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Hospital

Towers Hospital

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Important information

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Details

Previous Names
Leicester Borough Lunatic Asylum (1869 - c.1948)
Leicester City Mental Hospital (1869 - c.1948)
Address
Gipsy Lane, Leicester, LE5 0TD
Current Trust
Leicestershire and Rutland Healthcare NHS Trust (since 1999)
Foundation Year
1869
Status
Closed (since 2002)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Sheffield
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Leicester No. 3
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Trent
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Trent
District Authority (1974-1982)
East (Teaching)
District Authority (Post-1982)
Leicestershire
Pre-1974 County
Leicestershire
Post-1974 County
Leicestershire
Post-1996 County
Leicestershire

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority
Pre-1948 information
LA: Leicester Borough.
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Mental
Post-1948
Mental

Other information

None

Record locations

  • Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland

    Record types

    Administrative
    1869 - 1978
    General
    1928 - 1978
    Finance
    1874 - 1948
    Nursing
    1871 - 1974
    Staff
    1883 - 1974
    Admission
    1869 - 1960
    Clinical
    1871 - 1957
    Other
    1897 - 1956

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR), National Register of Archives (NRA)
    C20th patient records (DE7302) NRA Accessions to Repositories 2007