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Records of patients and their treatment are closed for 100 years. Similarly with Asylum and/or workhouse records, although entry and discharge dates may be available. Hospital and Asylums should appear on census records, with the names of the people that worked there. Patients or inmates are sometimes only listed by initials.
  
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Records about people that worked in these places are available in some cases, as are administration and records in relation to committees and other involved groups/people.
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Sources for finding specific hospital records can often be found on: [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords National Archives Hospital Records Database] where you will find towns searchable by name, and once having located the hospital, find information as to where records are held and the history of the particular establishment, its status (who ran it and when) and any former names.
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Some hospitals - bigger ones - may have their own archives. The ARCHON Directory includes contact details for record repositories in the United Kingdom and also for institutions elsewhere in the world which have substantial collections of manuscripts noted under the indexes to the [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archon/ National Register of Archives].
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To access closed records you need to contact a relevant NHS Trust - often a letter of permission is then needed, with very good reason, and someone from the records office will seek out the particular record you need rather than hand it over so as to protect the privacy of others mentioned in the record. This is due to data protection act 1998
  
  
 
==General Sites==
 
==General Sites==
  
*[http://www.countyasylums.com/index.html County Asylums,The Fate of Britains Asylums and Mental Hospitals]  
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*[http://www.countyasylums.com/index.html County Asylums, The Fate of Britains Asylums and Mental Hospitals, Searchable by County]
  
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/asylums/england/english_asylums.htm Asylum information]
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*[http://www.historytoherstory.org.uk/learning_materials/asylum/index.php Life in a Victorian Lunatic Asylum]
  
*[http://www.coram.org.uk/heritage.htm CORAM Foundling Hospital Association]
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*[http://www.coram.org.uk/about/foundling-museum.php Coram Foundling Hospital Association]
  
 
*[http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/StMarylebone/ St Marylebone, Middlesex, London]
 
*[http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/StMarylebone/ St Marylebone, Middlesex, London]
  
*[http://www.workhouses.org.uk/ The Workhouse, a very comprehensive site]
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*[http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lensons/ Stepney Union Workhouse]
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*[http://www.workhouses.org.uk/ The Workhouse]
  
 
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/ Rossbret Workhouses Website]
 
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/ Rossbret Workhouses Website]
  
==Irish Maps of Poor Law unions==
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*[http://www.judandk.force9.co.uk/workhouse.html#BOURNEMOUTH Christchurch and Bournemouth Union Workhouse]
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*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/asylums/index.htm Rossbret  Asylums Website]
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*[http://www.missing-ancestors.com/ Industrial & Reformatory Schools in England and Wales During the 19th and Early 20th century]
  
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*[http://studymore.org.uk/4_13_ta.htm Index of English and Welsh Lunatic Asylums and Mental Hospitals]
  
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*[http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=4 The UK UE Urbex Urban Exploration Forum (Asylums & Hospitals)]
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*[http://www.unlockingthepast.org.uk/index/independent_pages/view_independent_pages/7/ Unlocking the past - Royal Albert Hospital Archive]
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==Irish Maps of Poor Law Unions==
  
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/plumap.htm Poor Law Union Maps of County Kilkenny]
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/plumap.htm Poor Law Union Maps of County Kilkenny]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal/plu.htm Poor Law Unions (and Superintendent Registrar's Districts) of Donegal]
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal/plu.htm Poor Law Unions (and Superintendent Registrar's Districts) of Donegal]
  
*[http://www.askaboutireland.ie/show_narrative_page.do?page_id=1625 The Poor Law in Donegal: Milford Union]
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*[http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/history-heritage/poor-law-union/poor-law-unions-and-their/index.xml Poor Law Union and their records]
 
 
*[http://www.askaboutireland.ie/show_narrative_page.do?page_id=1685 The Workhouse in Dunshaughlin]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
==Welsh Poor Law Unions==
 
==Welsh Poor Law Unions==
 
 
  
 
*[http://www.powys.gov.uk/index.php?id=1733 Poor Law: Board of Guardians-Wales-Powys]
 
*[http://www.powys.gov.uk/index.php?id=1733 Poor Law: Board of Guardians-Wales-Powys]
  
*[http://history.powys.org.uk/school1/newtown/poormenu.shtml The workhouse at Caersws]
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*[http://history.powys.org.uk/school1/newtown/poormenu.shtml The Workhouse at Caersws]
  
*[http://www.powys.gov.uk/index.php?id=3254 Poor Law Union: Radnorshire]
 
  
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==Other Information Sites==
  
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_Law_Union Wiki Poor Law Definition]
  
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*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/search.asp TNA's Hospital Database Search Facility]
  
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*[http://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/search?specialist=1 Surrey History Centre Collections Catalogue]
  
==Other information sites==
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*[http://www.highlittletonhistory.org.uk/ High Littleton & Hallatrow History and Parish Records]
  
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*[http://website.lineone.net/~hantshistory/poorlaw.html Poor Law Unions, Workhouses, and Hospitals Links]
  
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*[http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/bihr/ Records of patients at "The Retreat" (Large Quaker Mental Hospital in York)]
  
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_Law_Union Wiki poor law definition]
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*[http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/MAB/MAB.shtml Establishment of Hospitals, Asylums, Hospital Ships, Smallpox & TB]
 
 
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/search.asp TNA's Hospital Database search facility]
 
 
 
*[http://www5.surreycc.gov.uk/dtcgi/nph-dtweb.exe?DThs=SurreyNoOrderNaturalLanguageFrame.htm Surrey History Centre Collections Catalogue]
 
 
 
*[http://www.highlittletonhistory.org.uk/ High Littleton & Hallatrow History and Parish Records]
 
  
*[http://website.lineone.net/~hantshistory/poorlaw.html Poor Law Unions, Workhouses, and Hospitals links]
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*[http://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/en/councilservices/community/ro/pages/poorlaw.aspx Northampton Poor Law Union Records]
  
*[http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/bihr/ Records of patients at "The Retreat" (large Quaker mental hospital at York)]
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*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jeffery.knaggs/Instuts.html#5113 An Index to Institutions in The 1901 Census of England and Wales]
  
*[http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/MAB/MAB.shtml Establishment of hospitals, asylums, hospital ships, smallpox & TB]
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*[http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/forewords/A138.pdf Although written as an introduction to the Apprenticeship Register for Dawlish, Devon. Parish Apprenticeship system in England in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.]
  
*[http://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/Community/record/Poorlaw.htm Northampton Poor law union records]
 
  
  
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*For more information see [[Poor Law and Workhouse Records]]
  
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Latest revision as of 16:55, 25 September 2022

Boston Workhouse Gatehouse submitted by Jennie


Records of patients and their treatment are closed for 100 years. Similarly with Asylum and/or workhouse records, although entry and discharge dates may be available. Hospital and Asylums should appear on census records, with the names of the people that worked there. Patients or inmates are sometimes only listed by initials.

Records about people that worked in these places are available in some cases, as are administration and records in relation to committees and other involved groups/people.

Sources for finding specific hospital records can often be found on: National Archives Hospital Records Database where you will find towns searchable by name, and once having located the hospital, find information as to where records are held and the history of the particular establishment, its status (who ran it and when) and any former names.

Some hospitals - bigger ones - may have their own archives. The ARCHON Directory includes contact details for record repositories in the United Kingdom and also for institutions elsewhere in the world which have substantial collections of manuscripts noted under the indexes to the National Register of Archives.

To access closed records you need to contact a relevant NHS Trust - often a letter of permission is then needed, with very good reason, and someone from the records office will seek out the particular record you need rather than hand it over so as to protect the privacy of others mentioned in the record. This is due to data protection act 1998


General Sites

Irish Maps of Poor Law Unions

Welsh Poor Law Unions


Other Information Sites




Back to Main Page

Back to General History