Hospital

St Lawrence's Hospital

Last updated 23 August 2007.

Details

Previous Names

Cornwall (County) Asylum (1815 - 1930)

Cornwall (County) Mental Hospital (1930 - 1948)

Address

Westheath Avenue, Bodmin, PL31 2QT

Current Trust

Cornwall Healthcare Trust (since 1993)

Foundation Year

1815

Status

Closed (since 2002)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)

South Western

Management Committee (1948-1974)

St Lawrence's

Regional Authority (1974-1982)

South Western

Regional Authority (Post-1982)

South Western

District Authority (1974-1982)

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

District Authority (Post-1982)

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

Pre-1974 County

Cornwall

Post-1974 County

Cornwall

Post-1996 County

Cornwall

Status

Pre-1948

Local Authority

Pre-1948 information

VOL: 1815 - 1930.

Post-1948

NHS

Type

Pre-1948

Mental

Post-1948

Geriatric, Mental

Post-1948 information

MEN/GER: Psycho-geriatric and mental illness.

Other information

Bodmin Hospital, a new general hospital, being built on the site

Record locations

• Cornwall Record Office

  Record types

  Administrative

  1809 - 2002

  General

  1815 - 1983

  Finance

  1820 - 1925

  Estates

  1809 - 1920

  Staff

  1862 - 1932

  Clinical

  1820 - 1983

  Other

  1959 - 2002

  Finding aids

  Finding aids

  Catalogue

  Location

  At Repository (AR), National Register of Archives (NRA)

  Details

  AR: CAT: DDX 97, DDX 654.

  NRA: CAT: 38457; AD 2027

  AHA AD1361; additional records, inc staff service registers (HC1) NRA Accessions to Repositories 2006; Other: League of Friends records