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Hospital

Royal Shrewbury Hospital (Shelton)

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Important information

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Details

Previous Names
Shrewsbury Hospital (Shelton)
Shelton Hospital (1948-)
Copthorne and Shelton Emergency Hospital (1940-1941)
Salop Mental Hospital (1921-1948)
Shropshire and Borough of Wenlock Lunatic Asylum (191101921)
Lunatic Asylum for the Counties of Salop and Montgomery, and for the Borough of Much Wenlock (1864-1911)
Shropshire and Montgomeryshire and Wenlock Borough, Shrewsbury and Oswestry Lunatic Asylum (1851-1863)
Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Counties and Wenlock Borough Lunatic Asylum (1846-1851)
Shropshire and Wenlock Borough Lunatic Asylum (1845-1846)
Address
Bicton Heath, Shelton
Current Trust
Shropshire's Community and Mental Health Services NHS Trust (since 1993)
Previous Trusts
Shropshire's Mental Health NHS Trust
Foundation Year
1845
Status
Open

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Birmingham
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Shrewsbury
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
West Midlands
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
West Midlands
District Authority (1974-1982)
Salop
District Authority (Post-1982)
Shropshire
Pre-1974 County
Salop
Post-1974 County
Shropshire
Post-1996 County
Shropshire

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority
Post-1948
NHS, Trust
Post-1948 information
Now an NHS Trust

Type

Pre-1948
Mental
Post-1948
Acute, Geriatric, Mental
Post-1948 information
Sometime c. 1990s changed over to become a more general institution

Other information

See Introduction to list prepared by Shropshire Records and Research with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund, 2000 See General Information available in Kelly's Directories. Shropshire records and research SRR 6175 Salop and Montgomeryshire Asylum, patient and staff records, temporary list Records closed for 100 years except for searches by staff. No Records for 1870 - 1883, 1891 - 1905 See MM with any queries. Patient Records: Index of next of kin includes details of admission and discharge/death arranged by name of patient 1840s - 1860s Chargeable Patients register includes details of patients arranged by union 1884 - 1890 Treatment Registers: These include details of medical treatment as well as admission and discharge/death. The dates are date of admission so information included may be later in date. NB These are not all indexed but require admission number sometimes found in the other records. c1910 - 1926 Males c1910 - 1920 Males (indexed) 1920 - 1926 Females (not indexed) 1917 - 1922 Continuation reports of treatment 1948 - 1960 Civil Registers: Admission registers: 1907 - 1948 Civil register (indexed) 1907 1909 Civil register (indexed) 1919 - 1922 Civil register (indexed) 1926 - 1929 Civil register (indexed) 1922 - 1930 Civil register, voluntary patients (indexed) 1931 - 1945 Civil register, voluntary patients (indexed) 1945 - 1948 Civil register, voluntary patients (indexed) 1935 - 1940 Civil register, voluntary patients (indexed) 1940 - 1946 Civil register, voluntary patients (indexed) 1946 - 1948 Discharge registers: 1906 - 1946 Registers of discharges and transfers 1906 - 1930 Register of discharges of voluntary, certified and temporary patients 1930 - 1942 Register of discharges of voluntary patients 1942 - 1946 Register of discharges of voluntary patients 1946 - 1948 Death Registers: Register of deaths (indexed) 1907 - 1930 Register of deaths (indexed) 1931 - 1943 Register of deaths (not indexed) 1943 - 1948 Post Mortem registers Female (not indexed) 1941 - 1950 Male (not indexed) 1944 - 1950 Register of mechanical restraint 1957 - 1959 Patients' cash register 1969 - 1970 Staff Records Service registers c1910 - 1950s Male attendent obligation book 1882 - 1896 Male attendent obligation book 1912 - 1922 Male attendent obligation book 1938 - 1946 Male staff book 1940 - 1954 Register of pensions 1928 - 1943.

Record locations

  • Shropshire Records and Research Centre

    Record types

    Administrative
    1836 - 1981
    General
    1846 - 1979
    Finance
    1845 - 1981
    Staff
    1836 - 1981
    Admission
    1845 - 1970
    Clinical
    1887 - 1983
    Other
    1875 - 1980

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Details
    Detailed list available