Hill End Hospital was a mental health facility in St Albans in Hertfordshire, England.
| Hill End Hospital | |
|---|---|
 Hill End Hospital | |
  Shown in Hertfordshire | |
| Geography | |
| Location | St Albans, Hertfordshire, England |
| Coordinates | 51°44′56″N 0°18′09″W / 51.7490°N 0.3025°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | N/A |
| Speciality | Psychiatric Hospital |
| History | |
| Opened | 1899 |
| Closed | 1995 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
History
editThe 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
edit- ^ a b c d "Hill End Hospital". County Asylums. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Hill End Hospital, St Albans". National Archives. Retrieved 13 April 2019.