Nevill Hall Hospital ( cy, Ysbyty Nevill Hall) is a district
general hospital
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in
Abergavenny
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, north
Monmouthshire
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,
Wales
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. It is managed by the
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
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.
History
The site was originally occupied by The Brooks, a country house built for James Charles Hill of
Blaenavon Ironworks
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in the 1860s.
It was renamed Nevill Hall, in recognition of his own family name, when it was acquired by the
Marquess of Abergavenny
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in 1890.
[ After the Marquess died in 1915, it had two further owners before being sold to the local hospital board for use as a convalescent facility in 1920.][
By the late 1960s the hospital needed modernising and the current facility was opened in 1970.][ A new education centre was officially opened by ]Jane Hutt
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A member of the Parliam ...
AM in May 2002.
The Accident & Emergency Department at Nevill Hall was closed in November 2020, with services being transferred to the newly opened Grange University Hospital
Grange University Hospital ( cy, Ysbyty Athrofaol Y Faenor) is a Specialist Critical Care Centre at the site of Llanfrechfa Grange Hospital on the eastern side of Cwmbran. It is managed by Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.
History
The hospi ...
in Cwmbran
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Lying within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, Cwmbran was designated as a New Town in 1949 to pro ...
.
References
External links
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
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Hospital buildings completed in 1970
Hospitals in Monmouthshire
Hospitals established in 1970
NHS hospitals in Wales
1970 establishments in Wales
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board