Archway Hospital was a name used to refer to the infirmary building which opened in 1879 on Archway Road in

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, London.

History

The facility has its origins in the Holborn Union Infirmary, which was designed by

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and opened in 1879. It became the Holborn and Finsbury Hospital in 1921. In 1928, the hospital took over the Prudential Assurance Company's Furnival House hostel for domestic servants in Cholmeley Park for use as a nurses' home. The hospital was taken over by the

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in 1930 and renamed Archway Hospital. It became the Archway Wing of the

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on the establishment of the NHS in 1948. In 1998, the Archway Wing was jointly purchased by

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and Middlesex University to form the Archway campus. The teaching and research facility closed in 2013 and the site was sold to the

Peabody Trust The Peabody Trust was founded in 1862 as the Peabody Donation Fund and now brands itself simply as Peabody.

for redevelopment.

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History

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