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Hospital

Knowle Hospital

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Important information

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Details

Previous Names
Hampshire County Lunatic Asylum (1852 - c.1923)
Knowle Mental Hospital (c.1923 - 1948)
Address
Fareham, PO17 5NA
Foundation Year
1852
Status
Closed (since 1996)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
South West Metropolitan
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Knowle
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Wessex
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Wessex
District Authority (1974-1982)
Southampton and South West Hampshire
District Authority (Post-1982)
Southampton and South West Hampshire
Pre-1974 County
Hampshire
Post-1974 County
Hampshire
Post-1996 County
Hampshire

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Mental
Post-1948
Mental

Other information

Knowle Hospital established as Hampshire County Lunatic Asylum under Provisions of Pauper Lunatics Act 1845. First patients in 1852. Closed in 1996

Record locations

  • Hampshire Record Office

    Record types

    Administrative
    1853 - 1996
    General
    1853 - 1985
    Finance
    1914 - 1974
    Staff
    1910 - 1979
    Admission
    1852 - 1995
    Clinical
    1852 - 1995
    Ephemera
    1968 - 1996
    Pictorial
    1912 - 1991
    Other
    1874 - 1881

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR), National Register of Archives (NRA)
    Details
    Catalogue Mark: 48M94
    Case books, case files, and other records of patient administration.
    Chaplain 1877 - 1973
    Farm 1956 - 1983
    The first minute book of the Committee of Victoria for erecting a County Lunatic Asylum is dated 1849 - 1853
    (18M93) but is not with the main collection.