Severalls Hospital

INFORMATION & RECORDS RELATING TO STAFF & PATIENTS:

Thanks to everyone who have left messages and e-mails.
For anyone who is looking for information relating to Family Relatives of Staff & Patients at Severalls Hospital, please see below:-

The Essex Records Office holds a lot of information from the Hospital, and they might also hold Staff / Patient Records. I do know that they have some Patient-related information, however this is closed for Public viewing for 100 years. I believe that the ERO do consider individual requests, if, for example, you are researching a Family Member / Relative. For more information, please see the below links.

ERO website:-

SEAX (online Archive Search):- http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk/default.asp

With SEAX, you'll need to obtain a Readers Ticket if you are intending to order any documents for viewing.

Another possible source of information could be the North Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.....

http://www.nepft.nhs.uk/

Hope this has helped, and all the best with your search.

SMH Admin

Hi, I'am seeking any information on two people that worked there during the war, WW2. One is Dorothy Belinda Winifred English, and Kathleen Pullen 'nee' Woodcock. Service records, ets or where i might be able to find them. Thankyou.

hello i descovered this site as i was doing some research into background of severalls hospital as my brother was a patient from 1960 to 1970 i was wondering if there are any photos of that period of time of patients and the hospital hoping there is, as we have nothing to remember my brother by

Are there any records of inmates between 1911 and 1957. My great uncle was there for most of his adult life and died at Severall aged 72. He was miles away from his family. My father also suffered with mental health problems, but managed to raise 4 successful children and enjoy his granchildren. Unfortunately, because of the stigma of metal problems in those times, I believe his family never saw Frank again. Thanks goodness things have changed!

I trained at Severalls from 1967 until I left in 1976.I met my wife at the hospital who was Dr Fox's secretary.This website brings back many memories.

does anyone know the names and where severalls hospital are/were

Hi its a shame to see Severalls in such a poor state of repair. I have many fond memories of the hospital. I work there between 1973 and 1985 Maninly on Maxwell-Jones,Fleming,Alexander and Duncan ward.
I continued nursing until retiring last year. I have from time to time longed for the camaraderie i found whilst at severalls.

Hi Sarah,

Thanks for your interest in Severalls Hospital. Apart from a few Mental Health buildings still in use closest to Boxted Road, as well as Chestnut Villa, the majority of the Hospital buildings have been closed more than 13 years, and these buildings are fenced-off. It might be worth you contacting the North Essex NHS Trust who currently own the buildings & land (although normally access is not given). All the best with your Project!

Regards,

SMH Admin.

hi,im doing an art project at college and want to represent mental health as my project so wondering are visitors allowed in the building to take photographs ? xx

hi,im doing an art project at college and want to represent mental health as my project so wondering are visitors allowed in the building to take photographs ? xx

thank you so much for the old photographs and all the videos fantastic website and im glad your keeping this fantastic place alive im researching into the full history of the place and im hoping to take some of my own video and photos and do a before and after look
keep up the very good work

Hello Julie,
Thank you for getting in touch & for your kind comments. Comments are always welcome (especially positive ones!)
Please follow this link to the "FORUM" section of this website, then select "General Discussion" and "Medical Records", which should give you all the information to get in contact with the Essex Records Office in Chelmsford. -I hope that you manage to find some information about your Relative.
http://severallsmentalhospital.co.uk/#/your-memories-forum/4533808131

Hi,
I have been having a good look at your website, brilliant. I have been researching a distant relative, (the first wife of my Great Grandad and have discovered that she died in Severalls in 1917. I am wondering if you know of any patient records 1913-17 that I could access. I do not know when/why she was admitted but I do know her name and age.

A few of the Photographs have now been re-named. Thanks to Pete Cracknell for pointing these out! :o)
As a side note: if interested in Asylums in general, I'd heartily recommend Pete's website "County Asylums"
http://www.countyasylums.com

Hi Emz,

A book on Severalls Hospital has got to be a good idea -only aware of one other "official" book, and that is Diana Gittens "Madness in it's Place", published back in 1998. I wish you well with this project.

SMH Admin :o)

Hi, the website is brilliant. well done u! Im trying to find the words to write about Severalls for a history book, and its so brilliant to see pictures of the hospital when it was up and running and not empty and being torn apart. the pics are brilliant :D

Hi Tom,
Interesting to hear about your recent visit. Thank you for your comments & I wish you well with your Studies. Hoping to get some more updates on the website soon, including some more older photographs.

SMH Admin

Hi, i went to take some pictures here a few weeks back, i found this site since (looking to do some research into the asylum for my degree) noticed this photo and realised that i walked into this exact building! amazing to see a photo of all those years ago, and to think that i was just there.
Really nice site, keep working on it, would love to see it finished.

Your Grandmother

Hi Brian,
Many thanks for leaving a message. Very interesting to hear about your Family connection with Severalls Hospital. More old photographs will be added, hopefully soon. If you or your Family have any photos and / or information related to the Hospital, and would like to see this included in the website, please feel free to get in touch. Thanks again.

SMH Admin

Just discovered that my grandmother was a nurse at Severalls around 1937 and so this hospital all of a sudden has a whole new meaning - poignant reminders of a past long gone.

Hi Rhonda :o)

Thanking you kindly for your support!

Slide 11

Hi Pete,

Thank you for the information relating to this Photograph. I shall add this information to the Photo shortly. Also, it's planned to create at "Then & Now" page at a future date. Once this has been done, perhaps you'd like to add your more recent 2006 photo of this for comparison?

Kind Regards,

SMH Admin

Hi LB,
I am proud of what you have done so far. Keep it up

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The Barrett-Lennard ward photo is slide 11 in particular. I have found that i took an exact replica in 2006!

This is Barrett-Lennard Ward (Ward 11), in particular the dormitory section above Fleming ward.

Pete