Alfred Bean Hospital is a health facility in Bridlington Road,

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History

The facility has its origins in the Driffield Cottage Hospital on Bridlington Road which was completed in 1873. When the cottage hospital became rather decrepit, a new facility, entirely funded by Alfred Bean, a local businessman, was commissioned. It was built further east along the Bridlington Road and was completed in 1931. It joined the

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in 1948 and, after the East Riding General Hospital closed in 1990, the Alfred Bean Hospital became the main hospital in the area.

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