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Name
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Present name
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Rainhill Hospital
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Previous name(s)
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Lancashire County Asylum (1851 - 1861)
County Lunatic Asylum, Rainhill (c.1861 - 1923)
County Mental Hospital, Rainhill (1923 - c.1948)
Rainhill Mental Hospital
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Address
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Rainhill Road Prescot L35 4PQ
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Previous location
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Foundation Year
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1851
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Closed
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Yes
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Closure year
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1991
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Administrative authorities
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Regional Hospital Board (1948-74)
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Liverpool
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Hospital Management Committee (1948-74)
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Rainhill Mental
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Regional Health Authority (1974-82)
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Mersey
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Regional Health Authority (1982- )
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Mersey
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District Health Authority (1974-82)
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Liverpool (Teaching)
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District Health Authority (1982- )
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St Helens and Knowsley
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County (before 1974)
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Lancashire
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County (1974-1996)
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Merseyside
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County (after 1996)
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Not applicable
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Status
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Pre 1948
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Local Authority
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Post 1948
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NHS
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Type
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Pre 1948
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Isolation, Mental
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Post 1948
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Mental
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Other information
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County Lunatic Asylums also at Whittingham, Lancaster, Prestwich and Winwick (1861-1936).
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Records can be found at:
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Record type
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Date range
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Administrative
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1851 - 1985
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General
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1851 - 1972
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Finance
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1913 - 1960
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Estates
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1956 - 1968
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Nursing
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1857 - 1985
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Admission & Discharge
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1851 - 1969
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Staff
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1890 - 1901
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Ephemera
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1890 - 1935
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Pictorial
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1920 - 1920
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Other
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1923 - 1960
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Clinical & Patients
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1851 - 1964
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Finding aids
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Finding aids
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Catalogue, Computerised
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Location of finding aids
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At Repository(AR)
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Details
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M614 RAI
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Record type
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Date range
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Administrative
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1623 - 1892
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General
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1857 - 1881
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Finance
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1857 - 1892
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Estates
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1623 - 1808
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Admission & Discharge
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1845 - 1917
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Finding aids
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Finding aids
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Brief Guide(BG)
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Location of finding aids
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At Repository(AR)
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Details
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Ref QAM4
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Record type
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Date range
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Clinical & Patients
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1919 - 1967
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Finding aids
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Finding aids
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Brief Guide(BG)
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Location of finding aids
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At Repository(AR)
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Details
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