Hill End Hospital

Hill End Hospital was a mental health facility in St Albans in Hertfordshire, England.

Hill End Hospital
Hill End Hospital
Shown in Hertfordshire
Geography
LocationSt Albans, Hertfordshire, England
Coordinates51.7490°N 0.3025°W / 51.7490; -0.3025
Organisation
Care systemNHS
TypeSpecialist
Services
Emergency departmentN/A
SpecialityPsychiatric Hospital
History
Opened1899
Closed1995
Links
ListsHospitals in England

History

The hospital, which was designed by George Thomas Hine using a Compact Arrow layout, opened as the Hertfordshire County Asylum in April 1899.[1] Hill End railway station, a station on the Great Northern Railway branch from Hatfield to St Albans, was opened to service the hospital in August 1899.[2] The asylum became the Hertfordshire County Mental Hospital in 1920 and the Hill End Hospital for Mental and Nervous Diseases in 1936.[3] During the Second World War patients were evacuated from St Bartholomew's Hospital to Hill End Hospital.[1] It became part of the National Health Service as the Hill End Hospital and Clinic for the Prevention and Treatment of Mental and Nervous Disorders in 1948.[3]

After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in November 1995.[1] The buildings have since been demolished and the site redeveloped for residential use.[1]

References
  1. "Hill End Hospital". County Asylums. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  2. Conolly, W. Philip (January 1976). British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer (5th ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 11, section F2. ISBN 0-7110-0320-3. EX/0176.
  3. "Hill End Hospital, St Albans". National Archives. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
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