King's College Archives
Record types
- Administrative
- 1960 - 1990
- Nursing
- 1960 - 1990
Finding aids
- Finding aids
- Brief guide (BG)
- Location
- At Repository (AR), Other
- Details
- AIM25
Hospital
Lewisham Hospital
Last updated .
Important information
Information about this hospital might be outdated.
Details
- Previous Names
- Lewisham Workhouse (1817 - 1894)
- Address
- High Street, London, SE13 6LH
- Current Trust
- Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust (since 1993)
- Foundation Year
- 1817
- Status
- Open
Administrative Authorities
- Regional Board (1948-1974)
- South East Metropolitan
- Management Committee (1948-1974)
- Lewisham Group
- Regional Authority (1974-1982)
- South East Thames
- Regional Authority (Post-1982)
- South East Thames
- District Authority (1974-1982)
- Lewisham
- District Authority (Post-1982)
- Lewisham and North Southwark
- Pre-1974 County
- Kent/London
- Post-1974 County
- Greater London
- Post-1996 County
- Greater London
Status
- Pre-1948
- Local Authority, Poor Law
- Pre-1948 information
- PLI: 1817 - 1834 Lewisham Parish, 1834 - 1930 Lewisham Union.
- LA: 1930 - 1948 London County Council.
- Post-1948
- NHS
Type
- Pre-1948
- General
- Post-1948
- Acute
Other information
Opened as a workhouse in 1817 and hospital in 1894. Cholera cases from 1867 and Lunatics from 1897.
Record locations
-
- KCLCA LH/FP & LH/F
-
Lewisham Local Studies Centre
Record types
- Administrative
- 1832 - 1977
- General
- 1870 - 1937
- Finance
- 1842 - 1875
- Estates
- 1832 - 1977
- Clinical
- 1944 - 1970
- Pictorial
- 1881 - 1971
Finding aids
- Finding aids
- Catalogue
- Location
- Local Record Office (LRO)
-
London Metropolitan Archives
Record types
- Administrative
- 1894 - 1948
- General
- 1894 - 1948
- Staff
- 1894 - 1930
- Admission
- 1894 - 1922
Finding aids
- Finding aids
- Catalogue
- Location
- At Repository (AR)
- Details
- At Repository: See Lewisham Board of Guardians LeBG, London County Council Central Public Health Committee 1929 - 1934, and Hospitals and Medical Services Committee 1934 - 1948.