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Hospital

Monkwearmouth Hospital

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Details

Previous Names
Monkwearmouth and Southwick Dispensary (1873-?1874); Monkwearmouth Accidents Home and Dispensary (1874-?1896); Monkwearmouth and Southwick Hospital (1896-1948); Sunderland Orthopaedic and Accident Hospital (1948-)
Address
Newcastle Road, Sunderland, SR5 1NB
Previous Locations
Workmen's Hall Monkwearmouth (1873-?1874); Broad Street (later known as Roker Avenue) (?1874-1932)
Current Trust
Priority Health Care Wearside NHS Trust (since 1994)
Foundation Year
1873
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
Voluntary
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
General, Other
Post-1948
Mental, Other
Post-1948 information
Other: Orthopaedic and Accident (1948-?); orthopaedic, rheumatology, neurology, younger disable (?1970s-1980s); psychiatry, palliative care, learning disabilities (1990s-)

Other information

None

Record locations

  • Tyne and Wear Archives Service

    Record types

    Administrative
    1873 - 1975
    General
    1873 - 1948
    Finance
    1896 - 1904
    Admission
    1956 - 1975
    Clinical
    1878 - 1947
    Ephemera
    1896 - 1944
    Pictorial
    1930 - 1930
    Other
    1917 - 1933

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    HO.MS Accs 1381 (part) 1481 (part) 2895 (part)