Bolton Royal Infirmary
The Bolton Royal Infirmary was an acute general hospital in Chorley Street, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England.
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Bolton NHS Trust | |
Bolton Royal Infirmary | |
Shown in Greater Manchester | |
Geography | |
Location | Bolton, Greater Manchester, England |
Coordinates | 53.5805°N 2.4407°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | NHS |
Funding | NHS trust |
Services | |
Beds | 224[1] |
History | |
Opened | 1814 |
Closed | 1996 |
Links | |
Website | www.boltonft.nhs.uk |
History
The infirmary had its origins in the Bolton Dispensary established in Mawdsley Street in 1814.[2] A campaign for a larger facility was established by Canon James Slade in 1820[3] and a new building, designed by Benjamin Hick and built on land at Nelson Square donated by the Earl of Bradford, was completed in 1827.[2] A replacement infirmary, designed by Richard Knill Freeman[4] and sited east of Queen's Park[5] on Chorley Street, was completed in 1883.[2]
During the First World War the nurses' quarters were converted to create a military hospital.[6] Gertrude Herzfeld, the first woman paediatric surgeon, was senior house surgeon at the infirmary from 1917 to 1919.[7]
After services were transferred to the Royal Bolton Hospital, the infirmary was closed in 1996[1] and demolished in 1999.[8]
References
- "Health Services in Bolton". Halliwell Local History Society. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- "Bolton Royal Infirmary and Dispensary". Bolton Library and Museum Services. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- "A Short History of St. Peter's Church, Bolton-Le-Moors" (PDF). Bolton Family History Society. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- Freeman, R. K. (14 January 1881). "Bolton Infirmary". St. Crois Architecture. St. Croix Architecture. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
From the American Architect and Building News
- Historic England. "Queen's Patrk, Bolton (1001390)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- "Bolton's Military Hospitals". Word Press. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- "Obituary: Gertrude M A Herzfeld, MB, ChB, FRCSEd". British Medical Journal (Clinical Research Ed.). British Medical Journal. 282 (6279): 1882–1883. 1981. doi:10.1136/bmj.282.6279.1882. PMC 1506452.
- "Bolton Royal Infirmary". National Archives. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
Further reading
- Harrison, Margaret (1983). Bolton's Royal Infirmary.