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Hospital

Birkenhead General Hospital

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
Birkenhead Borough Hospital (1864 - 1926)
Address
Park Road North, Birkenhead
Previous Locations
Conway Street. (1864 - ?)
Foundation Year
1864
Status
Closed (since 1982)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Liverpool
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Birkenhead
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Mersey
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Not Applicable
District Authority (1974-1982)
Northern
District Authority (Post-1982)
Not Applicable
Pre-1974 County
Cheshire
Post-1974 County
Merseyside
Post-1996 County
Not applicable

Status

Pre-1948
Voluntary
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
General
Post-1948
Acute

Other information

This hospital replaced Birkenhead Hospital and Dispensary in 1864. In 1982 its services were transferred to Arrowe Park Hospital, Wirral.

Record locations

  • Arrowe Park Hospital

    Record types

    Clinical
    1930 - 1930
    Hospital closed: not clear if records now with Wirral Archives Service
  • Nurses Training School, Arrowe Park Hospital

    Record types

    Administrative
    1907 - 1907
    Admission
    1907 - 1907
    Hospital closed: not clear if records now with Wirral Archives Service
  • Wirral Archives Service

    Record types

    Administrative
    1898 - 1974
    General
    1898 - 1974
    Admission
    1948 - 1959
    Ephemera
    1928 - 1949

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR), National Register of Archives (NRA)
    Details
    OTHER: Liverpool University Archives.