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Hospital

Bangour Village Hospital

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
Edinburgh War Hospital 1939-1945
Address
Broxburn, EH52 6LW
Current Trust
West Lothian Healthcate NHS Trust (since 1999)
Previous Trusts
West Lothian NHS Trust
Foundation Year
1904
Status
Closed (since 2004)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
South Eastern
Management Committee (1948-1974)
West Lothian
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Scotland
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Scotland
District Authority (1974-1982)
West Lothian
District Authority (Post-1982)
West Lothian
Pre-1974 County
West Lothian
Post-1974 County
West Lothian
Post-1996 County
West Lothian

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority
Pre-1948 information
1915-1922 Military; 1939-1945 Edinburgh War Hospital
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Mental, Military
Post-1948
Geriatric, Mental

Other information

Hendrie, W.F. and MacLeod, D.A.D. The Bangour story: a history of Bangour Village and General Hospitals Edinburgh: Mercat Press, 1992

Record locations

  • Lothian Health Services Archive

    Record types

    Administrative
    1903 - 2004
    General
    1903 - 2004
    Estates
    1904 - 2000
    Nursing
    1945 - 1955
    Staff
    1904 - 1969
    Admission
    1904 - 1982
    Clinical
    1904 - 1982
    Ephemera
    1956 - 1956
    Pictorial
    1910 - 1994

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue, Computerised
    Location
    At Repository (AR), National Register of Archives (NRA)
    Records include Minutes of Edinburgh District Board of Lunacy/Board of Control, 1899-1929, and annual reports of the General Board of Commissioners in Lunacy for Scotland 1859-1914