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Hospital

Chesterton Hospital

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
Chesterton Union Workhouse (1837 - 1923)
Chesterton Institution (1923 - 1942-43)
Union Lane Institution
Address
Union Lane, Cambridge, CB4 1PT
Current Trust
Lifespan Healthcare NHS Trust (since 1993)
Foundation Year
1837
Status
Open

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Provinces (Teaching)
Management Committee (1948-1974)
United Cambridge
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
East Anglian
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
East Anglian
District Authority (1974-1982)
Cambridge (Teaching)
District Authority (Post-1982)
Cambridge
Pre-1974 County
Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely
Post-1974 County
Cambridgeshire
Post-1996 County
Cambridgeshire

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority, Poor Law
Pre-1948 information
PLI: 1837 - 1930.
LA: 1930 - 1948.
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
General
Post-1948
Geriatric

Other information

One of the United Cambridge Hospitals, a designated Teaching Hospital Unit under the 1946 Act - 1948 until 1974. Since c1993 one of the hospitals of the Lifespan Healthcare NHS Trust.

Record locations

  • Addenbrooke's Hospital, Archives Office

    Record types

    Administrative
    1930 - 1964
    General
    1930 - 1964

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR)

  • Cambridgeshire County Record Office, Cambridge

    Record types

    Administrative
    1836 - 1957
    General
    1914 - 1953
    Finance
    1836 - 1951
    Admission
    1944 - 1957

    Finding aids

    Location
    At Repository (AR), National Register of Archives (NRA)
    Details
    AR: See also the Public Assistance Committee.
    NRA: Chesterton Board of Guardians.

  • Chesterton Hospital

    Record types

    Clinical
    1942 - 1963