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Aycliffe Hospital

Reference: H/Ay Catalogue Title: Aycliffe Hospital Area: Catalogue Category: Public Records Description: Mental health hospital, Heighington

Covering Dates: 1948-1974

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  • Aycliffe Hospital
    • Aycliffe Hospital (Ref: H/Ay)
    • Administration (Ref: H/Ay)
    • Visitors books (Ref: H/Ay29)
    • Staffing (Ref: H/Ay37)
    • Cash book (Ref: H/Ay38)
    • Management (Ref: H/Ay)
    • Management committee minutes (Ref: H/Ay 1-25)
    • Committee attendance books (Ref: H/Ay26-27)
    • Patients (Ref: H/Ay)
    • Patient diaries (Ref: H/Ay28, 30-32)
    • Patient admission books and registers (Ref: H/Ay33-36)

Catalogue Contents

Aycliffe Hospital (Ref: H/Ay)

Records of the hospital formerly known as School Aycliffe Mental Colony, Heighington

Management (Ref: H/Ay)Management committee minutes (Ref: H/Ay 1-25)Ref: H/Ay 1

Aycliffe Hospital Management Committee minute book [signed], 29 June 1948 - 14 March 1950
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: H/Ay 2

Aycliffe Hospital Management Committee minute book [signed], 18 April 1950 - 20 March 1951
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: H/Ay 3

Aycliffe Hospital Management Committee minute book [signed], 17 April 1951 - 8 April 1952
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: H/Ay 4

Aycliffe Hospital Management Committee minute book [signed], 15 April 1952 - 31 March 1953
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: H/Ay 5

Aycliffe Hospital Management Committee minute book [signed], 21 April 1953 - 16 March 1954
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: H/Ay 6

Aycliffe Hospital Management Committee minute book [signed], 5 April 1954 - 3 March 1955
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: H/Ay 7

Aycliffe Hospital Management Committee minute book [signed], 19 April 1955 - 20 March 1956
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: H/Ay 8

Aycliffe Hospital Management Committee minute book [signed], 4 April 1956 - 18 March 1957
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: H/Ay 9

Aycliffe Hospital Management Committee minute book [signed], 1 April 1957 - 17 March 1958
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: H/Ay 10

Aycliffe Hospital Management Committee minute book [signed], 2 April 1958 - 6 April 1959
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: H/Ay 11

Aycliffe Hospital Management Committee minute book [signed], 16 April 1959 - 1 March 1960
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: H/Ay 12

Aycliffe Hospital Management Committee minute book [signed], 26 April 1960 - 27 February 1961
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: H/Ay 13

Aycliffe Hospital Management Committee minute book [signed], 25 April 1961 - 27 March 1962
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: H/Ay 14

Aycliffe Hospital Management Committee minute book [signed], 25 April 1962 - 5 March 1963
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: H/Ay 15

Aycliffe Hospital Management Committee minute book [signed], 23 April 1963 - 25 March 1964
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: H/Ay 16

Aycliffe Hospital Management Committee minute book [signed], 22 April 1964 - 9 March 1965
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: H/Ay 17

Aycliffe Hospital Management Committee minute book [signed], 28 April 1965 - 1 March 1966
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: H/Ay 18

Aycliffe Hospital Management Committee minute book [signed], 27 April 1966 - 21 March 1967
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: H/Ay 19

Aycliffe Hospital Management Committee minute book [signed], 26 April 1967 - 27 March 1968
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: H/Ay 20

Aycliffe Hospital Management Committee minute book [signed], 24 April 1968 - 18 March 1969
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: H/Ay 21

Aycliffe Hospital Management Committee minute book [signed], 23 April 1969 - 18 March 1970
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: H/Ay 22

Aycliffe Hospital Management Committee minute book [signed], 19 January 1970 - 28 April 1971
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: H/Ay 23

Aycliffe Hospital Management Committee minute book [signed], 28 April 1971 - 26 April 1972
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: H/Ay 24

Aycliffe Hospital Management Committee minute book [signed], 3 May 1972 - 25 April 1973
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: H/Ay 25

Aycliffe Hospital Management Committee minute book [signed], 2 May 1973 - 31 March 1974
(1 volume, leather bound)

Committee attendance books (Ref: H/Ay26-27)Ref: H/Ay 26

Attendance book, 25 November 1960 - 1 April 1968
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: H/Ay 27

Attendance book, 16 April 1968 - 27 March 1974
(1 volume, leather bound)

Patients (Ref: H/Ay)Patient diaries (Ref: H/Ay28, 30-32)Ref: H/Ay 28

School Aycliffe Colony patients' daily diary, 9 March 1948 - 12 December 1951
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: H/Ay 30

School Aycliffe Colony patients' daily diary, 21 January 1948 - 25 March 1955 Contains some names of patients admitted and discharged, and daily figures as in H/Ay 31-32
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: H/Ay 31

Aycliffe Hospital patients' daily diary, 1 January 1955 - 31 October 1961 Contains no names, only daily figures (divided by male and female) for: admissions (on various bases) outgoings (on various bases) totals on books numbers of resident staff
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: H/Ay 32

Aycliffe Hospital patients' daily diary, 1 January 1969 - 31 January 1974 Contains no names, only daily figures (divided by male and female) for: admissions (on various bases) leavers and reasons for leaving totals on books numbers of resident staff
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Patient admission books and registers (Ref: H/Ay33-36)Ref: H/Ay 33

School Aycliffe Colony register of admissions, 21 January 1948 - 10 January 1949
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: H/Ay 34

Aycliffe Hospital general register, 21 January 1948 - 18 March 1955
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: H/Ay 35

Aycliffe Hospital register of mechanical restraint and seclusion, 23 January 1949 - 7 October 1958
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: H/Ay 36

Register of mechanical restraint and seclusion, 8 October 1958 - 4 March 1964
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Administration (Ref: H/Ay)Visitors books (Ref: H/Ay29)Ref: H/Ay 29

School Aycliffe Colony visitors' book, 9 March 1948 - 5 December 1961
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Staffing (Ref: H/Ay37)Ref: H/Ay 37

Aycliffe Hospital totals of staff, 31 March 1957 - 30 April 1969
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Cash book (Ref: H/Ay38)Ref: H/Ay 38

Cash book, 1 April 1949 - 30 November 1972
(1 volume, leather half-bound)



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