Hospital

The Royal Hospital

Last updated 2 January 2007.

Details

Previous Names

South Staffordshire General Hospital (1845 - ?)

Wolverhampton and Staffordshire General Hospital (by 1902 -1940 at the latest)

Address

Cleveland Road, Wolverhampton, WV2 1BT

Current Trust

Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust (since 1994)

Foundation Year

1824 (approximately)

Status

Closed (since 1997)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)

Birmingham

Management Committee (1948-1974)

Wolverhampton Local

Regional Authority (1974-1982)

West Midlands

Regional Authority (Post-1982)

West Midlands

District Authority (1974-1982)

Wolverhampton

District Authority (Post-1982)

Wolverhampton

Pre-1974 County

Staffordshire

Post-1974 County

West Midlands

Post-1996 County

Staffordshire

Status

Pre-1948

Voluntary

Post-1948

NHS

Type

Pre-1948

General

Post-1948

Acute

Other information

Associated with St Catherine's convalescent home, Penn and Womens' Hospital District Nursing Association.

Record locations

• The Royal Hospital

  Record types

  Administrative

  1837 - 1986

  General

  1837 - 1986

  Finance

  1929 - 1954

  Estates

  1903 - 1947

  Nursing

  1890 - 1948

  Clinical

  1860 - 1870

  Ephemera

  1937 - 1954

  Pictorial

  1900 - 1986

  Finding aids

  Finding aids

  Catalogue

  Location

  At Repository (AR)

  Hospital now closed: no current information as to present whereabouts of these records, may be at Wolverhampton Archives and Local Studies Services

• Wolverhampton Archives and Local Studies Centre

  Record types

  Administrative

  1845 - 1974

  General

  1845 - 1954

  Finance

  1903 - 1947

  Estates

  1900 - 1900

  Finding aids

  Finding aids

  Brief guide (BG)

  Location

  At Repository (AR)

  Details

  NHS-RH

• Wolverhampton Health Authority

  Record types

  Administrative

  1852 - 1966

  General

  1852 - 1852

  Estates

  1903 - 1945

  Admission

  1906 - 1966