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Hospital

Cane Hill Hospital

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
Cane Hill Asylum (1883 - 1918)
Cane Hill Mental Hospital (1918 - 1937)
Surrey County Lunatic Asylum
Address
Brighton Road, Coulsdon, CR3 3YL
Foundation Year
1883
Status
Closed (since 1992)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
South West Metropolitan
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Cane Hill
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
South East Thames
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
South East Thames
District Authority (1974-1982)
Bromley
District Authority (Post-1982)
Bromley
Pre-1974 County
Surrey
Post-1974 County
Surrey
Post-1996 County
Not applicable

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority
Pre-1948 information
LA: 1883 - 1889 Surrey Justices of the peace, 1889 - 1948 London County Council.
Post-1948
NHS

Type

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

Other information

None

Record locations

  • Croydon Archives Service

    Record types

    Administrative
    1884 - 1988
    General
    1948 - 1983
    Finance
    1948 - 1962
    Estates
    1948 - 1972
    Nursing
    1951 - 1973
    Staff
    1891 - 1971
    Admission
    1883 - 1988
    Other
    1884 - 1950

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG), Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Burial Register 1884 - 1950
  • London Metropolitan Archives

    Record types

    Administrative
    1875 - 1948
    General
    1875 - 1948
    Staff
    1902 - 1904
    Admission
    1916 - 1928

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Details
    AR: CAT:
    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.
  • Surrey History Centre

    Record types

    Administrative
    1883 - 1888
    General
    1883 - 1888

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Details
    SHC reference: QS/-