Job: St James' Hospital, formerly the 'Portsmouth Borough Asylum'

Date:
6 Jan 1992
Location:
St James' Hospital, Locksway Road, Milton, City of Portsmouth
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Portsmouth Borough Asylum, Asylum Road, Milton, City of Portsmouth
Portsmouth Borough Lunatic Asylum, Asylum Road, Milton, City of Portsmouth
City of Portsmouth Mental Hospital, Locksway Road, Milton, City of Portsmouth
Reference:
2K/02845
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Description

The hospital opened as the 'Portsmouth Borough Asylum', or 'Portsmouth Borough Lunatic Asylum', in 1879. In around 1914 it became the 'City of Portsmouth Mental Hospital', or 'Portsmouth Mental Hospital'. When it joined the NHS in 1948 the hospital was renamed St James' Hospital. A period of decline began in the 1980s as inpatient services were reduced. The hospital closed in the 21st century and in 2019 the site was sold for redevelopment.

Content

This is part of the Volume: BF100167 St James Hospital, Locksway Road, Milton, Portsmouth; within the Series: RCH01/008 Hospitals Project; within the Collection: RCH01 Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME) Archive

This Job is divided into 5 Child Records

Rights

© Crown Copyright. Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Cole, Steve

Keywords

Psychiatric Hospital