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Hospital

Essex Hall

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
Royal Eastern Counties Hospital (c.1948 - 1972)
Royal Eastern Counties Institution for Mental Defectives
Eastern Counties Asylum for Idiots, Imbeciles and the Feebleminded (1859 on)
Established 1849 for Young inmates of Royal Eastwood by 1858 all patients transferred to Earlswood
Address
Colchester
Previous Locations
North Station Road, Colchester 1859 - 1985
Foundation Year
1859
Status
Closed (since 1985)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
North East Metropolitan
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Royal Eastern Counties
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
North East Thames
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
North East Thames
District Authority (1974-1982)
Colchester
District Authority (Post-1982)
North East Essex
Pre-1974 County
Essex
Post-1974 County
Essex
Post-1996 County
Not applicable

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority, Poor Law
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Children, Mental
Pre-1948 information
Mental Defect
Post-1948
Mental
Post-1948 information
Mental Subnormality

Other information

None

Record locations

  • Essex Record Office

    Record types

    Administrative
    1859 - 2001
    General
    1860 - 2001
    Admission
    1859 - 1987
    Clinical
    1859 - 1995
    Ephemera
    1846 - 2000
    Pictorial
    1890 - 1999
    Other
    1904 - 1992

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR), Wellcome Library (WIHM)
    Details
    A/HN 2; Brief Guide - Accessions c183, 201
    Additional minutes, register and visitors books, 1896-1972 reported in NRA Accessions to Repositories 2008; Annual Reports 1860 - 1948
    Committee Minutes 1978 - 1886, 1891 - 1896

  • Surrey History Centre

    Record types

    Administrative
    1850 - 1867
    General
    1855 - 1858
    Estates
    1850 - 1867
    Admission
    1852 - 1860

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG), Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR), National Register of Archives (NRA)
    Details
    392/3/5/1 Essex Hall committee minutes 1855 - 1858
    392/15/2/1 Estate Records 1850 - 1856
    392/20/5/1 Endowments 1860 - 1861, 1863, 1867
    392/20/6/1
    329/20/8/1
    392/20/13/1
    329/21/1/1-9 - admission papers 1852 - 1860 included among Royal Earlswood papers.
    Admission details are contained in the admission books of the Royal Earlswood Asylum and are not separate volumes.