Hospital

Princess Royal Hospital (East Wing)

Last updated 13 June 2000.

Details

Previous Names

Sussex County Lunatic Asylum (1854 -1892)

East Sussex County Lunatic Asylum (1894 - 1903)

Brighton County Borough Asylum (1903 - 1919)

Brighton County Borough Mental Hospital (1919 - 1948)

St Francis Hospital (1948 - ?)

Princess Royal Hospital

Address

Lewes Road, Haywards Heath, RH16 4EZ

Current Trust

Mid Sussex NHS Trust (since 1994)

Foundation Year

1854

Status

Open

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)

South East Metropolitan

Management Committee (1948-1974)

St Francis and Lady Chichester

Regional Authority (1974-1982)

South West Thames

Regional Authority (Post-1982)

South West Thames

District Authority (1974-1982)

Cuckfield and Crawley

District Authority (Post-1982)

Mid-Downs

Pre-1974 County

Sussex

Post-1974 County

West Sussex

Post-1996 County

West Sussex

Status

Pre-1948

Local Authority

Post-1948

NHS

Type

Pre-1948

Mental

Post-1948

Acute, Mental

Post-1948 information

Became general hospital, c. 1990

Other information

The name East Sussex County Lunatic Asylum was then (1927?) transferred to the hospital at Hellingly, Hailsham.

Record locations

• East Sussex Record Office

  Record types

  Administrative

  1854 - 1983

  General

  1854 - 1964

  Finance

  1856 - 1954

  Estates

  1854 - 1868

  Nursing

  1859 - 1967

  Staff

  1859 - 1948

  Admission

  1859 - 1964

  Clinical

  1859 - 1969

  Ephemera

  1902 - 1983

  Finding aids

  Finding aids

  Catalogue

  Location

  At Repository (AR)

  Additional: annual reports, patient reception papers, chaplain's reports, c. 1890-1965 (10624)

• West Sussex Record Office

  Record types

  Administrative

  1860 - 1927

  General

  1860 - 1927

  Finding aids

  Finding aids

  Catalogue

  Location

  At Repository (AR)