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Hospital

Clarkson Geriatric Day Hospital

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Important information

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Details

Previous Names
Wisbech Union Workhouse (1842 - c.1912-16)
Wisbech Poor Law Institution (1912-16 - c.1930)
Wisbech Institution (c.1930 - 1948)
Clarkson Hospital (1948 - c.1980)
Address
Lynn Road, Wisbech
Foundation Year
1842
Status
Closed (since 1983)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
East Anglian
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Peterborough Area
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
East Anglian
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
East Anglian
District Authority (1974-1982)
King's Lynn
District Authority (Post-1982)
West Norfolk and Wisbech
Pre-1974 County
Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely
Post-1974 County
Cambridgeshire
Post-1996 County
Not applicable

Status

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

Type

Pre-1948
General
Post-1948
Geriatric

Other information

Wisbech Isolation Hospital (Barton Hospital Annexe) used as annexe for female patients.

Record locations

  • Cambridgeshire County Record Office, Cambridge

    Record types

    Administrative
    1859 - 1986
    General
    1859 - 1986
    Finance
    1881 - 1913
    Admission
    1912 - 1980
    Clinical
    1942 - 1963
    Pictorial
    1982 - 1982
    Other
    1961 - 1982

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Location
    At Repository (AR), National Register of Archives (NRA)
    Details
    At Repository: CAT
    Registers of inmates / patients 1942 - 1963

  • North Cambridgeshire Hospital

    Record types

    Administrative
    1948 - 1948