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Hospital

Middlefield Hospital

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Important information

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Details

Previous Names
Private Asylum (1866 - 1868)
Midland Counties Idiot Asylum (1868 - ?)
Midland Counties Institution (by 1929 - ?)
Knowle Mental Hospital (by 1940 - ?)
Middlefield Hall (1949 - c.1960)
Address
Solihull, B93 0PX
Previous Locations
Dorridge Grove (1866 - ?)
Foundation Year
1866
Status
Open

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Birmingham
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Birmingham (Mental D)
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
West Midlands
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
West Midlands
District Authority (1974-1982)
South Birmingham
District Authority (Post-1982)
Solihull
Pre-1974 County
Warwickshire
Post-1974 County
West Midlands
Post-1996 County
Not applicable

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority, Private
Pre-1948 information
PRIV: 1866 - 1868 Established by Miss A Darke.
LA: c.1868 - 1948.
Post-1948
NHS

Type

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

Other information

None

Record locations

  • Warwickshire County Record Office

    Record types

    Administrative
    1865 - 1990
    General
    1867 - 1990
    Estates
    1889 - 1971
    Staff
    1865 - 1953
    Admission
    1866 - 1964
    Clinical
    1866 - 1964
    Ephemera
    1982 - 1990
    Pictorial
    1927 - 1980

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Details
    At Repository: CR 2098, CR 2941