Hospital

Westmorland General Hospital

Last updated 8 September 1999.

Details

Previous Names

Kendal Memorial Hospital (1869 - c.1906)

Kendal Hospital (1869 - c.1906)

Westmorland County Hospital (c.1906 - c.1992)

Address

Burton Road, Kendal, LA9 7RG

Current Trust

Morecambe Bay Hospital NHS Trust (since 1998)

Previous Trusts

Westmorland Hospital NHS Trust 1993 - 1998

Foundation Year

1870

Status

Open

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)

Manchester

Management Committee (1948-1974)

Lancaster and Kendal

Regional Authority (1974-1982)

Northern

Regional Authority (Post-1982)

Northern

District Authority (1974-1982)

East Cumbria

District Authority (Post-1982)

South Cumbria

Pre-1974 County

Westmorland

Post-1974 County

Cumbria

Post-1996 County

Cumbria

Status

Pre-1948

Voluntary

Post-1948

NHS, Trust

Type

Pre-1948

General

Post-1948

Acute

Other information

None

Record locations

• Cumbria Record Office, Kendal

  Record types

  Administrative

  1871 - 1974

  General

  1871 - 1948

  Finance

  1955 - 1974

  Admission

  1922 - 1950

  Pictorial

  1900 - 1900

  Finding aids

  Finding aids

  Brief guide (BG), Catalogue

  Details

  WIHM: BG: 1981 UMIST survey of the North West.

  WT/HOS/1 WDEC/10

  WDEC/10 League of Friends and Comforts Fund of Westmorland County Hospital, Kendal

  Hospital Reports: 1901 - 1947

  Medical Staff Corresp 1925 - 1949

  Ephemera 1928 - 1963

• Kendal Public Library

  Record types

  Administrative

  1870 - 1947

  General

  1870 - 1947

  Finding aids

  Finding aids

  Brief guide (BG)

  Details

  WIHM: BG: 1981 UMIST survey of the North West.

• Westmorland General Hospital

  Record types

  Administrative

  1870 - 1947

  General

  1870 - 1947

  Finding aids

  Finding aids

  Brief guide (BG)

  Details

  WIHM: BG: 1981 UMIST survey of the North West.