The Royal Northern Hospital was a general hospital on Holloway Road,
London
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N7, near Tollington Way. It had inpatient, outpatient, accident and emergency facilities and was also a centre for postgraduate education.
History
The hospital was founded as an independent and voluntary hospital by Dr. Sherard Freeman Statham, a surgeon, at York Way near
King's Cross in 1856.
It merged with the Spinal Hospital at Portland Road in 1862 but demerged again when it moved to Holloway Road as the Great Northern Central Hospital in 1888.
[ The new buildings were designed by the architects ]Young and Hall
Keith Downes Young (12 September 1848 - 1 December 1929) was an English architect best known for designing hospitals and school sanatoria.
Biography
Young was born in King's Road, Richmond, Surrey on 12 September 1848. He attended Tonbridge Sc ...
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The hospital received a ]royal charter
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on amalgamation with the Royal Chest Hospital
The Royal Chest Hospital was a hospital in City Road, London. It operated from 1814 until 1954.
History
The hospital was founded by Isaac Buxton in 1814 as the Infirmary for Asthma, Consumption and other Pulmonary Diseases. At first it had onl ...
in 1921.[ The ]casualty
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*Casualty (person), a person who is killed or rendered unfit for service in a war or natural disaster
**Civilian casualty, a non-combatant killed or injured in warfare
* The emergency department of a hospital, also known as ...
department was built using public subscription. The foundations to the new casualty department was laid by Lady Patricia Ramsay
Lady Victoria Patricia Helena Elizabeth Ramsay, (born Princess Patricia of Connaught; 17 March 1886 – 12 January 1974) was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Upon her marriage to Alexander Ramsay, she relinquished her title of a British prin ...
in July 1923, and the new building was opened by the Prince of Wales
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on 27 November 1923. The hospital joined the National Health Service
The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). Since 1948, they have been funded out of general taxation. There are three systems which are referred to using the " ...
in 1948.[
In 1929, the construction of a three-storey addition called St. David's wing started thanks to a donation received by the hospitals largest benefactor: Sir Howell J. Williams. It was completed in 1933 and contained 55 single rooms and 5 double rooms. Over his lifetime, Williams donated £158,000 to the hospital.]Royal Free Hospital
The Royal Free Hospital (also known simply as the Royal Free) is a major teaching hospital in the Hampstead area of the London Borough of Camden. The hospital is part of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, which also runs services at Barn ...
, University College Hospital
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and the Whittington Hospital, the hospital closed in 1992.
The hospital was demolished in the mid-1990s to make way to a block of flats; the demolition was delayed when a body was found. The body was later confirmed as Michelle Folan, who disappeared in 1981. Her husband, Patrick Folan, was convicted of her murder in 2001.
Royal Northern Gardens
The Royal Northern Gardens are located on the site of the former casualty department of the Royal Northern Hospital.[
A memorial wall of plaques has been installed in the gardens to commemorate the history of the site and some of the individuals involved with its creation.
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Notable staff
*Cecil Willett Cunnington
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(1878-1961), physician and historian on costume and fashion
* Phillis Emily Cunnington (1887-1974), physician and historian on costume and fashionUK & Ireland, Medical Directories, 1845-1942 for Phillis Emily Cunnington - ''The Medical Directory'' (1942) pg. 69 - Ancestry.com
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See also
* List of hospitals in England
External links
References
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Defunct hospitals in London
Voluntary hospitals