Blair Hospital was a health facility at Bromley Cross near

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. It was a very distinctive building, perhaps one of Bolton's really "well-known buildings".

History

The hospital was financed by a legacy from

Stephen Blair Stephen Blair JP (21 March 1804 – 5 July 1870) was a British Conservative politician. The first Conservative Mayor of Bolton, holding the post from 1845 to 1846, Blair was elected Conservative MP for Bolton at a by-election in 1848—caused ...

, a former

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. James Knowles, a former Mayor of Bolton, presented the land and the hospital, which was designed by James Medland Taylor, was completed in 1887. The hospital was used by the

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during the

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. It joined the

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as the Blair Convalescent Hospital in 1948 and closed in 1991. The building was subsequently acquired by an Islamic College and, following demolition of the building, the site was later redeveloped for residential use by

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References

{{authority control Defunct hospitals in England Hospitals in Greater Manchester Hospitals established in 1887 Hospitals disestablished in 1991 Buildings and structures in Bolton

History

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