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Hospital

North Wales Hospital

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
North Wales Counties Lunatic Asylum (1848 - ?)
North Wales Counties Mental Hospital (by 1929 - ?)
North Wales Hospital for Nervous and Mental Disorders (1948 - c.1981)
Address
Denbigh, LL16 5SS
Foundation Year
1848
Status
Closed (since 1995)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Welsh
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Clwyd and Deeside
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Wales
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Wales
District Authority (1974-1982)
Clwyd North
District Authority (Post-1982)
Clwyd
Pre-1974 County
Denbighshire
Post-1974 County
Clwyd
Post-1996 County
Not applicable

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Mental
Post-1948
Mental

Other information

Article by M.R. Olsen 'Founding of the Hospital for the Insane Poor, Denbigh in Denbighshire Historical Society Transactions vol. 23 (1974), pp.193-217'.

Record locations

  • Flintshire Record Office

    Record types

    Administrative
    1875 - 1980
    General
    1875 - 1901
    Other
    1931 - 1980

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG), Catalogue, Card index
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
  • Gwynedd Archives Service, Caernarfon Record Office

    Record types

    Administrative
    1848 - 1903
    General
    1848 - 1903
    Admission
    1848 - 1888
    Clinical
    1892 - 1988

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Location
    At Repository (AR), Local Record Office (LRO), National Register of Archives (NRA)