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Hospital

Middlewood Hospital

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Important information

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Details

Previous Names
South Yorkshire Asylum (1872 - 1890)
West Riding Asylum, Wadsley (1890 - 1930)
Wadsley Mental Hospital (1930 - 1948)
Address
Middlewood Road, Sheffield, S6 ITP
Foundation Year
1872
Status
Closed (since 1998)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Sheffield
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Sheffield No. 2
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Trent
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Trent
District Authority (1974-1982)
Northern (Teaching)
District Authority (Post-1982)
Sheffield
Pre-1974 County
West Riding of Yorkshire
Post-1974 County
South Yorkshire
Post-1996 County
South Yorkshire

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Mental
Post-1948
Mental

Other information

RECORDSINFO These plans came from the former West Riding, not from the hospital itself.

Record locations

  • Sheffield Archives

    Record types

    Administrative
    1868 - 1997
    General
    1868 - 1884
    Nursing
    1946 - 1956
    Admission
    1872 - 1962
    Clinical
    1872 - 1980
    Other
    1887 - 1997

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Records include those of its church