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HEIGHAM HALL PRIVATE MENTAL HOSPITAL
Catalogue reference: MC 279
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This record is about the HEIGHAM HALL PRIVATE MENTAL HOSPITAL dating from 1833-1968.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MC 279
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Title (The name of the record)
- HEIGHAM HALL PRIVATE MENTAL HOSPITAL
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1833-1968
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Description (What the record is about)
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Papers of Heigham Hall Mental Hospital
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Norfolk Record Office
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>Heigham Hall 1836-1960, private mental hospital, Norfolk</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 26 files
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Records Received by Norfolk Record Office on 18 October 1990
(MS 23022)
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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This hospital was opened at Heigham Hall in 1836 (though the records begin three years earlier) by John Ferra Watson M.R.C.S. and William Peter Nicholls F.R.C.S. On Watson's death in 1886 it was carried on for a short period by his son Dr. Charles John Watson and then by J.F. Watson's daughter and son-in-law Mr. and Mrs Alfred Mottram. In 1904 it was purchased by Dr. J.G. Gordon-Munn who was succeeded in 1930 by Dr. J.A. Small. It closed in 1960.
The Heigham Retreat, a rival institution opened in 1829, was acquired in 1859.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/2b50b779-503e-41b0-abf8-b92744ab6d39/
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HEIGHAM HALL PRIVATE MENTAL HOSPITAL