Information about this hospital might be outdated.
Details
Previous Names
Oxford County Pauper Lunatic Asylum (1846 - 1919)
Oxford County and City Mental Hospital (by 1922 - 1948)
Address
Sandford Road, Littlemore, Oxford, OX4 4XN
Current Trust
Oxfordshire Mental Health Care Trust (since 1994)
Foundation Year
1846
Status
Open
Administrative Authorities
Regional Board (1948-1974)
Oxford
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Littlemore
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Oxford
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Oxford
District Authority (1974-1982)
Oxfordshire (Teaching)
District Authority (Post-1982)
Oxfordshire
Pre-1974 County
Oxfordshire
Post-1974 County
Oxfordshire
Post-1996 County
Oxfordshire
Status
Pre-1948
Local Authority
Pre-1948 information
LA: 1846 - ? Funded initially by City Council and Oxford Board of Guardians.
MIL: WWI and WWII Military hospital (The Ashhurst).
Post-1948
NHS
Type
Pre-1948
Mental, Military
Post-1948
Mental
Post-1948 information
MNT: Mental illness and drug addiction.
Other information
Berkshire pauper lunatics and those from the boroughs of Abingdon, Reading and Windsor were admitted to Littlemore until the Berkshire County Asylum (Fairmile Hospital) opened in 1870.
Administrative records 1846 - 1948 at Oxfordshire Record Office
original hospital closed 1998. New Hospital Still in Sandford Road - across road from original site.