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Hospital

Clayton Hospital

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Important information

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Details

Previous Names
Wakefield General Dispensary (1787 - 1854)
Clayton Hospital and Wakefield General Dispensary (1854 - 1948)
Address
Northgate, Wakefield, WF1 3JS
Previous Locations
Dispensary Yard upto 1880
Current Trust
Pinderfields and Pontefract Hospitals NHS Trust (since 1993)
Foundation Year
1787
Status
Open

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Leeds
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Wakefield (A)
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Yorkshire
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Yorkshire
District Authority (1974-1982)
Western (Wakefield)
District Authority (Post-1982)
Wakefield
Pre-1974 County
West Riding of Yorkshire
Post-1974 County
West Yorkshire
Post-1996 County
West Yorkshire

Status

Pre-1948
Voluntary
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
General
Post-1948
Acute

Other information

Associated with Wakefield House of Recovery, 1826 - 1854.

Record locations

  • West Yorkshire Archive Service, Wakefield Headquarters

    Record types

    Administrative
    1826 - 1954
    General
    1864 - 1949
    Finance
    1880 - 1948
    Admission
    1947 - 1950
    Clinical
    1826 - 1949
    Ephemera
    1854 - 1954
    Pictorial
    1892 - 1892

    Finding aids

    Location
    At Repository (AR), National Register of Archives (NRA)
    Details
    NRA: 23798. C235