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Hospital

Ormskirk and District General Hospital

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Details

Previous Names
Ormskirk Workhouse (1730s-); Ormskirk County Hospital and Institution (? - 1948)
Ormskirk County Hospital (1949 - 1963)
Address
Wigan Road, Ormskirk, L39 2AZ
Previous Locations
Moor Street - workhouse from 1730s; Aughton Street from 1730s; workhouses combined at Moor Street 1838-1839
Current Trust
West Lancashire NHS Trust (since 1993)
Foundation Year
1838 (approximately)
Status
Open

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Liverpool
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Ormskirk and District
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
North Western
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
North Western
District Authority (1974-1982)
Ormskirk
District Authority (Post-1982)
West Lancashire
Pre-1974 County
Lancashire
Post-1974 County
Lancashire
Post-1996 County
Lancashire

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority, Poor Law
Pre-1948 information
PLI: 1834 - 1930 Ormskirk Board of Guardians.
LA: 1930 - 1948 Lancashire County Council.
Post-1948
NHS, Trust

Type

Pre-1948
General, Mental
Post-1948
Acute
Post-1948 information
AC: Mainly.

Other information

None

Record locations

  • Lancashire Record Office

    Record types

    Administrative
    1837 - 1970
    General
    1837 - 1948
    Admission
    1838 - 1948
    Clinical
    1838 - 1961
    Ephemera
    1934 - 1934
    Pictorial
    1970 - 1970

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG), Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Details
    WIHM: BG: 1981 UMIST survey of the North West.
    Reference: PUS; HROK, HROR Acc 9203
    Register of births and deaths at workhouse, 1838-1848. Maternity registers 1954-1961. Ref HROR