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Hospital

Highgate Hospital

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
Highgate Infirmary (1868 - 1883)
St Pancras' North Infirmary (1883 - 1922)
Central London Sick Asylum District Infirmary (from 1867?)
Address
Dartmouth Park Hill, London, N19
Foundation Year
1868
Status
Closed

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
North West Metropolitan
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Archway Group
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Not Applicable
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Not Applicable
District Authority (1974-1982)
Not Applicable
District Authority (Post-1982)
Not Applicable
Pre-1974 County
Middlesex/London
Post-1974 County
Not Applicable
Post-1996 County
Not applicable

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority, Poor Law
Pre-1948 information
PLI: 1868 - 1885 Westminster Board of Guardians, 1885 - 1930 St Pancras Board of Guardians.
LA: 1930 - 1948 London County Council, Public Assistance Committee.
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
General
Post-1948
Other
Post-1948 information
Other: General

Other information

Absorbed by the Whittington Hospital, as Highgate Wing, 1952. Part of Archway Gp, 1946-48.

Record locations

  • London Metropolitan Archives

    Record types

    Administrative
    1868 - 1948
    General
    1877 - 1948
    Staff
    1882 - 1930
    Admission
    1868 - 1932

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR), National Register of Archives (NRA)
    Details
    AR: CAT:
    AR: See also Holborn, St Pancras, and Westminster Board of Guardians (Ho.B.G, St.P.B.G and We.B.G. respectively);
    Metropolitan Asylums Board, Central London Sick Asylum District, and London County Council Central Public Health Committee 1929 - 1934, Archway Hospital and Whittington Hospital Committee 1929 - 1934, Hospitals and Medical Services Committee 1934 -1948, London County Council Public Health, General and Special Hospitals Committee (PH/HOSP/3 and PH/HOSP/5), Chaplain's Records (P90/WHHW), and Nightingale Collection (HI/ST/NC and A/NFC).
    Includes chaplain's records 1884 - 1979, and the Nightingale Collection: records of the nurse training school 1868 - 1877.