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Hospital

Royal Albert Hospital

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Important information

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Details

Previous Names
Northern Counties Asylum for Idiots (1868 - ?)
Royal Albert Asylum for Idiots and Imbeciles of the Northern Counties (1896 reference)
Royal Albert Asylum (? - ?)
Royal Albert Institution (by 1929 - 1948)
Address
Ashton Road, Lancaster, LA1 5AJ
Foundation Year
1868
Status
Closed (since 1996)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Manchester
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Royal Albert
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
North Western
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
North Western
District Authority (1974-1982)
Lancaster
District Authority (Post-1982)
Lancaster
Pre-1974 County
Lancashire
Post-1974 County
Lancashire
Post-1996 County
Not applicable

Status

Pre-1948
Voluntary
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Mental
Pre-1948 information
MNT: Asylum for mentally handicapped.
Post-1948
Mental
Post-1948 information
MNT: Learning disabilities.

Other information

None

Record locations

  • Charities Commission

    Record types

    Administrative
    1932 - 1932
    Estates
    1932 - 1932

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Details
    WIHM: BG: 1981 UMIST survey of the North West.

  • Lancashire Record Office

    Record types

    Administrative
    1835 - 1996
    General
    1853 - 1996
    Finance
    1864 - 1974
    Estates
    1853 - 1954
    Nursing
    1915 - 1926
    Staff
    1915 - 1962
    Admission
    1870 - 1970
    Clinical
    1870 - 1974
    Ephemera
    1835 - 1968
    Pictorial
    1870 - 1970
    Other
    1843 - 1962

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Details
    AR: Local ref: HRRa. DDX 541
    WIHM: BG: 1981 UMIST survey of the North West.
    Admin records 1881-1946 formerly at Cumbria Record Office Kendal transferred here

  • Lancaster District Library

    Record types

    Administrative
    1864 - 1968
    General
    1864 - 1914
    Ephemera
    1864 - 1968
    Pictorial
    1880 - 1880

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Details
    WIHM: BG: 1981 UMIST survey of the North West.

  • Royal Albert Hospital

    Record types

    Administrative
    1865 - 1977
    General
    1866 - 1960
    Clinical
    1870 - 1964
    Ephemera
    1865 - 1968
    Pictorial
    1870 - 1977
    Other
    1871 - 1895

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Details
    WIHM: BG: 1981 UMIST survey of the North West.
    Hospital now closed - no current information on present whereabouts of these records. Possibly at Lancashire Record Office

  • Surrey History Centre

    Record types

    Administrative
    1906 - 1907
    Ephemera
    1906 - 1907

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG), Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR), National Register of Archives (NRA)
    Details
    AR: Local ref: SRO 392/22/2.
    WIHM: BG: 1981 UMIST survey of the North West.

  • Wellcome Library

    Record types

    Administrative
    1880 - 1889

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Papers of George Edward Shuttleworth, Superintendent, MS 4569 (these also include drafts etc of papers written based on his work there)