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Hospital

Whelley Hospital

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Important information

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Details

Previous Names
Wigan Isolation Hospital
Wigan County Borough Sanatorium (1889 - c.1930)
Whelley Isolation Hospital (c.1930 - 1951)
Address
Bradshaw Street, Whelley, Wigan, WN1 3XD
Current Trust
Wigan and Leigh Health Services NHS Trust (since 1993)
Foundation Year
1889
Status
Open

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Manchester
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Wigan and Leigh
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
North Western
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
North Western
District Authority (1974-1982)
Wigan
District Authority (Post-1982)
Wigan
Pre-1974 County
Lancashire
Post-1974 County
Greater Manchester
Post-1996 County
Greater Manchester

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority
Pre-1948 information
LA: Wigan County Borough Council.
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Isolation, Tuberculosis
Pre-1948 information
ISOL: Other infectious diseases.
Post-1948
Acute, Geriatric, Other
Post-1948 information
OTHER: 1948 - 1958 Infectious diseases.
AC: 1952 - c.1974.
GER: c.1974 to date (1996).

Other information

None

Record locations

  • Wigan Archives Service

    Record types

    Administrative
    1927 - 1954
    Admission
    1927 - 1954

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG), Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR), National Register of Archives (NRA)
    Details
    AR: Local ref: HR Wi/2.
    WIHM: BG: 1981 UMIST survey of the North West.