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Hospital

Stanley Royd Hospital

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Important information

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Details

Previous Names
West Riding Asylum (1818 - 1824)
West Riding Mental Hospital (1825 - 1948)
Address
Aberford Road, Wakefield, WF1 4DQ
Current Trust
Wakefield and Pontefract Community Health NHS Trust (since 1993)
Foundation Year
1818
Status
Closed (since 1995)

Administrative Authorities

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

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

  • West Yorkshire Archive Service, Wakefield Headquarters

    Record types

    Administrative
    1814 - 1960
    General
    1814 - 1960
    Admission
    1814 - 1951
    Clinical
    1890 - 1960
    Ephemera
    1820 - 1875
    Pictorial
    1819 - 1819
    Other
    1920 - 1960

    Finding aids

    Details
    C85, C85 additional
    Service registers 1920-1960