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Hospital

Gulson Hospital

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
Poor Law Institution (1871 - ?)
Coventry Poor Law Hospital (? - 1929)
Gulson Road Hospital (1929 - 1948)
Address
Gulson Road, Coventry, CV1 2HR
Current Trust
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Trust (since 1993)
Foundation Year
1871
Status
Closed (since 1998)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Birmingham
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Coventry
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
West Midlands
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
West Midlands
District Authority (1974-1982)
Coventry
District Authority (Post-1982)
Coventry
Pre-1974 County
Warwickshire
Post-1974 County
West Midlands
Post-1996 County
West Middlands

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority, Poor Law
Pre-1948 information
PLI: ? - 1929.
LA: 1929 - 1948.
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
General
Post-1948
Acute

Other information

See Victoria County History of Warwickshire vol VIII pp 287-8

Record locations

  • Coventry City Archives

    Record types

    Administrative
    1871 - 1948
    General
    1871 - 1948
    Other
    1886 - 1904

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG), Computerised
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Details
    Cataloguing and computer database in progress
    Records of the Board of Guardians and Workhouse for Coventry also include those for the hospital, inc admisson and discharge registers