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Hospital

Lancaster Moor Hospital

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
Lancaster County Mental Hospital (by 1929 - 1948)
Address
Quernmore Road, Lancaster, LA1 3JR
Current Trust
Bay Community NHS Trust (since 1998)
Foundation Year
1816
Status
Closed (since 2000)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Manchester
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Lancaster Moor
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
North Western
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
North Western
District Authority (1974-1982)
Lancaster
District Authority (Post-1982)
Lancaster
Pre-1974 County
Lancashire
Post-1974 County
Lancashire
Post-1996 County
Lancashire

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority, Private
Pre-1948 information
PRIV: In Ridge Lea Annexe.
LA: Lancashire Asylums Board.
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Mental
Post-1948
Geriatric, Mental, Other
Post-1948 information
MNT: 1948 - 1982.
OTHER: 1966 - 1982 Eye, orthopaedic, neurosurgery, general surgery, 1982 - ? Long stay.

Other information

None

Record locations

  • Lancashire Record Office

    Record types

    Administrative
    1810 - 1995
    General
    1811 - 1985
    Finance
    1810 - 1965
    Estates
    1813 - 1814
    Nursing
    1872 - 1949
    Staff
    1850 - 1978
    Admission
    1816 - 1995
    Clinical
    1816 - 1990
    Ephemera
    1829 - 1971
    Pictorial
    1813 - 1960
    Other
    1883 - 1955

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Details
    AR: Local ref: HRL, QAM.
    WIHM: BG: 1981 UMIST survey of the North West.
    Patient records to 1954 bound by date of discharge or death. Individual case files maintained by order of admission, 1946-1988, acc 8455, have been sampled (every 100th file). Files are closed for 100 years.

  • Lancaster District Library

    Record types

    Administrative
    1811 - 1966
    General
    1811 - 1849
    Admission
    1840 - 1840
    Ephemera
    1966 - 1966
    Other
    1816 - 1816

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Details
    WIHM: BG: 1981 UMIST survey of the North West.

  • Lancaster Health District

    Record types

    Administrative
    1939 - 1949
    General
    1939 - 1949

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Details
    WIHM: BG: 1981 UMIST survey of the North West.

  • Nursing School, Lancaster Moor Hospital

    Record types

    Administrative
    1938 - 1956
    Other
    1938 - 1956

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Details
    WIHM: BG: 1981 UMIST survey of the North West.