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Details: Cane Hill Hospital, Coulsdon

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Name

  

Present name

Cane Hill Hospital 

Previous name(s)

Cane Hill Asylum (1883 - 1918)
Cane Hill Mental Hospital (1918 - 1937)
Surrey County Lunatic Asylum  

Address

Brighton Road Coulsdon CR3 3YL 

Foundation Year

1883 

Closed

Yes 

Closure year

1992 

Administrative authorities

Regional Hospital Board (1948-74)

South West Metropolitan 

Hospital Management Committee (1948-74)

Cane Hill 

Regional Health Authority (1974-82)

South East Thames 

Regional Health Authority (1982- )

South East Thames 

District Health Authority (1974-82)

Bromley 

District Health Authority (1982- )

Bromley 

County (before 1974)

Surrey 

County (1974-1996)

Surrey 

County (after 1996)

Not applicable 

Status

Pre 1948

Local Authority

Post 1948

NHS

Type

Pre 1948

Mental

Post 1948

Mental

 

Records can be found at:
notes

  Croydon Archives Service

Record type

Date range

Administrative

1884 - 1988

   General

1948 - 1983

   Finance

1948 - 1962

   Estates

1948 - 1972

   Nursing

1951 - 1973

   Admission & Discharge

1883 - 1988

   Staff

1891 - 1971

   Other

1884 - 1950

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Location of finding aids

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Details

Notes

Burial Register 1884 - 1950
notes

  Surrey History Centre

Record type

Date range

Administrative

1883 - 1888

   General

1883 - 1888

Finding aids

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Brief Guide(BG)

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Details

SHC reference: QS/-
notes

  London Metropolitan Archives

Record type

Date range

Administrative

1875 - 1948

   General

1875 - 1948

   Admission & Discharge

1916 - 1928

   Staff

1902 - 1904

Finding aids

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Catalogue

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Details

AR: CAT: AR: See also London County Council Asylums Committee 1889 - 1914, Asylums and Mental Deficiency Committee 1914 - 1922, Mental Hospitals Committee 1922 - 1948,London County Council Public Health, Mental Health Committee PH/MENT/4 and Staff Matters Committee PH/STA/5.
 
 
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