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Banstead Hospital

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
Banstead Asylum (1877 - 1918)
Banstead Mental Hospital (1918 - 1937)
Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum
Address
Sutton Lane, Banstead
Previous Locations
Hundred Acres, Banstead
Foundation Year
1877
Status
Closed (since 1986)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
South West Metropolitan
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Banstead
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
North West Thames
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
North West Thames
District Authority (1974-1982)
North East (Teaching)
District Authority (Post-1982)
Riverside
Pre-1974 County
Surrey
Post-1974 County
Surrey
Post-1996 County
Not applicable

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority
Pre-1948 information
LA: 1877 - 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

Established 1877 as the Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum. At some point became known as Banstead Hospital closed 1986 and was converted into a prison.

Record locations

  • Banstead Hospital

    Record types

    Administrative
    1872 - 1874
    Pictorial
    1872 - 1874
    Hospital now closed: not clear whether these records are now at either London Metropolitan Archives or Surrey History Centre

  • London Metropolitan Archives

    Record types

    Administrative
    1873 - 1980
    General
    1877 - 1974
    Finance
    1873 - 1961
    Estates
    1873 - 1883
    Nursing
    1916 - 1954
    Staff
    1873 - 1965
    Admission
    1877 - 1979
    Clinical
    1877 - 1977
    Pictorial
    1910 - 1980

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG), Catalogue, Computerised
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Details
    AR: CAT: H22/BAN
    AR: See also London County Council Asylums Committee 1889 - 1914, Asylums and Mental Deficiency Committee 1914 - 1922, Mental Hospitals Committee 1922 - 1948, London County Council Public Health, Mental Health Committee, PH/MENT/4 and Staff Matters Committee PH/STA/5.
    Photographic Survey Album.

  • Surrey History Centre

    Record types

    Administrative
    1900 - 1991
    Estates
    1900 - 1910
    Other
    1985 - 1991

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    6065/box9 Banstead Conservation Group - papers re conversion of hospital into a prison, 1985 - 1991
    6423/1/box1 plans, c1900 - 1910