Warlingham Park Hospital

Warlingham Park Hospital was a psychiatric hospital in Warlingham, Surrey. It was located at grid reference TQ373595 in Chelsham. It opened on 26 June 1903 as the Croydon Mental Hospital (Croydon Borough Mental Hospital or Croydon County Borough Mental Hospital). This is reputedly the first institution to be called a 'mental hospital' and never appears officially to have been called an asylum. It is recorded as having been a pioneering centre for psychosurgery. This hospital was the first hospital of its kind in 1954 to offer community psychiatric services to patients.

Warlingham Park Hospital

Warlingham Park Hospital was a psychiatric hospital in Warlingham, Surrey. It was located at grid reference TQ373595 in Chelsham. It opened on 26 June 1903 as the Croydon Mental Hospital (Croydon Borough Mental Hospital or Croydon County Borough Mental Hospital). This is reputedly the first institution to be called a 'mental hospital' and never appears officially to have been called an asylum. It is recorded as having been a pioneering centre for psychosurgery. This hospital was the first hospital of its kind in 1954 to offer community psychiatric services to patients.