Entry Type | Corporate |
Corporate Name | Whittington Hall Hospital |
Parent Body | Incorporation of National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control (1902-1948) |
National Health Service: Sheffield Regional Hospital Board: Chesterfield Hospital Management Committee (1948-1974) |
National Health Service: Trent Regional Health Authority: North Derbyshire District Health Authority (1974-1996) |
Also Known As | Whittington Hall Midland Counties Institution, Whittington Hall Midland Counties Hospital |
Place | New Whittington |
Epithet | Hospital |
Dates | 1902-1996 |
History | Whittington Hall was founded by Revd Harold Nelson Burden (1860-1930) in 1902 as a home for "inebriates", a forerunner to the Burden Trust. From 1912 it was known as Home for the Care of the Feeble-Minded, later Instutution for the Mentally Defective, housing around 350-400 inmates. It was referred to in the 1939 National Register as the National Institution for Persons Requiring Care and Control |
Address | Whittington Hall, Woodmere Drive, Chesterfield |
Authorised Form of Name | New Whittington; Whittington Hall Hospital; 1902-1996; Hospital |
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