WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL HIGHGATE WING, HIGHGATE HILL, CAMDEN

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 P90/WHHW
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL HIGHGATE WING, HIGHGATE HILL, CAMDEN
Date(s)	: 1884-1979
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 0.82 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Whittington Hospital | Highgate Wing

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The hospital was built by the Saint Pancras Board of Guardians as Saint Pancras North Infirmary. Its name was later changed to Highgate Hospital. After 1948 it was amalgamated with Saint Mary's Hospital and Archway Hospital to become the Highgate Wing of the Whittington Hospital.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Registers of baptisms and Chaplain's journals for the Whittington Hospital (Highgate Wing), Highgate Hill.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

The records have been sorted into categories which reflect divisions between the different functions and operations of the parish and its administration. Order within these categories reflects chronology.

Conditions governing access:

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Records deposited in January 1981.

Allied Materials

Related material:

See also H31/SP (Saint Pancras Hospital) and STPBG (Saint Pancras Board of Guardians).

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
April to June 2010.