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Hospital

Bexley Hospital

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
Heath Asylum
Bexley Asylum
Bexley Mental Hospital (1918 - 1937)
London County Asylum, Bexley
Address
Old Bexley Lane, Bexley, DA5 2BW
Current Trust
Oxleas NHS Trust (since 1995)
Foundation Year
1898
Status
Closed (since 2001)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
South East Metropolitan
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Bexley
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
South East Thames
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
South East Thames
District Authority (1974-1982)
Bexley
District Authority (Post-1982)
Bexley
Pre-1974 County
Kent
Post-1974 County
Kent
Post-1996 County
Kent

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority
Pre-1948 information
LA: London County Council.
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Mental
Post-1948
Mental
Post-1948 information
MNT: Mental illness.
Postgraduate Training

Other information

None

Record locations

  • Gillies Archives, Queen Mary's Hospital

    Record types

    Clinical
    1899 - 1899
    Remaining casebooks and admin records may be transferred on closure of hospital, which is being run down and will be redeveloped.

  • London Metropolitan Archives

    Record types

    Administrative
    1897 - 1972
    General
    1907 - 1948
    Finance
    1899 - 1939
    Staff
    1897 - 1944
    Admission
    1899 - 1972
    Clinical
    1898 - 1986

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue, Computerised
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Details
    AR: CAT: B01/016 H65
    AR: See also St Olave's/Bermondsey Board of Guardians B.B.G., London County Council Asylums Committee 1914 - 1922, Mental Hospitals Committee 1922 - 1948, London County Council Public Health, Mental Health Committee PH/MENT/4; LCC/MIN/807-845 Bexley Asylum Subcommittee minutes; LCC/MIN/846-847 Bexley Asylum presented papers; HA/SE/322 SE Thames Regional Authority records: annual statistical returns, 1948-1986; King Edward's Hospital Fund for London A/KE/736/2, A/KE/716/048
    Some material transferred from Centre for Kentish Studies, 2006. Closure periods apply.