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Hospital

Princes Park Hospital

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Important information

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Details

Previous Names
House of Rest (1869); Home for Incurables (1870-1885); Liverpool Home for Incurables (1885-1948); Home for Invalid Women (1948-1969)
Address
96 Upper Parliament Street, Liverpool, L8 7LQ
Previous Locations
Menzies Street; Park Hill Road
Foundation Year
1869
Status
Closed (since 1986)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Liverpool
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Liverpool and District Fazakerley Group
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Mersey
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Mersey
District Authority (1974-1982)
Central and Southern (Teaching)
District Authority (Post-1982)
Liverpool
Pre-1974 County
Lancashire
Post-1974 County
Merseyside
Post-1996 County
Not applicable

Status

Pre-1948
Voluntary
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Women, Other
Pre-1948 information
OTHER: Incurables, chronic sick, Geriatric.
Post-1948
Geriatric, Other
Post-1948 information
OTHER: incurable, chronic; women only until 1975

Other information

Founded 1869 by Josephine Butler, a 'House of Rest' for women suffering from incurable chronic diseases; from 1975 began to admit male chronic cases as well

Record locations

  • Liverpool Record Office and Local History Department

    Record types

    Administrative
    1875 - 1986
    General
    1875 - 1972
    Finance
    1940 - 1984
    Admission
    1950 - 1986
    Other
    1964 - 1970

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue, Computerised
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Chaplain's Book 1964-1970