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Hospital

Friern Hospital

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
Colney Hatch Asylum (1851 - 1918)
Colney Hatch Mental Hospital (1918 - 1937)
Friern Mental Hospital (1937 - 1959)
Address
Friern Barnet Road, London, N11 3BP
Foundation Year
1851
Status
Closed (since 1993)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
North West Metropolitan
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Friern
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
North East Thames
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
North East Thames
District Authority (1974-1982)
Islington
District Authority (Post-1982)
Hampstead
Pre-1974 County
Middlesex/London
Post-1974 County
Greater London
Post-1996 County
Not applicable

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority
Pre-1948 information
LA: 1851 - 1889 Middlesex Justices of the peace, 1889 - 1948 London County Council.
Post-1948
NHS

Type

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

Other information

Decommissioning of Friern contracted out to Royal Free projects department, hence our retention of records relating to this time.

Record locations

  • London Metropolitan Archives

    Record types

    Administrative
    1847 - 1985
    General
    1847 - 1975
    Nursing
    1899 - 1968
    Staff
    1851 - 1947
    Admission
    1851 - 1985
    Clinical
    1851 - 1993
    Ephemera
    1865 - 1973

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG), Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR), National Register of Archives (NRA)
    Details
    AR: CAT: H12/CH
    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.

  • Royal Free Hospital Archives Centre

    Record types

    Administrative
    1968 - 1994
    General
    1989 - 1994
    Nursing
    1980 - 1989
    Staff
    1989 - 1993
    Ephemera
    1968 - 1990

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Small collection mainly consists of records of Friern decommissioning and closure, 1993, although other admin records survive.