Mental Health Hospitals in Croydon area circa 1935/1045

[bearrpam]

Looking for a mental health hospital in or around the Croydon area.  My grandmother  (Rose Cole nee Harris born East Woodhay 1889) was committed to such a hospital during this period and I would like more info but do not know of any hospital other than Warlingham whom I have been in contact with and they were very helpful.

[lizdb]

I remember as a child going with my mum to visit a friend of hers who was in Netherne, which was a mental hospital in that sort of area, though it may have been more Coulsden that Croydon. Very vague, as about 50 years ago!
I'm off to google now, to see what I can find

[lizdb]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherne-on-the-Hill

CLosed in 1994, now a "village

More about the hosp here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherne_Hospital

Maybe a bit too far south to count as Croydon, though.

[bearrpam]

Appreciate your reply.  Been searching for my grandmother  Rose Cole (nee Harris born 1889) for so long.   As I grew up I could not understand why I never saw her.  My mum died when I was 4 and I had no contact with her parents.It was only recently I found out she and grandfather were divorced.  On the copyof the Decree Absolute dated 1939  I obtained from the Court it stated she "was represented by her Guardian because of her mental incapacity"   I also found out she had been in Warlingham Park Hospital in 1920's but no trace of her thereafter.  So trying all  mental health hospitals in the area.
Cannot find her death either and the fact that she had such a common name did not help!!
Thanks
Pam R

[lizdb]

If she didnt have a middle name, and if she didnt stray too far from Croydon, then there aren't many death regs to choose from:

March 1941
Pancras (London) ref 1b 45
Rose Cole
Age 52

OR

Jun 1975
Surrey South Western ref 17 1195
Rose Cole
age 87  dob 20 May 1888 (do you know 'your' Rose's birthday?)

[annber]

Warlingham is only a short distance from Caterham. Caterham Dene Mental Hospital (1920-1941) and St Lawrences Hospital, also in Caterham (1941-1980s). The National Archives have a hospital records database which I have just found.

[annber]

Sorry I misread your post, but Caterham is only half an hours drive from Croydon too.

[Winterbloom21]

Another hospital that I came across recently not far from this area was the Cane Hall hospital.  It was described as the London  County Asylum for south London, so probably covered a very wide area.  I can't remember exactly, but it was somewhere in Surrey, possibly the Penge area.

[annber]

Yes, that's almost right. It was called Cane Hill and was in Coulsdon, which is the neighbouring town to   Croydon.