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Winterton Hospital

Reference: H/Wi Catalogue Title: Winterton Hospital Area: Catalogue Category: Public Records Description: Administrative records

Covering Dates: 1855-1974

Access: Access is restricted under Data Protection legislation. Apply to County Archivist for access.

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Winterton Hospital - formerly County Lunatic Asylum

This hospital was established in 1858 by the county justices under the provisions of the 1808 and 1853 Pauper Lunatics Acts (48 Geo. III c. 96 and 16 & 17 Victoria c. 97) as a county asylum for pauper lunatics. In fact there had been an earlier proposal to build an asylum in 1827, but after consideration a committee decided it was not expedient at that time.

In 1855 the justices began negotiations to purchase a site near Sedgefield. As soon as the purchase of the first fifty-two acres was finally completed the county architect and surveyor, John Howison, drew up plans for approval, having much help and advice from Mr. Bridgeland of the Surrey Asylum. In October 1857 Howison reported that the walls of the main building, chapel and offices were complete, and were built on Fox and Barratt's fire-proof principle. The workshops were also partly complete. The site and grounds, including a farm, was eventually about 350 acres.

The first medical superintendent, Dr. Smith, was appointed in June 1857, at first on a temporary basis. Some county patients were transferred from Bensham Asylum, Gateshead, to temporary accommodation in Bath Lane. By January, 1858 Dr. Smith had received 131 patients, of whom 19 had been discharged. In April 1858, he requested that some patients should be moved to the new asylum as soon as possible as the Bath Lane Asylum was overflowing. They could help, he thought, in putting in seeds and preparing the grounds. Between twelve and twenty could be accommodated in the steward's house which was then complete, and more patients could be transferred when other rooms were ready. Building work continued during the summer, while patients were being moved in, and was complete by the autumn. By October 1859 there were 237 patients (131 male and 120 female); 72 of these had been admitted since June, including 44 from Newcastle. The committee reported 'The admission of so many patients at once has caused a difficulty as to the furniture and clothes which are in great measure made in the asylum and which therefore are not at present supplied sufficiently'. They said, however, that everything would soon be in order, and mentioned the purchase of cheap prints to decorate some wards, which already produced a more cheerful demeanour in the patients. The ground round the building had been levelled and would be 'neatly laid out'. (Quarter Sessions Order Book Q/S/OB/28 pp. 561, 589-591, 635, 867-868).

The initial buildings on the site were: main building (with male and female wards), administration building (including chapel, committee rooms, medical superintendent's office), workshops (shoemaking, sewing, tailoring), wash houses, yards and steward's house.

Further developments included:
Gas works, hospital entrance and lodge gates - August 1858
North-east lodge and emntrance gate - April 1875
Stable block - April 1875
Six staff cottages, yards and gates - November 1876
East and west entrance lodges - December 1877
Auxiliary main building (Winterton Block), built to ease overcrowding in the main building (including recreation hall) - 1878
High level water tower- May 1878
Lizards Farm purchased - March 1881
New men's wash-house - March 1881
Inquest room - June 1881
Hind's house at Lizards farm - September 1881
St. Luke's Chapel - June 1883
Observation Ward - September 1888
New bath and water closets - November 1888
Cemetery - November 1890
Cemetery chapel - May 1891
Laundry and wash-house - June 1892
Medical superintendent's house (The Gables), later staff welfare club - March 1893
New water closet block, female wards 10 and 13 - March 1895
New water closet block, female ward 8 and male ward 8 - March 1897
Engine and dynamo house - September 1897
New bakery - May 1899
Water closet block to male infirmary and male wards 10 and 13 - April 1900
Two cottage blocks - June 1901
General Stores and office block - November 1901
Infectious diseases hospital - March 1904
Two cottage blocks - August 1904
Boiler house chimney - December 1904
Nurses' Home - 1906
Doctors' Quarters - 1932
Admission (or Reception) Hospital - 1932
Committee room and mess rooms (later administration building) - 1934
Temporary Emergency Hospital - 1939-1945
Nurse Training School - 1964
Day and Treatment Unit - c.1965

In 1948 the hospital came under the management of the National Health Service instead of the County Council.

The records, both administrative, committee minutes and medical case records, are a well-kept and complete series. Unfortunately the early signed minutes of the committee (c.1857 - 1883) are now missing. Some of the case books were damaged by flooding, but most are in reasonable condition.

Before the closure of the hospital in 1996 a decision was made by the NHS to destroy all the case notes for patients in the hospital in 1946 and later years, apart from a 2% sample. Consequently, although the Record Office holds a virtually complete set of case papers for patients who died or were discharged up to 1945, for those who died or were discharged from 1946 there is only a very limited likelihood that their records (and this includes any records of their time in the hospital up to 1945) have been retained.

ACCESS TO WINTERTON RECORDS

All Winterton records are now open to public inspection after 85 years, and the relevant date for our restrictions is the latest date in any document.

Medical records (case books and files, post-mortem books etc.) within the 85-year closure period can be accessed using the Record Office's Research Service, but information from them can only be released if the enquirer can provide evidence (birth, marriage and death certificates) of their direct relationship to the patient, and evidence of the patient's death. We need to obtain permission from the NHS Trust before finally releasing any information and a charge (in addition to the Research Service fee) is made to cover the NHS administrative costs (payable to the County Council on behalf of the NHS).

Information from non-medical records (admission registers, burial register, etc.) within the 85-year closure period can be made available using the Research Service (and without NHS permission). However, the enquirer needs to provide the evidence as above, and it may be necessary to redact other information which appears in a document, as we are unable to be sure of the status of any other people named.

The burial ground plan (H/Wi 528) is open but only shows initials and dates.

Catalogue Contents

Winterton Hospital (Ref: H/Wi )Administrative Records (Ref: H/Wi )

see also CC/X 87/11 92/21 100/13,19,21 101/6 102/2 103 104 105 107

Committees (Ref: H/Wi )Committee of Visitors (later Hospital Management Committee) (Ref: H/Wi )

earlier visitors reports may be found found in the Quarter Sessions Order Books (Q/S/OB)

Committee of Visitors/Hospital Management Committee, minute books (Ref: H/Wi 1-63, 419-444)

Number not used


Committee of Visitors minute book, 15 January 1884 - 13 August 1889
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 10 September 1889 - 3 March 1892
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 3 March 1892 - 14 March 1893
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 11 April 1893 - 13 March 1894
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 10 April 1894 - 12 March 1895
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 9 April 1895 - 10 March 1896
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 14 April 1896 - 9 March 1897
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 13 April 1897 - 8 March 1898
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 5 April 1898 - 14 March 1899
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 11 April 1899 - 4 April 1900
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 10 April 1900 - 12 March 1901
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 16 April 1901 - 11 March 1902
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 13 May 1902 - 5 May 1903
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 9 June 1903 - 8 March 1904
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 19 April 1904 - 11 April 1905
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 16 May 1905 - 10 April 1906
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 15 May 1906 - 12 March 1907
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 9 April 1907 - 14 April 1908
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 19 May 1908 - 20 April 1909
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 18 May 1909 - 8 March 1910
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 12 April 1910 - 11 April 1911
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 16 May 1911 - 16 April 1912
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 14 May 1912 - 11 March 1913
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 8 April 1913 - 7 April 1914
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 19 May 1914 - 13 April 1915
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 18 May 1915 - 11 April 1916
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 9 May 1916 - 17 April 1917
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 15 May 1917 - 9 April 1918
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 14 May 1918 - 11 March 1919
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 8 April 1919 - 13 April 1920
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 18 May 1920 - 12 April 1921
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 10 May 1921 - 14 March 1922
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 11 April 1922 - 10 April 1923
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 15 May 1923 - 8 April 1924
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 20 May 1924 - 10 March 1925
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 7 April 1925 - 13 April 1926
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 18 May 1926 - 12 April 1927
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 17 May 1927 - 13 March 1928
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 10 April 1928 - 9 April 1929
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 14 May 1929 - 8 April 1930
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 13 May 1930 - 10 March 1931
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 14 April 1931 - 8 March 1932
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 12 April 1932 - 14 March 1933
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 11 April 1933 - 19 March 1934
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 10 April 1934 - 12 March 1935
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 9 April 1935 - 10 March 1936
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 14 April 1936 - 9 March 1937
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 13 April 1937 - 8 March 1938
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 12 April 1938 - 21 March 1939
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 11 April 1939 - 12 March 1940
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 9 April 1940 - 11 March 1941
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 8 April 1941 - 10 March 1942
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 14 April 1942 - 9 March 1943
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 13 April 1943 - 14 March 1944
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 11 April 1944 - 20 March 1945
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 10 April 1945 - 19 March 1946
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 9 April 1946 - 18 March 1947
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Committee of Visitors minute book, 8 April 1947 - 16 March 1948
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Visiting Committee, later Hospital Management Committee, minute book, 13 April 1948 - 8 March 1949 Renamed to Hospital Management Committee from 13 July 1948
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Hospital Management Committee minute book, 12 April 1949 - 14 March 1950
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Hospital Management Committee minute book, 11 April 1950 - 13 March 1951
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Hospital Management Committee minute book, 10 April 1951 - 11 March 1952
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Hospital Management Committee minute book (signed), 6 July 1948 - 8 March 1949
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Hospital Management Committee minute book (signed), 12 April 1949 - 14 March 1950
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Hospital Management Committee minute book (signed), 11 April 1950 - 13 March 1951
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Hospital Management Committee minute book (signed), 10 April 1951 - 11 March 1952
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Hospital Management Committee minute book (signed), 15 April 1952 - 10 March 1953
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Hospital Management Committee minute book (signed), 14 April 1953 - 9 March 1954
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Hospital Management Committee minute book (signed), 13 April 1954 - 4 March 1955
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Hospital Management Committee minute book (signed), 12 April 1955 - 13 March 1956
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Hospital Management Committee minute book (signed), 10 April 1956 - 12 March 1957
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Hospital Management Committee minute book (signed), 9 April 1957 - 11 March 1958
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Hospital Management Committee minute book (signed), 1 April 1958 - 17 March 1959
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Hospital Management Committee minute book (signed), 7 April 1959 - 15 March 1960
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Hospital Management Committee minute book (signed), 5 April 1960 - 22 March 1961
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Hospital Management Committee minute book (signed), 4 April 1961 - 20 March 1962
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Hospital Management Committee minute book (signed), 3 April 1962 - 19 March 1963
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Hospital Management Committee minute book (signed), 2 April 1963 - 17 March 1964
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Hospital Management Committee minute book (signed), 7 April 1964 - 16 March 1965
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Hospital Management Committee minute book (signed), 6 April 1965 - 15 March 1966
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Hospital Management Committee minute book (signed), 5 April 1966 - 21 March 1967
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Hospital Management Committee minute book (signed), 4 April 1967 - 26 March 1968
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Hospital Management Committee minute book (signed), 2 April 1968 - 18 March 1969
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Hospital Management Committee minute book (signed), 1 April 1969 - 17 March 1970
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Hospital Management Committee minute book (signed), 21 April 1970 - 16 March 1971
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Hospital Management Committee minute book (signed), 20 April 1971 - 21 March 1972
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Hospital Management Committee minute book (signed), 18 April 1972 - 20 March 1973
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Hospital Management Committee minute book (signed), 17 April 1973 - 29 March 1974
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Order books (Ref: H/Wi 100)

Order book, 10 May 1904 - 13 August 1929
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Committee members (Ref: H/Wi 101, 388, 397, 403)

Attendance book, 13 September 1938 - 22 June 1948
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of disclosures of interest by members of the Visiting Committee, March 1936 - March 1939
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Committee of Visitors' signatures book, 6 October 1918 - 25 December 1948
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of visits, 13 June 1936 - 15 October 1937
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Committee of Visitors/Hospital Management Committee report books (Ref: H/Wi 398-402)

Committee of Visitors' report book, 9 May 1922 - 5 June 1934
(1 volume, cloth half-bound)


Committee of Visitors' report book, 3 July 1934 - 4 November 1941
(1 volume, cloth half-bound)


Committee of Visitors' report book, 2 December 1941 - 9 December 1943; with reports from the Commissioners of the Board of Control, 22 December 1943 - 3 June 1959
(1 volume, cloth half-bound)


Committee of Visitors' report book, 6 June 1944 - 17 June 1948
(1 volume, cloth half-bound)


Committee of Visitors' report book, 6 July 1948 - 1 March 1955
(1 volume, cloth half-bound)

Indexes to minutes of the Committee of Visitors / Hospital Management Committee (Ref: H/Wi 404-417, 474-489)

Index to minutes, 8 April 1930 - 31 March 1934
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Index to minutes of the Visiting Committee, April 1931 - March 1934 (with later alterations)
(1 volume, card bound)


Index to minutes, 10 April 1934 - March 1936
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Index to minutes of meetings of the Visiting Committee, April 1934 - March 1939
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Index to minutes, April 1936 - March 1938
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Index to minutes of Visiting Committee, April 1938 - March 1940
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Index to minutes of Visiting Committee, April 1939 - March 1945
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Index to minutes of Visiting Committee, April 1940 - April 1944
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Index to minutes of Visiting Committee, April 1941 - March 1943
(1 volume, card bound)


Index to minutes of Visiting Committee, April 1943 - March 1944; April 1944 - March 1945
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Index to minutes of Visiting Committee, completed matters, last entry dated 10 November 1943
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Index to minutes of Visiting Committee, April 1946 - 22 June 1948
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Index to minutes of Visiting Committee, later Hospital Management Committee, April 1948 - April 1951
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Index to unidentified minutes of Hospital Management Committee, n.d.
(1 volume, card quarter-bound)


Index to Hospital Management Committee minutes, April 1958 - March 1959
(1 volume, card bound)


Index to Hospital Management Committee minutes, April 1959 - March 1960
(1 volume, card bound)


Index to Hospital Management Committee minutes, April 1960 - March 1961
(1 volume, card bound)


Index to Hospital Management Committee minutes, April 1961 - March 1962
(1 volume, card bound)


Index to Hospital Management Committee minutes, April 1962 - March 1963
(1 volume, card bound)


Index to Hospital Management Committee minutes, April 1963 - March 1964
(1 volume, card bound)


Index to Hospital Management Committee minutes, April 1964 - March 1965
(1 volume, card bound)


Index to Hospital Management Committee minutes, April 1965 - March 1966
(1 volume, card bound)


Index to Hospital Management Committee minutes, 1966-67
(1 volume, card bound)


Index to Hospital Management Committee minutes, 1967-68
(1 volume, card bound)


Index to Hospital Management Committee minutes, 1968-69
(1 volume, card bound)


Index to Hospital Management Committee minutes, 1969 - 1970
(1 volume, card bound)


Index to Hospital Management Committee minutes, 1970-71
(1 volume, card bound)


Index to Hospital Management Committee minutes, 1971-72
(1 volume, card bound)


Index to Hospital management Committee minutes, 1972-1973
(1 volume, card bound)


Index to Hospital Management Committee minutes, 1973-74
(1 volume, card bound)

Finance and General Purposes Committee minute books (Ref: H/Wi 64-72)

Finance and General Purposes Committee minute book, 14 May 1895 - 8 November 1898
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Finance and General Purposes Committee minute book, 13 December 1898 - 13 May 1902
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Finance and General Purposes Committee minute book, 10 June 1902 - 13 February 1906
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Finance and General Purposes Committee minute book, 13 March 1906 - 8 February 1910
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Finance and General Purposes Committee minute book, 12 April 1910 - 8 December 1914
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Finance and General Purposes Committee minute book, 12 January 1915 - 18 December 1919
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Finance and General Purposes Committee minute book, 14 August 1928 - 14 February 1933
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Finance and General Purposes Committee minute book, 9 October 1934 - 14 March 1944
(1 file)


Finance and General Purposes Committee minute book, 11 April 1944 - 8 June 1948
(1 spring-back binder)

House Committee minute books (Ref: H/Wi 73-82)

House Committee minute book, 14 May 1895 - 21 April 1898
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


House Committee minute book, 10 May 1898 - 8 April 1902
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


House Committee minute book, 13 May 1902 - 11 September 1906
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


House Committee minute book, 9 October 1906 - 14 November 1911
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


House Committee minute book, 12 December 1911 - 8 June 1915
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


House Committee minute book, 13 July 1915 - 14 March 1922
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


House Committee minute book, 11 April 1922 - 11 September 1928
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


House Committee minute book, 17 September 1928 - 14 March 1933
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


House Committee minute book, 11 April 1933 - 8 March 1938
(1 spring-back binder)


House Committee minute book, 12 April 1938 - 8 June 1948
(1 spring-back binder)

Farm and Stores Committee minute books (Ref: H/Wi 83-91)

Farm, Stores and Works Committee from 11 July 1908
Farm and Stores Committee from 14 May 1929
Farm and Stores Sub-Committee from 14 April 1931
Works, Farm and Stores Sub-Committee from 11 June 1935


Farm and Stores Committee minute book, 14 May 1895 - 12 September 1899
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Farm and Stores Committee minute book, 10 October 1899 - 9 August 1904
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Farm and Stores Committee minute book, 18 August 1904 - 14 December 1909 (Farm, Stores and Works Committee from 11 July 1908)
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Farm, Stores and Works Committee minute book, 11 January 1910 - 19 May 1914
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Farm, Stores and Works Committee minute book, 9 June 1914 - 24 September 1918
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Farm, Stores and Works Committee minute book, 10 November 1925 - 11 October 1932 (Farm and Stores Committee from 14 May 1929, then Farm and Stores Sub-Committee from 14 April 1931)
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Farm, Stores and Works Committee minute book, 8 November 1932 - 14 May 1935
(1 spring-back binder)


Farm, Stores and Works Committee minute book, 11 June 1935 - 22 March 1938
(1 spring-back binder)


Farm, Stores and Works Committee minute book, 12 April 1938 - 8 June 1948
(1 spring-back binder)

Works Committee minute books (Ref: H/Wi 92-93)

Works Sub-Committee from 14 April 1931


Works Committee minute book, 9 June 1903 - 8 September 1931 (Works Sub-Committee from 14 April 1931)
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Works Sub-Committee minute book, 13 October 1931 - 16 May 1935
(1 spring-back binder)

Special Committees minute books (Ref: H/Wi 94-96)

Committees specially appointed to consider a specific question, such as the death of poisoning of a patient, electric light, duties of a business officer etc.


Special Committees minute book, 25 April 1895 - 9 January 1900
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Special Committees minute book24 January 1900 - 14 February 1905
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Special Committees minute book3 April 1905 - 13 September 1910
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Discharge Committee/Sub-Committee minute books (Ref: H/Wi 97-98)

Discharge Committee/Sub-Committee minute book, 8 December 1925 - 1 March 1932
(1 volume, card bound)


Discharge Committee/Sub-Committee minute book, 5 April 1932 - 28 June 1948
(1 spring-back binder)

Engagements Sub-Committee minute book (Ref: H/Wi 99)

Minute book, 17 May 1938 - 25 May 1948
(1 spring-back binder)

Agendas of, and reports to, the Hospital Management Committee and sub-committees (Ref: H/Wi 445-472)

Agendas of, and reports to, the Hospital Management Committee and sub-committees for finance and general purposes; house; appointments (initialled), April 1958 - March 1959
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Agendas of, and reports to, the Hospital Management Committee and sub-committees for nursing; works and maintenance; finance and establishment; planning; estate and gardens; appointments; special (initialled), April 1959 - March 1960
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Agendas of, and reports to, the Hospital Management Committee and sub-committees for nursing and domestic services; works and maintenance; finance and general purposes; planning (initialled), April 1960 - March 1961
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Agendas of, and reports to, the Hospital Management Committee and sub-committees for group medical advisory; staff and social welfare; planning; nursing and domestic services; works and maintenance (initialled), Volume 1, April 1961 - 15 March 1962
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Agendas of, and reports to, the Hospital Management Committee's sub-committees for finance and general purposes; estate and gardens; special (initialled), Volume 2, April 1961 - March 1962
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Agendas of, and reports to, the Hospital Management Committee and sub-committees for group medical advisory; staff social welfare; planning; nursing and domestic services (initialled), Volume 1, April 1962 - 14 March 1963
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Agendas of, and reports to, the Hospital Management Committee's sub-committees for works and maintenance; finance and general purposes; estate and gardens; special (initialled), Volume 2, April 1962 - March 1963
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Agendas and reports to the Hospital Management Committee and sub-committees for medical advisory; staff social welfare; planning; nursing and domestic services, Volume 1, April 1963 - March 1964
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Agendas of, and reports to, the Hospital Management Committee's sub-committees for works and maintenance; finance and general purposes; estate and gardens; special, Volume 2, April 1963 - March 1964
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Agendas of, and reports to, the Hospital Management Committee and sub-committees for planning; nursing and domestic services; works and maintenance, Volume 1, April 1964 - March 1965
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Agendas of, and reports to, the Hospital Management Committee's sub-committees for finance and general purposes; estate and gardens; civil defence and fire; special, Volume 2, April 1964 - March 1965
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Agendas of, and reports to, the Hospital Management Committee and sub-committees for planning; nursing and domestic, Volume 1, April 1965 - March 1966
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Agendas of, and reports to, the Hospital Management Committee's sub-committees for work and maintenance; finance and general purposes; estate and gardens; special, Volume 2, April 1965 - March 1966
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Agendas of, and reports to, the Hospital Management Committee and sub-committees for planning; nursing and domestic services, Volume 1, April 1966 - March 1967
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Agendas of, and reports to, the Hospital Management Committee's sub-committees for works and maintenance; finance and general purposes; estate and gardens; special, Volume 2, April 1966 - March 1967
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Agendas of, and reports to, the Hospital Management Committee and sub-committees for planning; nursing and domestic services, Volume 1, April 1967 - March 1968
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Agendas of, and reports to, the Hospital Management Committee's sub-committees for works and maintenance; finance and general purposes; estate and gardens; industrial therapy; civil defence and fire; special, Volume 2, April 1967 - March 1968
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Agendas of, and reports to, the Hospital Management Committee and sub-committees for planning; nursing and domestic services, Volume 1, April 1968 - March 1969
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Agendas of, and reports to, the Hospital Management committee's sub-committees for works and maintenance; finance and general purposes; estate and gardens; civil defence and fire; industrial therapy; special, Volume 2, April 1968 - March 1969
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Agendas of, and reports to, the Hospital Management Committee and the sub-committee for engineering, building and estate, Volume 1, April 1969 - March 1970
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Agendas of, and reports to, the Hospital Management Committee's sub-committees for patient care and general services; finance and general purposes; nurse education; fire; joint consultative staffs; special, Volume 2, April 1969 - March 1970
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Agendas of, and reports to, the Hospital Management Committee and the sub-committee for engineering, building and estate, Volume 1, April 1970 - March 1971
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Agendas of, and reports to, the Hospital Management Committee's sub-committees for patient care and general services; finance and general purposes; nurse education; joint consultative staffs; industrial therapy; special, Volume 2, April 1970 - March 1971
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Agendas of, and reports to, the Hospital Management Committee and the sub-committee for engineering, building and estate, Volume 1, April 1971 - March 1972
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Agendas of, and reports to, the Hospital Management Committee's sub-committees for patient care and general services; finance and general purposes; nurse education; joint consultative staffs; industrial therapy; special, Volume 2, April 1971 - March 1972
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Agendas of, and reports to, the Hospital Management Committee and the sub-committees for engineering, building and estate; patient care and general services, Volume, 1, April 1972 - March 1973
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Agendas of, and reports to, the Hospital Management Committee's sub-committees for finance and general purposes; industrial therapy; nurse education; joint consultative staffs; 'ad hoc' fire; patients' clothing, Volume 2, April 1972 - March 1973
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Agendas of, and reports to, the Hospital Management Committee and the sub-committees for finance; engineering building and estate; patient care and general services; industrial therapy; nurse education; joint consultative staffs; division of psychiatry; special, April 1973 - March 1974
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Contracts (Ref: H/Wi )Contracts books (Ref: H/Wi 102-104a)

Enrollments of copies of contracts and orders, including purchase of site, contracts for works etc.


Contracts book, 27 October 1855 - 20 May 1878
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Contracts book, 6 March 1880 - 15 August 1904
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Contracts book, 16 December 1904 - 3 April 1924
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Contracts book, 8 December 1877 - 24 July 1907
(1 volume, card bound)

Contracts and Tenders (Ref: H/Wi 111-117)

Contracts & Tenders for work and repairs: (111) Sales particulars of Sands Hall Estate (considered for an extension for harmless patients), 1931 (112) Vivian 5 Boring & Exploration Co. - borehole (contract & papers), 1931 (113) Worth & McKenzie - boring plant, 1933 (114) Harland Engineering Co. - deep well pump, 1933 (115) Public telephone kiosk, 1934 (116) Metropolitan Vickers, tender for turbo-generator, 1940 (117) Harrison Organs - contract to clean and repair,1947
(7 papers or files)

Financial records (Ref: H/Wi )Cash Books (Ref: H/Wi 105-107)

Cash book, 1 April 1905 - 31 March 1909 (no.6)
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Cash book, 1 April 1909 - 31 August 1913 (no.7)
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Number not used

Financial statements (Ref: H/Wi 108-109)

Financial Statements (2 only), 1914 and 1940
(1 file and 1paper)

Abstract of Accounts (Ref: H/Wi 473)

Abstract of the Committee's accounts for the financial year ended 31 March 1970
(1 volume, card bound)

Staff (Ref: H/Wi )Staff service registers (Ref: H/Wi 333-339)

Staff service register, 23 April 1910 - 30 December 1918 pages 1-570 With index [The date is that of the time of leaving of each member of staff] Index available to RO staff
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Staff service register, 31 December 1918 - 26 March 1926 pages 571-1524 With index [The date is that of the time of leaving of each member of staff] Index available to RO staff
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Staff service register, 1 April 1926 - 12 October 1932 pages 1525-2171 With index [The date is that of the time of leaving of each member of staff] Index available to RO staff
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Staff service register, 22 October 1932 - 26 November 1938 pages 2174-2861 With index [The date is that of the time of leaving of each member of staff] Index available to RO staff
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Staff service register, 7 November 1938 - 12 December 1938 pages 2862-3631 With index [The date is that of the time of leaving of each member of staff]
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Staff service register, 27 December 1945 - 31 March 1951 pages 3632-4582 [The date is that of the time of leaving of each member of staff]
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Staff service register, 3 April 1951 - 8 November 1956 pages 4583-5462 [The date is that of the time of leaving of each member of staff]
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Indexes of nurses (Ref: H/Wi 374-375)

Index of nurses: dates of joining, 23 February 1927 - 6 November 1978 dates of leaving, 16 April 1951 - 9 September 1978
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Index of part-time nurses: dates of joining, 9 April 1938 - 16 April 1978 dates of leaving, 25 May 1967 - 7 October 1978
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Rules (Ref: H/Wi 110, 521-522)

Rules (2 copies), 1934
(2 booklets, printed)


Notice to correspondents and visitors of voluntary patients concerning security, n.d. Originally enclosed in H/Wi 501
(1 paper)


Letter abandoning voluntary form of admission for voluntary patients, n.d. Originally enclosed in H/Wi 507
(1 paper)

Agreements re patients (Ref: H/Wi 118-120)

Agreements with other authorities for the reception of pauper lunatics, 1911 - 1920
(1 bundle, incomplete series, preserved as sample)


Agreements for the reception of private patients, made with relatives of patients, 1901 - 1936
(1 bundle, incomplete series, preserved as sample)


Correspondence with local and other authorities concerning 'cortort' allowances for patients not receiving gifts, etc. from relatives, Pensions and similar matters, 1949 - 1950
(1 file only, preserved as sample)

Miscellaneous (Ref: H/Wi 122, 490-494, 530-531)

Storekeeper's day book, pages 160-249, 1 April 1959 - 31 March 1961
(1 file and 1 paper)


Reports of the Committee of Visiting Justices and of the Medical Superintendent to the Quarter Sessions, 1879-1888
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Seal book, March 1953 - January 1974
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Winterton Hospital seal made by Thomas Fattorini Ltd., Birmingham, 1930s
(1 seal)


Seal Press, 1950s
(1 press)


Winterton Hospital Management Committee seal matrix, 1950s
(2 pieces of matrix)


Souvenir programme of Centenary Week, 1958 Originally enclosed in H/Wi 506
(1 paper)


Page from a visitors' book, 24 March 1939 Originally enclosed in H/Wi 501 See: H/Wi 397
(1 paper)

Day Books (Ref: H/Wi 495-508)

Day book detailing admissions, visitors, patients' leave, deaths, etc., 10 August 1926 - 8 June 1928
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Day book detailing admissions, visitors, patients' leave, deaths, etc., 9 June 1928 - 8 March 1930
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Day book detailing admissions, visitors, patients' leave, deaths, etc., 10 March 1930 - 7 November 1931 For enclosure see H/Wi 517
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Day book detailing admissions, visitors, patients' leave, deaths, etc., 7 November 1931 - 6 May 1933
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Day book detailing admissions, visitors, patients' leave, deaths, etc., 7 May 1933 - 6 November 1934
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Day book detailing admissions, visitors' patients' leave, deaths, etc., 7 November 1934 - 12 June 1936
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Day book detailing admissions, visitors, patients' leave, deaths, etc., 16 October 1937 - 8 March 1941 For enclosures see: H/Wi 521, H/Wi 531
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Day book detailing admissions, visitors, patients' leave, deaths, etc., 11 February 1943 - 19 July 1947
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Day book detailing admissions, visitors, pateints' leave, deaths, etc., 15 April 1951 - 6 April 1954
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Day book detailing admissions, visitors, patients' leave, deaths, etc., 7 April 1954 - 19 May 1956 For enclosure see: H/Wi 509
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Day book detailing admissions, visitors, patients' leave, deaths, etc., 19 May 1956 - 20 December 1957 For enclosures see: H/Wi 510, H/Wi 518
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Day book detailing admissions, visitors, patients' leave, deaths, etc., 21 December 1957 - 11 June 1959 For enclosures see: H/Wi 511, H/Wi 512, H/Wi 530
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Day book detailing admissions, visitors, patients' leave, deaths, etc., 11 June 1959 - 6 January 1961 For enclosures see: H/Wi 513, H/Wi 520, H/Wi 522, H/Wi 529
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Day book detailing admissions, visitors, patients' leave, deaths, etc., 6 January 1961 - 4 August 1962
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Burial ground (mortuary chapel of St. Luke) (Ref: H/Wi 527-529)

Winterton Hospital burial ground is located on Salters Lane (the B1278 heading north to Fishburn) approximately one mile north of the centre of Sedgefield, at NGR NZ357304; the nearest post code is TS21 3DZ. It is on the east side of the road (right-hand side heading towards Fishburn), and the parking is limited to a lay-by at the entrance gate (only one car). Access is through a pedestrian gate, and the site appears to be well-maintained, although the hospital was closed in 1996.

The chapel has been demolished and the driveway which circled the site is no longer visible. Only 23 identifiable headstones remain and these are in various positions across the site. Other stones are laid face down.

Locating an unmarked grave is difficult as there are few identifying features, but it should be possible to estimate an approximate position by using the register of interments and the ground plan, both held in the Record Office. The register of interments at the burial ground (H/Wi 527) lists all burials from 2 November 1891 (the first in the burial ground) to 2 August 1962, although burial continued after this date. It gives the admission number, patient's name, date of burial, number of grave and the name of the relative to whom notice of death was sent. The number of the grave is a combination of letters (running from A to Z and AA to LL) and numbers (running from 1 to 86). These details provide a grid which enables the grave to be identified on the ground plan (H/Wi 528). The letters run from west to east, and the numbers from south to north. The plan only identifies the site of burials by initials, patient number and date of burial, or in the case of staff, by initials and date of burial. There are usually two or even three graves in a single plot.

The register of interments has been indexed by the Record Office, but as it includes individuals who died within the last 85 years it is not available for public inspection. However it is possible to use the Record Office Research Service to supply information from within the last 85 years if copies of the appropriate birth/marriage/death certificates can be provided linking an enquirer to the deceased patient. For older entries, certificates are not required, and if all you require is a copy of the relevant page from the burial register, this can be supplied using our Quick Search service.

A watermarked copy of the ground plan (H/Wi 528) can be provided to enable a general overview of the site, and the locations of the 23 remaining gravestones have been identified on this plan to assist in orientation.

The Find a Grave website (https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2549390/winterton-hospital-cemetery) has photographs of 26 headstones, three of which can no longer be found. The photographs show headstones in a better state of repair than at present (2018), and there is also a photograph showing the chapel (dated 2014).


Register of interments, 2 November 1891 - 2 August 1962 Index to volume available to RO staff
(1 volume, calf bound)


Ground plan of graveyard, at the Durham County Asylum, drawn 21 July 1919 (updated to 1960s) NB initials only Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1 : 96]
(1plan, 152 cm. x 123 cm., mounted on linen)


Memorandum on patients' funeral arrangements, 28 July 1960 Originally enclosed in H/Wi 507
(1 paper)