, believed to have been completed in the 1930s, were found in rooms.

This is a ledger of painting work, that looks as though it was almost preserved.

Many of the items were found in dusty counters, that were left untouched.

Some items were used almost daily in the hospital.

Some items dont really have a purpose, especially 40 years later.

This is an old syringe found.

It's very interesting that this hospital is still in use today, but the basement is left untouched for decades. It makes you wonder why? Did something terrible happen down there? Do they just not need the space? Who knows! But at this point in time, it definitely provides you with a lot of amazing pictures and piques your interest.