Croydon Archives Service
Record types
- Administrative
- 1932 - 1950
- Admission
- 1932 - 1950
Finding aids
- Finding aids
- Brief guide (BG), Catalogue
- Location
- At Repository (AR)
Hospital
Queens Hospital
Last updated .
Important information
Information about this hospital might be outdated.
Details
- Previous Names
- Croydon Workhouse (1866 - 1914)
- Queens Road Institution
- Queens Road Homes (1923 - 1948)
- Address
- Queens Road, Croydon
- Foundation Year
- 1866
- Status
- Closed (since 1987)
Administrative Authorities
- Regional Board (1948-1974)
- South West Metropolitan
- Management Committee (1948-1974)
- Croydon Group
- Regional Authority (1974-1982)
- South West Thames
- Regional Authority (Post-1982)
- South West Thames
- District Authority (1974-1982)
- Croydon
- District Authority (Post-1982)
- Croydon
- Pre-1974 County
- Surrey
- Post-1974 County
- Greater London
- Post-1996 County
- Not applicable
Status
- Pre-1948
- Local Authority
- Post-1948
- NHS
Type
- Pre-1948
- Other
- Pre-1948 information
- Geriatric Home
- Post-1948
- Geriatric
Other information
Originally Croydon Union Workhouse, opened 1866. Renamed Queens Road Institution 1914, and Queens Road Homes in 1923. Taken over by Croydon County Borough 1930, with a growing emphasis on care of the elderly. 1939 reclassified as a class 2 Hospital under the Emergency Hospital Scheme. 1948 taken ove by the NHS, became a geriatric hospital. Closed 1987.