Hospital

Royal Infirmary

Last updated 28 September 1999.

Details

Previous Names

Sheffield General Infirmary (1792 - 1897)

Address

Infirmary Road, Sheffield

Foundation Year

1792

Status

Closed (since 1980)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)

Provinces (Teaching)

Management Committee (1948-1974)

United Sheffield

Regional Authority (1974-1982)

Trent

Regional Authority (Post-1982)

Not Applicable

District Authority (1974-1982)

Southern (Teaching)

District Authority (Post-1982)

Not Applicable

Pre-1974 County

West Riding of Yorkshire

Post-1974 County

South Yorkshire

Post-1996 County

Not applicable

Status

Pre-1948

Voluntary

Post-1948

NHS

Type

Pre-1948

General

Post-1948

Acute

Other information

Linked with the Godrey Walker Convalescent Home, Conisbrough 1910-39. Administered with Sheffield Royal Hospital from 1938.

Record locations

• Sheffield Archives

  Record types

  Administrative

  1792 - 1979

  General

  1792 - 1948

  Finance

  1792 - 1950

  Estates

  1792 - 1967

  Nursing

  1875 - 1979

  Staff

  1797 - 1950

  Clinical

  1913 - 1970

  Ephemera

  1799 - 1971

  Other

  1792 - 1797

  Finding aids

  Finding aids

  Catalogue

  Location

  At Repository (AR), National Register of Archives (NRA)

  Details

  333/H2-H14; NHS37

• Wellcome Library

  Record types

  Clinical

  1879 - 1881

  Finding aids

  Finding aids

  Catalogue

  Location

  At Repository (AR)

  Casebook of C. M. Goyder, House Surgeon at Sheffield General Infirmary and later Newcastle-upon-Tyne Infirmary, containing details of various cases admitted to both institutions, 1879-81. With some additional medical memoranda.

  Some of the cases are illustrated by sketches and photographs. Many were reported in the medical press, and the volume includes numerous cuttings.