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Hospital

St Audry's Hospital

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
House of Industry for Looes and Wilford Incorporated Hundreds (1765 - 1827)
Suffolk County Lunatic Asylum (1827 - c.1906)
Suffolk District Asylum (c.1906 - c.1930)
St Audry's Hospital for Mental Diseases (Known by This Name Also From 1917)
Address
Melton, Woodbridge, IP12 1QT
Foundation Year
1827
Status
Closed

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
East Anglian
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Suffolk Mental
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
East Anglian
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
East Anglian
District Authority (1974-1982)
Ipswich
District Authority (Post-1982)
East Suffolk
Pre-1974 County
Suffolk
Post-1974 County
Suffolk
Post-1996 County
Not applicable

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority
Post-1948
NHS

Type

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

Other information

None

Record locations

  • Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch

    Record types

    Administrative
    1800 - 1987
    General
    1828 - 1977
    Finance
    1879 - 1971
    Estates
    1854 - 1957
    Nursing
    1890 - 1980
    Staff
    1872 - 1987
    Admission
    1870 - 1987
    Clinical
    1859 - 1993
    Ephemera
    1825 - 1984
    Pictorial
    1800 - 1981
    Private Papers
    1853 - 1966

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG), Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Details
    ID 407, ID 410