Is anyone able to visit Preston - Lancs Record Office for me please?
I have a friend visiting from N Zealand later this year. He was adopted and his father was a patient at Whittingham Asylum - he died 11-8-1966 and is possibly buried there. He would like to visit his grave if it still survives.
I received this email from them:
I can confirm that here in the Lancashire Archives we hold archives from the former Whittingham Hospital including the records listed below, which may include information relating to William Henry Pennington, who was admitted to the hospital twice, as follows:
Admitted: 2 September 1946
Patient no: 31387
Regraded to Voluntary Status: 28 April 1947
Discharged: 22 August 1948
Admitted: 28 February 1949
Patient no: 33381 (later renumbered 1651/60/I)
Died: 11 August 1966
The records which may include information about the period spent by William Henry Pennington in the hospital are as follows:
Reference HRW 9/5*
Medical Register, 1943-48
Reference HRW 12/106*
Reception Orders, 1946
Reference HRW 12/108*
Reception Orders, 1947
Reference HRW Accession 8279, Box 5*
Register of Patients Admitted – Section 20-21, 1948-1952
Reference HRW Accession 8279, Box 18
General Register, 1948-1950
Reference HRW Accession 8279, Box 22
General Register, 1957-1960
Reference HRW Accession 8279, Box 23
General Register, 1960-61
Reference HRW Accession 8279, Box 49*
Funeral Book, 1947-1968
Reference HRW Accession 8279, Box 51
Register of Burials, 1920-1991
Reference HRW Accession 8279, Box 72*
Card Index, c1948-c1995
* Asterisk denotes records not yet fully open to public inspection
If any of these could be viewed, especially the Burial record if nothing else I would be so grateful.
Thanks
I have a friend visiting from N Zealand later this year. He was adopted and his father was a patient at Whittingham Asylum - he died 11-8-1966 and is possibly buried there. He would like to visit his grave if it still survives.
I received this email from them:
I can confirm that here in the Lancashire Archives we hold archives from the former Whittingham Hospital including the records listed below, which may include information relating to William Henry Pennington, who was admitted to the hospital twice, as follows:
Admitted: 2 September 1946
Patient no: 31387
Regraded to Voluntary Status: 28 April 1947
Discharged: 22 August 1948
Admitted: 28 February 1949
Patient no: 33381 (later renumbered 1651/60/I)
Died: 11 August 1966
The records which may include information about the period spent by William Henry Pennington in the hospital are as follows:
Reference HRW 9/5*
Medical Register, 1943-48
Reference HRW 12/106*
Reception Orders, 1946
Reference HRW 12/108*
Reception Orders, 1947
Reference HRW Accession 8279, Box 5*
Register of Patients Admitted – Section 20-21, 1948-1952
Reference HRW Accession 8279, Box 18
General Register, 1948-1950
Reference HRW Accession 8279, Box 22
General Register, 1957-1960
Reference HRW Accession 8279, Box 23
General Register, 1960-61
Reference HRW Accession 8279, Box 49*
Funeral Book, 1947-1968
Reference HRW Accession 8279, Box 51
Register of Burials, 1920-1991
Reference HRW Accession 8279, Box 72*
Card Index, c1948-c1995
* Asterisk denotes records not yet fully open to public inspection
If any of these could be viewed, especially the Burial record if nothing else I would be so grateful.
Thanks
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