Bolton Royal Infirmary

Bolton Royal Infirmary
Bolton NHS Trust
Bolton Royal Infirmary
Bolton Royal Infirmary is located in Greater Manchester
Bolton Royal Infirmary
Shown in Greater Manchester
Geography
LocationBolton, Greater Manchester, England
Coordinates53°34′50″N 2°26′27″W / 53.5805°N 2.4407°W / 53.5805; -2.4407
Organisation
Care systemNHS
FundingNHS trust
Services
Beds224[1]
History
Opened1814
Closed1996
Links
Websitewww.boltonft.nhs.uk

The Bolton Royal Infirmary was an acute general hospital in Chorley Street, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England.

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

  1. ^ a b "Health Services in Bolton". Halliwell Local History Society. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Bolton Royal Infirmary and Dispensary". Bolton Library and Museum Services. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  3. ^ "A Short History of St. Peter's Church, Bolton-Le-Moors" (PDF). Bolton Family History Society. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ Historic England. "Queen's Patrk, Bolton (1001390)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Bolton's Military Hospitals". Word Press. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Obituary: Gertrude M A Herzfeld, MB, ChB, FRCSEd". British Medical Journal (Clinical Research Ed.). 282 (6279). British Medical Journal: 1882–1883. 1981. doi:10.1136/bmj.282.6279.1882. PMC 1506452.
  8. ^ "Bolton Royal Infirmary". National Archives. Retrieved 26 May 2018.

Further reading

  • Harrison, Margaret (1983). Bolton's Royal Infirmary.