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Hospital

St Matthew's Hospital

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
Stafford County Asylum (1864 - ?)
Burntwood Mental Hospital (by 1929 - c.1948)
St Matthews Mental Hospital (1948 - c.1955)
Address
Burntwood, Walsall, WS7 9ES
Previous Trusts
Premier Health
Foundation Year
1864
Status
Closed (since 1995)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Birmingham
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Burton-on-Trent
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
West Midlands
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
West Midlands
District Authority (1974-1982)
South East Staffordshire
District Authority (Post-1982)
South East Staffordshire
Pre-1974 County
Staffordshire
Post-1974 County
Staffordshire
Post-1996 County
Not applicable

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Mental
Post-1948
Mental

Other information

Still known both as Burntwood Mental Hospital and as Stafford County Asylum in 1940.

Record locations

  • Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Staffordshire Record Office

    Record types

    Administrative
    1862 - 1993
    General
    1864 - 1963
    Staff
    1866 - 1959
    Admission
    1864 - 1993
    Clinical
    1864 - 1948
    Pictorial
    1920 - 1980
    Other
    1862 - 1973

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR), National Register of Archives (NRA)
    Substantial amount of material concerning in Quarter Sessions records