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Hospital

Digby Hospital

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Details

Previous Names
Exeter City Asylum (1886 - ?)
Exeter City Mental Hospital (by 1929 - 1948)
Digby Hospital (1949 - 1961)
Exe Vale Hospital, Digby Branch (1962 - 1982-86)
Address
Woodwater Lane, Exeter, EX2 7EY
Foundation Year
1886
Status
Open

Administrative Authorities

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

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Mental
Post-1948
Mental

Other information

None

Record locations

  • Devon Record Office

    Record types

    Administrative
    1886 - 1994
    General
    1896 - 1994
    Finance
    1887 - 1977
    Admission
    1886 - 1984
    Clinical
    1886 - 1976

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG), Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR), National Register of Archives (NRA)
    Details
    DRO: CAT: 4034 and adds; 3992 and adds.
    New accession Accc 6857 of reports, photographs and papers (NRA Accessions to Repositories 2006)