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Hospital

Winterton Hospital

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Details

Previous Names
Durham County Lunatic Asylum (1858 - 1924)
Durham County Mental Hospital (1925 - 1939)
Winterton Emergency Hospital (1940 - 1948)
Winterton Hospital (Mental Hospital) (1949 - c.1955)
Address
Sedgefield, Stockton On Tees, TS21 3EJ
Foundation Year
1858
Status
Closed (since 1996)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Winterton
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Northern
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Northern
District Authority (1974-1982)
South West Durham
District Authority (Post-1982)
South West Durham
Pre-1974 County
Durham
Post-1974 County
Durham
Post-1996 County
Durham

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority, Other
Pre-1948 information
LA: ? - 1859 Durham Quarter Sessions, ? - ? Durham County Council.
OTHER: c.1940 - 1948 Emergency Hospital Service.
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Mental
Post-1948
Mental
Post-1948 information
MNT: Psychiatry and forensic psychiatry.

Other information

None

Record locations

  • Durham County Record Office

    Record types

    Administrative
    1855 - 1978
    General
    1884 - 1974
    Finance
    1895 - 1974
    Estates
    1855 - 1947
    Nursing
    1905 - 1956
    Staff
    1927 - 1978
    Admission
    1867 - 1975
    Clinical
    1859 - 1945
    Private Papers
    1918 - 1933

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR)