Gloucestershire Royal Infirmary

The Gloucestershire Royal Infirmary was a hospital in Southgate Street, Gloucester.

Gloucestershire Royal Infirmary
Gloucestershire Royal Infirmary
Shown in Gloucestershire
Geography
LocationGloucester, United Kingdom
Coordinates51.8622°N 2.2509°W / 51.8622; -2.2509
Organisation
Care systemPublic NHS
TypeGeneral
History
Opened1755
Closed1984
Links
ListsHospitals in the United Kingdom

History

The hospital was originally established at a public house in Westgate Street 1755 but moved to more permanent premises, which were designed by Luke Singleton and erected in Southgate Street, as the Gloucestershire General Infirmary in 1756.[1][2] The Infirmary merged with the Gloucestershire Eye Institution in 1878[1] and, with the permission of King Edward VII, the combined facility became the Gloucestershire Royal Infirmary and Eye Institution in 1909.[2]

On the introduction of the National Health Service in 1948 it was amalgamated with the Gloucester City General Hospital.[1] Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by Duke of Edinburgh, paid a visit to the hospital during a visit to the city on 3 May 1955.[3] The hospital in Southgate Street closed to in-patients in 1975 and to out-patients in the early 1980s.[1] It was demolished in 1984 and replaced by offices known as Southgate House.[4]

References

  1. "'Gloucester: Hospitals', in A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 4, the City of Gloucester, ed. N M Herbert". London: British History Online. 1988. pp. 269–275. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  2. "Gloucestershire Royal Hospital (Southgate Street Branch), Gloucester". National Archives. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  3. "Royal Visit to Gloucester". British Movietone. 3 May 1955. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  4. Tom Gibbon (2018-06-16). "Huge Gloucester office block fully occupied for first time in almost a decade". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 2019-04-14.

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