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Roose Hospital

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
Roose Institution (1879 - 1949)
Address
Rampside Road, Barrow-In-Furness, LA13 0PW
Previous Locations
Temporary workhouse at Dalkeith St, Barrow-in-Furness (1876 - 1879)
Foundation Year
1879
Status
Closed (since 1980)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Manchester
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Barrow and Furness
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Northern
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Northern
District Authority (1974-1982)
South West Cumbria
District Authority (Post-1982)
South Cumbria
Pre-1974 County
Lancashire
Post-1974 County
Cumbria
Post-1996 County
Not applicable

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority, Poor Law
Pre-1948 information
PLI: Barrow Board of Guardians 1876 - 1930.
LA: 1930 - 1948.
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
General
Post-1948
Geriatric

Other information

In disuse by 1980s; building mostly demolished in 1990s.

Record locations

  • Cumbria Record Office and Local Studies Library, Barrow

    Record types

    Administrative
    1876 - 1950
    General
    1923 - 1950
    Staff
    1940 - 1950
    Admission
    1876 - 1949
    Clinical
    1876 - 1913

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG), Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Details
    AR: CAT: BT/HOS/R, Ba/PA.
    WIHM: BG: 1981 UMIST survey of the North West.

  • Roose Hospital

    Record types

    Administrative
    1876 - 1950
    General
    1948 - 1950
    Admission
    1876 - 1944
    Clinical
    1913 - 1957

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Details
    WIHM: BG: 1981 UMIST survey of the North West.
    Hospital now closed - no current information about present whereabouts of these records, may be at Cumbria Record Office