York County Hospital

York County Hospital (1740–1977) was a hospital in York, England. The building, which is grade II listed, has been converted for residential use.[1]

See also: Southlake Regional Health Centre

York County Hospital
The third incarnation of the hospital was erected in Monkgate in 1851.
Shown in North Yorkshire
Geography
LocationYork, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates53°57′46.9″N 1°04′32″W
Organisation
Care systemPublic NHS
TypeGeneral
History
Opened1740
Links
ListsHospitals in England

History
The second incarnation of the hospital was erected in Monkgate in 1745. Steel engraving by H. C Wellcome V0014646

The hospital has its origins in a small hospital established in Monkgate in April 1740.[2] It moved to larger premises in Monkgate in 1745.[2]

According to one account, "the benevolent Lady Hastings, who, in the year 1749, bequeathed a legacy of £500, for the relief of the diseased poor in the county of York; which fund being augmented by other contributions, the present edifice was soon after erected."[3]

In 1840 there was a competition to design a new hospital and in 1851 the original (1745) building was demolished and replaced with a new building costing around £11,000 - £7,000 from subscriptions and £4,000 from existing funds. The new building was built behind the previous building and offered considerably more space, with one hundred beds. It was designed by JB & W. Atkinson.[4]

In 1887, the hospital merged with the York Eye Institution which had been opened in 1875, but which was being rarely used.[5] A nurses’ home was built in 1905.[4]

York suffered a major attack on 29 April 1942, one of the Baedeker raids by the Luftwaffe. Many of the casualties, who would later go on to die, were treated at York County Hospital.[6][7]

In 1977 the hospital facilities moved to York Hospital which had six hundred beds; the ante-natal clinic remained on-site until 1980. The Sainsbury's supermarket at Jewbury was then built while the hospital building, renamed County House, was used as the headquarters of Yorkshire Water before being converted for residential use.[8]

People linked with the hospital

References
  1. Historic England. "County House  (Grade II) (1257202)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  2. "York County Hospital". York History. Archived from the original on 24 August 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  3. The Stranger's guide through the City of York and its cathedral (6 ed.). York: Bellerby's. 1837. pp. 161–162. OCLC 644088283.
  4. Tillott, P M (1961). "'Public services', in A History of the County of York: the City of York". London: British History Online. pp. 460–472. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  5. "The National Archives | Search the archives | Hospital Records| Details". www.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  6. "Remembering the York Blitz bombing". BBC News. 29 April 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  7. "List of those who died in the air raid on York 29 April 1942" (PDF). stmartinsyork.org.uk. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  8. "Understanding the city, Seven - Monkgate" (PDF). www.york.gov.uk. p. 3. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  9. Davies, Robert (1875). Memoir of Francis Drake of York. 3. The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal. p. 44.
  10. "Burton, John (1697-1771)". Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  11. Egerton, Judy; Stubbs, George (2007). George Stubbs, Painter. Yale University Press. p. 20. ISBN 978-0300125092.
  12. Lane, Joan. "Wintringham, Clifton". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29781. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)



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