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Hospital

Claybury Hospital

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
Claybury Asylum (1893 - 1918)
Claybury Mental Hospital (1918 - 1937)
Address
Woodford Bridge, IG8 8BY
Foundation Year
1893
Status
Closed (since 1997)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
North East Metropolitan
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Claybury Mental
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
North East Thames
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
North East Thames
District Authority (1974-1982)
West Roding
District Authority (Post-1982)
Waltham Forest
Pre-1974 County
Essex
Post-1974 County
Essex
Post-1996 County
Not applicable

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority
Pre-1948 information
LA: 1885 - 1889 Middlesex Justices of the Peace, 1889 - 1948 London County Council.
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Mental
Pre-1948 information
MNT: Lunatic asylum.
Post-1948
Mental
Post-1948 information
MNT: Mental illness.

Other information

None

Record locations

  • London Metropolitan Archives

    Record types

    Administrative
    1885 - 1948
    General
    1885 - 1948
    Staff
    1895 - 1912
    Admission
    1915 - 1928

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Details
    AR: CAT:
    AR: See also London County Council Asylums Committee 1889 - 1914, Asylums and Mental Deficiency Committee 1922 - 1948, London County Council Public Health, Mental Health Committee PH/MENT/4, and Staff Matters Committee PH/STA/5.

  • Wellcome Library

    Record types

    Clinical
    1895 - 1896

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Case notes of Lyon Falkener, MS 6806