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Hospital

Glanrhyd

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
Angelton 1864 - 1948
Angleton was established as the Glamorgan County Asylum 1864 additional hospitals were Parc Gwyllt 1887 and Penyfai (for admissions) 1934.
Angelton and Parc Gwyllt became the Glamorgan County mental Hospital after 1889.
Angleton (renamed Glanrhyd), Parc Gwyllt (renamed Parc) and Penyfai became Morgannwg Hospital 1948.
Parc and Penyfai are closed.
Address
at Penyfai, Bridgend, CF31 4LN
Current Trust
Bro Morgannwg (since 1996)
Previous Trusts
Bridgend and District
Foundation Year
1864
Status
Closed (since 1996)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Welsh
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Morgannwg
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Wales
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Wales
District Authority (1974-1982)
Ogwr
District Authority (Post-1982)
Mid Glamorgan
Pre-1974 County
Glamorgan
Post-1974 County
Mid Glamorgan
Post-1996 County
Bridgend

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority
Pre-1948 information
Local Authority - Glamorgan QS, County 1889 - 1948
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Mental
Post-1948
Mental

Other information

Information in this form should be compared with the form for Morgannwg Hospital. Penyfai and Parc are now closed and the 'Morgannwg Hospitals' description has been dropped. See the separate Hosprec form for Glanrhyd.

Record locations

  • Glamorgan Archives

    Record types

    Administrative
    1864 - 1990
    General
    1864 - 1990
    Finance
    1864 - 1916
    Staff
    1905 - 1950
    Admission
    1864 - 1960
    Pictorial
    1907 - 1941

    Finding aids

    Location
    At Repository (AR), National Register of Archives (NRA)
    Clinical and personal records include case notes for Angelton (later renamed Glanrhyd) 1864 - 1909, Parc Gwyllt 1887 - 1908, and Glamorgan County mental Hospital (renamed Morgannwg 1948) 1909 - 1955; Pathological registers for Parc Gwyllt 1887 - 1931 and Angelton 1932 - 1958; and medical registers 1864 - 1952