Tyne and Wear Archives Service
Record types
- Administrative
- 1833 - 1870
- General
- 1833 - 1870
- Staff
- 1863 - 1870
Finding aids
- Finding aids
- Catalogue
- Location
- At Repository (AR), Local Record Office (LRO)
Hospital
Newcastle Lunatic Hospital
Last updated .
Important information
Information about this hospital might be outdated.
Details
- Previous Names
- Wardens Close Lunatic Hospital
- Address
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Foundation Year
- 1767
- Status
- Closed (since 1856)
Administrative Authorities
- Pre-1974 County
- Northumberland
Status
- Pre-1948
- Local Authority
Type
- Pre-1948
- Mental
Other information
Closed due to overcrowing in April 1856: new asylum opened in 1869
Record locations
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- Among records of St Nicholas Hospital; consists of lists of visitors appointed by magistrates and their reports, minutes of the Visiting Justics Committee