The Royal Halifax Infirmary was a hospital in

Halifax, West Yorkshire Halifax () is a minster and market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It is the commercial, cultural and administrative centre of the borough, and the headquarters of Calderdale Council. In the 15th cen ...

, England, which opened in 1896 and closed in 2001.

History

Earlier hospitals

The predecessors of the Royal Halifax Hospital were the Halifax Dispensary (1807-c.1836) in Hatters Close, and the Halifax Infirmary or Halifax Infirmary and Dispensary in Blackwall, opposite Holy Trinity Church, from 1838. George Townsend Andrews, best known as a railway architect, designed the 1838 premises, which were demolished after 1896. ''Includes photograph of the building'' The

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holds the records of both of these institutions in addition to those of the infirmary.

From 1896

The infirmary's building in Free School Lane, Halifax, was opened on 28 April 1896 by the Duke and Duchess of York (the future George V and Queen Mary), who also opened the town's Borough Market that day. It is said that Queen Victoria had given permission for it to be named the "Halifax Royal Infirmary" but that the duke announced the wrong name, which was then retained. It became part of the National Health Service in 1948, and was part of the Calderdale Healthcare NHS Trust, which in 2001 merged into the Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital was closed in 2001 on the opening of the new

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. After closure some of the buildings were converted to residential use and known as "The Royal". ''Includes list of named wards and dates of build of individual buildings'' Eleven blocks of the buildings, and a lodge and elements of the boundary walls, are Grade II listed buildings.

Notable people

* Euphemia Steele Innes, RRC, DN (1874–1055), Scottish nurse. From 1906 to 1907 she was assistant matron at the Royal Halifax Infirmary; from 1912 to 1913 she was matron there.

References

Defunct hospitals in England Hospitals in West Yorkshire Buildings and structures in Halifax, West Yorkshire Hospitals established in 1896 1896 establishments in England Hospitals disestablished in 2001 2001 disestablishments in England Grade II listed hospital buildings Grade II listed buildings in West Yorkshire {{UK-hospital-stub