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Hospital

Sunderland Royal Hospital

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Important information

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Details

Previous Names
Sunderland Workhouse and Poor Law Institution; Highfield Public Assistance Institution
Sunderland Municipal and General Hospital
Sunderland General Hospital; Sunderland District General Hospital
Address
Kayll Road, Sunderland, SR4 7TP
Previous Locations
Chester Road (? - c.1973)
Current Trust
City Hospitals Sunderland (since 1994)
Foundation Year
1794 (approximately)
Status
Open

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Sunderland Area
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Northern
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Northern
District Authority (1974-1982)
Sunderland
District Authority (Post-1982)
Sunderland
Pre-1974 County
Durham
Post-1974 County
Tyne and Wear
Post-1996 County
Tyne and Wear

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority, Poor Law
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Children, General, Mental, Tuberculosis, Other
Pre-1948 information
Other: aged, chronic sick
Post-1948
Acute

Other information

Renamed Sunderland Royal Hospital 1996 when the Royal Infirmary closed

Record locations

  • Tyne and Wear Archives Service

    Record types

    Administrative
    1866 - 1970
    General
    1943 - 1970
    Finance
    1934 - 1940
    Nursing
    1903 - 1969
    Staff
    1889 - 1953
    Admission
    1866 - 1972
    Clinical
    1866 - 1954
    Ephemera
    1956 - 1978

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    HO.HI; HO.SUG. Inc registers of vaccinations (mostly babies) 1928-1941