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Hospital

St Nicholas Hospital

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Details

Previous Names
Newcastle upon Tyne Borough Lunatic Asylum, 1869-1882
Newcastle upon Tyne City Lunatic Asylum, 1892-1914
Northumberland No. 1 War Hospital, 1914-1921
Newcastle upon Tyne City Lunatic Asylum, 1921-1948
St Nicholas 1948-
Address
Gosforth, NE3 3XT
Current Trust
Newcastle City Health NHS Trust (since 1997)
Foundation Year
1869
Status
Closed (since 1996)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Management Committee (1948-1974)
St Nicholas
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Northern
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Northern
District Authority (1974-1982)
Newcastle
District Authority (Post-1982)
Newcastle
Pre-1974 County
Northumberland
Post-1974 County
Tyne and Wear
Post-1996 County
Tyne and Wear

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority, Other
Pre-1948 information
OTHER: 1869 - 1871 Special Committee of the Justices of the Borough of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
LA: 1871 - 1915.
MIL: 1915 - 1920.
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Mental, Military
Post-1948
Mental

Other information

In 1863 a Special Committee of the Justices of the Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne was set up under the provisions of the 1853 Pauper Lunatics Act to consider what provision should be made for the pauper lunatics of the Borough. The Committee decided that Newcastle should build a new asylum and a site was purchased at Coxlodge. The Newcastle Borough Lunatic Asylum, Jubilee Road, Gosforth opened in 1869. The Asylum was supervised by the magistrates until 1871 when Newcastle City Council took over this responsibility. From 1915 - 1920 the hospital was turned into a military hospital and the mental patients were dispersed to other institutions. In 1948 the hospital came under the control of the newly created National Health Service.

Record locations

  • Tyne and Wear Archives Service

    Record types

    Administrative
    1829 - 1993
    General
    1833 - 1993
    Finance
    1897 - 1943
    Staff
    1863 - 1985
    Admission
    1829 - 1971
    Clinical
    1865 - 1971
    Ephemera
    1832 - 1992
    Pictorial
    1865 - 1993
    Other
    1865 - 1988

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR), Local Record Office (LRO)
    Details
    Additional related material in Newcastle City Council records, MD.NC
    HO.SN (includes Accs 490 (part), 783, 870, 1736 (part), 1868, 2103, 2709 (part), 2877 (part), 3362, 3677 (part), 3918 . Other: Plans 1865-1988
    pictorial - photographs. Includes lists of visitors appointed by magistrates and reports of visits to predecessor asylums