Hill End Hospital

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

Hill End Hospital
Hill End Hospital
Hill End Hospital is located in Hertfordshire
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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