The asylum was referred to variously as: "The Joint Lunatic Asylum for the Counties of Monmouth, Hereford, Brecon, Radnor, and City of Hereford", "Joint Counties' Lunatic Asylum", "Joint Lunatic Asylum", "Abergavenny Asylum", "United Counties' Asylum", "United Counties' Asylum, Abergavenny" and "Joint Counties' Asylum, Abergavenny"
"The new Hereford Lunatic Asylum having been completed, all the remaining patients belonging to that county have been removed from the Joint lunatic Asylum in the course of the past year"
Consists of a list of the Committee of visitors and officers, report of the Committee of Visitors (S.R. Bosanquet, chairman), report of the Commissioners in Lunacy (W.G. Campbell, James Wilkes), report of the medical superintendent (D.M. McCullough), report of the chaplain (W.Geo. Davies), statistical and financial tables (S. Browning)
