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Hospital

Tiverton Post Hill Hospital

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Important information

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Details

Previous Names
Tiverton Infectious Diseases Hospital
Also Know As Tiverton Isolation Hospital; Post Hill Hospital
Address
Post Hill, Tiverton, EX16 4ND
Previous Locations
Was Dispensary from 1852.
Foundation Year
1868
Status
Closed (since 1981)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
South Western
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Exeter and Mid Devon
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
South Western
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Not Applicable
District Authority (1974-1982)
Exeter
District Authority (Post-1982)
Not Applicable
Pre-1974 County
Devon
Post-1974 County
Devon
Post-1996 County
Not applicable

Status

Pre-1948
Voluntary
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Isolation
Post-1948
Acute, Mental, Other
Post-1948 information
Other: Isolation

Other information

Fell into disuse after closure, re-opened in 1984 as a Local Support Unit for patients from the decommissioning of the Royal Western Counties Hospital Group

Record locations

  • Devon Record Office

    Record types

    Administrative
    1901 - 1986
    General
    1901 - 1986

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Details
    Catalogue: DRO 4463; MS 118/1/6/13; 7709
    Some records of later incarnation, 1984-1986, among records of Royal Western Counties Institution Starcross; additional records 1927-1957 among Tiverton and District Hospital records (NRA Acc to Repos 2010)