East Sussex Record Office
Record types
- Administrative
- 1835 - 1974
- General
- 1835 - 1974
- Finance
- 1835 - 1938
- Admission
- 1917 - 1950
- Clinical
- 1921 - 1948
- Ephemera
- 1899 - 1932
Finding aids
- Finding aids
- Catalogue
- Location
- At Repository (AR)
Hospital
Pouchlands Hospital
Last updated .
Important information
Information about this hospital might be outdated.
Details
- Previous Names
- Chailey Workhouse (1873 - 1898)
- Lewes Workhouse (1898 - 1930)
- Lewes Institution (1930 - 1948)
- Address
- Chailey, BN8 4PZ
- Foundation Year
- 1835
- Status
- Open
Administrative Authorities
- Regional Board (1948-1974)
- South East Metropolitan
- Management Committee (1948-1974)
- Mid-Sussex
- Regional Authority (1974-1982)
- South East Thames
- Regional Authority (Post-1982)
- South East Thames
- District Authority (1974-1982)
- Brighton
- District Authority (Post-1982)
- Brighton
- Pre-1974 County
- Sussex
- Post-1974 County
- East Sussex
- Post-1996 County
- Not applicable
Status
- Pre-1948
- Local Authority, Poor Law
- Pre-1948 information
- PLI: ? - 1930.
- LA: 1930 - 1948.
- Post-1948
- NHS
Type
- Pre-1948
- General
- Post-1948
- Geriatric, Mental
- Post-1948 information
- MNT: Mental handicap.
Other information
Lewes Union (Workhouse in Lewes) and Chailey Union (workhouse in Chailey) were amalgamated in 1898 and the workhouse newly built in Chailey.