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Hospital

Manchester Royal Infirmary

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Details

Previous Names
Manchester Royal Infirmary, Dispensary and Royal Mental Hospital (by 1929 - 1931)
Royal Infirmary (1948 reference)
Address
Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9WL
Previous Locations
Piccadilly, Manchester (1752 - 1908-09)
Current Trust
Central Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust (since 1991)
Foundation Year
1752 (approximately)
Status
Open

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Provinces
Management Committee (1948-1974)
United Manchester
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
North Western
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
North Western
District Authority (1974-1982)
Central (Teaching)
District Authority (Post-1982)
Central
Pre-1974 County
Lancashire
Post-1974 County
Greater Manchester
Post-1996 County
Greater Manchester

Status

Pre-1948
Voluntary
Post-1948
NHS, Trust

Type

Pre-1948
General, Mental
Post-1948
Acute, Geriatric

Other information

None

Record locations

  • Charities Commission

    Record types

    Administrative
    1857 - 1949
    Estates
    1857 - 1949

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Details
    WIHM: BG: 1981 UMIST survey of the North West.
  • Manchester Archives and Local Studies

    Record types

    Administrative
    1751 - 1974
    General
    1948 - 1974
    Estates
    1762 - 1917
    Nursing
    1824 - 1824
    Pictorial
    1756 - 1908
    Private Papers
    1809 - 1860
    Other
    1751 - 1935

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG), Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Details
    WIHM: BG: 1981 UMIST survey of the North West.
    Includes articles related to frequent dissentions at the infirmary at the turn of the 19th century, and private papers of Dr Edmund Lyon and John Leigh Philips, chairman and treasurer. Also plans (copies) 1751-1794; United Manchester Hospitals Minutes 1948-1974
  • Manchester Royal Infirmary

    Record types

    Administrative
    1752 - 1973
    General
    1752 - 1973
    Finance
    1752 - 1952
    Estates
    1879 - 1961
    Nursing
    1830 - 1966
    Admission
    1752 - 1962
    Clinical
    1876 - 1974
    Ephemera
    1752 - 1970
    Other
    1752 - 1950

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Details
    WIHM: BG: 1981 UMIST survey of the North West.
  • Manchester University: John Rylands Library

    Record types

    Administrative
    1752 - 1948
    General
    1752 - 1948
    Ephemera
    1856 - 1860
    Other
    1859 - 1884

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Details
    WIHM: BG: 1981 UMIST survey of the North West.
    Annual reports; printed ephemera; registers of students
  • Salford Local History Library

    Record types

    Administrative
    1954 - 1970
    Staff
    1954 - 1970

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Details
    AR: Local ref: G/HRM/DN7 and 9.
    WIHM: BG: 1981 UMIST survey of the North West.
  • Wellcome Library

    Record types

    Administrative
    1847 - 1850
    Staff
    1847 - 1850

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    pharmacopoeia, including revised list of medical staff, 1847-50 MS 6953