Volume: Leavesden Hospital, formerly 'The Metropolitan District Asylum'

Date:
20 Jul 1901 - 29 Feb 1992
Location:
Leavesden Hospital, Abbots Langley, Three Rivers, Hertfordshire
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The Metropolitan District Asylum, Abbots Langley, Three Rivers, Hertfordshire
Metropolitan District Asylum for Imbeciles, Abbots Langley, Three Rivers, Hertfordshire
Leavesden Asylum, Abbots Langley, Three Rivers, Hertfordshire
Leavesden Mental Hospital, Abbots Langley, Three Rivers, Hertfordshire
Reference:
BF101186
Type:
Volume Containing Photographic, Graphic, Textual And Miscellaneous Material
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Description

The hospital opened as the ‘Metropolitan Asylum for Chronic Imbeciles’ in 1870. It was later known as ‘Leavesden Asylum’. In 1920 the hospital was renamed ‘Leavesden Mental Hospital’, and from 1937 it was known as Leavesden Hospital. The hospital closed in 1997.

The file contains the following miniature format film prints: 149/Q/9 - 19.

Content

This is part of the Series: RCH01/012 Workhouses Project; within the Collection: RCH01 Royal Commission On The Historical Monuments Of England (Rchme) Archive

This Volume is divided into 1 Child Job
This Volume contains the following materials:
Photograph (Print): 11
Photograph (Print): 1
Map: 5
Map: 1
Sketch Plan: 1
Book/Volume: 1
Correspondence: 3
File: 1
Record Sheet/Form: 20
Report: 1

Rights

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People & Organisations

Architectural Field Investigator: Thom, Colin

Architect: Giles, John

Architectural Field Investigator: Silva, Dadigama Acharige Nelson Kirthie (Dank)

Architectural Field Investigator: Richardson, Harriet

Keywords

Psychiatric Hospital