In the 1940s, a family member had a nervous breakdown and I am told she was institutionalized at Frien Barnet Hertfordshire London. >From an internet search it appears to me to be a neighborhood rather than the name of a hospital.  So perhaps the hospital or institution was in that neighborhood.   Might it be today’s Barnet General Hospital? Anyone have an idea which hospital or institution this might have been & if it exists today? And if I can locate the hospital, does anyone know if her surviving family is entitled to her medical record? I found the following: A Middlesex County Asylum, known as Colney Hatch Asylum was opened in 1851; became a London County Council asylum; became Colney Hatch Mental Hospital from 1918 to 1937; renamed Friern Mental Hospital in 1937; from 1959 it was Friern Hospital, Friern Barnet Road, New Southgate London N11 3BP. -- Kindest Regards, Ann Linder Florida USA

Ann, try this address: http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/vcdf/search Linda Wolfe Kelley On Oct 12, 2010, at 1:54 PM, Ann Linder wrote: In the 1940s, a family member had a nervous breakdown and I am told she was institutionalized at Friern Barnet Hertfordshire London.

Friern Barnet It was a very large mental hospital -usually referred to as Colney hatch as it was in Colney hatch lane see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colney_Hatch_Lunatic_Asylum It was an early lunatic asylum .I remebr visitng a patient there in the 1970's before it closed in 1993, Rosemary Hoffman Wembley UK -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ann Linder Sent: 12 October 2010 21:55 To: [email protected] Subject: [BRITISH-JEWRY] Frien Barnet Hertfordshire In the 1940s, a family member had a nervous breakdown and I am told she was institutionalized at Frien Barnet Hertfordshire London. >From an internet search it appears to me to be a neighborhood rather than the name of a hospital.  So perhaps the hospital or institution was in that neighborhood.   Might it be today’s Barnet General Hospital? Anyone have an idea which hospital or institution this might have been & if it exists today? And if I can locate the hospital, does anyone know if her surviving family is entitled to her medical record? I found the following: A Middlesex County Asylum, known as Colney Hatch Asylum was opened in 1851; became a London County Council asylum; became Colney Hatch Mental Hospital from 1918 to 1937; renamed Friern Mental Hospital in 1937; from 1959 it was Friern Hospital, Friern Barnet Road, New Southgate London N11 3BP. -- Kindest Regards, Ann Linder Florida USA Our website is at www.british-jewry.org.uk We update regularly. Let us know if you have ideas to offer. [email protected] is the address to use for help. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Ann It's an area in North London and there was a major psychiatric hospital there for many years, but it is now closed and truned into upmarket apartments. It is nothing at all to do with Barnet General Hospital. What Health Authority it may have come under and who may now have the records I will leave to another correspondent! I have no idea who takes over medical records, but someone else must have. Chris Godbold Corby, England

Yes Barnet General is there today Hospital records normally closed for 100 years but Freedom of Information Act may make them available Colney Hatch different in 1940 from 1900 see my website report www.Jacobus.org.uk Apply under the FOI Act and see what happens Aubrey Jacobus London ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Linder" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 9:54 PM Subject: [BRITISH-JEWRY] Frien Barnet Hertfordshire In the 1940s, a family member had a nervous breakdown and I am told she was institutionalized at Frien Barnet Hertfordshire London. >From an internet search it appears to me to be a neighborhood rather than the name of a hospital. So perhaps the hospital or institution was in that neighborhood. Might it be today’s Barnet General Hospital? Anyone have an idea which hospital or institution this might have been & if it exists today? And if I can locate the hospital, does anyone know if her surviving family is entitled to her medical record? I found the following: A Middlesex County Asylum, known as Colney Hatch Asylum was opened in 1851; became a London County Council asylum; became Colney Hatch Mental Hospital from 1918 to 1937; renamed Friern Mental Hospital in 1937; from 1959 it was Friern Hospital, Friern Barnet Road, New Southgate London N11 3BP. -- Kindest Regards, Ann Linder Florida USA Our website is at www.british-jewry.org.uk We update regularly. Let us know if you have ideas to offer. [email protected] is the address to use for help. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The records of Colney Hatch Asylum and its later incarnations are at the London Metropolitan Archives (http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/LGNL_Services/Leisure_and_culture/Records_and_archives/) but are, I believe, subject to a closure period. However, it would be worth contacting the Archives to see what is available. Best wishes, Gerry On 12/10/2010 21:54, Ann Linder wrote: > In the 1940s, a family member had a nervous breakdown and I am told > she was institutionalized at Frien Barnet Hertfordshire London. >> From an internet search it appears to me to be a neighborhood rather > than the name of a hospital. So perhaps the hospital or institution > was in that neighborhood. Might it be today’s Barnet General > Hospital? Anyone have an idea which hospital or institution this might > have been& if it exists today? > And if I can locate the hospital, does anyone know if her surviving > family is entitled to her medical record? > > I found the following: A Middlesex County Asylum, known as Colney > Hatch Asylum was opened in 1851; became a London County Council > asylum; became Colney Hatch Mental Hospital from 1918 to 1937; renamed > Friern Mental Hospital in 1937; from 1959 it was Friern Hospital, > Friern Barnet Road, New Southgate London N11 3BP. > -- > Kindest Regards, > Ann Linder > Florida USA > > Our website is at > www.british-jewry.org.uk > We update regularly. Let us know if you have ideas to offer. > > [email protected] is the address to use for help. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >