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Hospital

Oldchurch Hospital

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
Romford Union Workhouse (1838 - 1893)
Romford Poor Law Institution (1893 - 1929)
Address
Oldchurch Road, Romford, RM7 0BE
Current Trust
Havering Hospital NHS Trust (since 1993)
Foundation Year
1893
Status
Closed (since 2007)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
North East Metropolitan
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Romford Group
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
North East Thames
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
North East Thames
District Authority (1974-1982)
Havering
District Authority (Post-1982)
Barking, Havering and Brentwood
Pre-1974 County
Essex
Post-1974 County
Greater London
Post-1996 County
Essex

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority, Poor Law
Pre-1948 information
PLI: 1893 - 1930.
LA: 1930 - 1935 Essex Public Assistance Commission, 1935 - 1948 Public Health Commission.
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
General
Post-1948
Acute

Other information

All activities moved to a new hospital, Queen's Hospital Romford, in December 2007

Record locations

  • Havering Reference and Information Library

    Record types

    Administrative
    1885 - 1923
    Private Papers
    1891 - 1923
    Other
    1885 - 1895
    Information received in 2005 indicates that the Local Studies Librarian at this repository has no knowledge of these records being at this Library.