Hospital

Tameside General Hospital

Last updated 26 August 2010.

Details

Previous Names

Ashton-Under-Lyne District Infirmary (by 1929 - 1946)

Ashton-Under-Lyne District Infirmary and Children's Hospital (1947 reference)

Ashton Infirmary (1948 - 1952); Ashton-Under-Lyne General Hospital (1952-1976)

Address

Fountain Street, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 9RW

Previous Locations

Darnton Road

Current Trust

Tameside Hospital NHS Trust

Previous Trusts

Pennine Care NHS Trust

Foundation Year

1860

Status

Open

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)

Manchester

Management Committee (1948-1974)

Ashton, Hyde and Glossop

Regional Authority (1974-1982)

North Western

Regional Authority (Post-1982)

North Western

District Authority (1974-1982)

Tameside

District Authority (Post-1982)

Tameside

Pre-1974 County

Lancashire

Post-1974 County

Lancashire

Post-1996 County

Lancashire

Status

Pre-1948

Private, Voluntary

Pre-1948 information

VOL: Mainly.

PRIV: Some wards.

Post-1948

NHS

Type

Pre-1948

Children, General

Pre-1948 information

GEN: Approved for the treatment of non-pulmonary tuberculosis and venereal disease.

Post-1948

Acute

Other information

The hospital was established in 1860. A 32 bed children's hospital was opened in 1892. The buildings were extended several times from 1908 onwards. The present hospital is an amalgamation of several different predecessor institutions

Record locations

• Tameside Local Studies and Archives

  Record types

  Administrative

  1858 - 1972

  General

  1859 - 1972

  Finance

  1858 - 1967

  Estates

  1917 - 1944

  Nursing

  1909 - 1948

  Staff

  1861 - 1952

  Admission

  1883 - 1960

  Clinical

  1871 - 1960

  Ephemera

  1902 - 1970

  Pictorial

  1861 - 1948

  Other

  1875 - 1913

  Finding aids

  Finding aids

  Brief guide (BG), Catalogue

  Location

  At Repository (AR)

  Details

  WIHM: BG: 1981 UMIST survey of the North West.

  Records include photos of presidents and surgeons.