Saint Woolos Hospital (

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: Ysbyty Sant Gwynllyw) is located in the

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area of Newport,

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. It is managed by the

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History

The site for the hospital was donated by

Sir Charles Morgan, 2nd Baronet Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Gould Morgan, 2nd Baronet (4 February 1760 – 5 December 1846), was a Welsh soldier and politician, the MP for Brecon and County of Monmouth. Early career The 2nd baronet was the son of Sir Charles Morgan, 1st ...

. The hospital was designed by

Thomas Henry Wyatt Thomas Henry Wyatt (9 May 1807 – 5 August 1880) was an Anglo-Irish architect. He had a prolific and distinguished career, being elected President of the Royal Institute of British Architects 1870–73 and being awarded its Royal Gold Medal for A ...

and was opened as the Newport Union Workhouse and Infirmary in 1837. A new infirmary building was completed in 1869. The workhouse itself was rebuilt in 1903. In 1915 it was agreed that it be converted into a Military Hospital for wounded soldiers, and it came under the control of the 3rd Western General Military Hospital in

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. It joined the

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as St Woolos Hospital, named after Saint

Gwynllyw Gwynllyw Filwr or Gwynllyw Farfog (), known in English in a corrupted form as Woolos the Warrior or Woolos the Bearded ( la, Gundleus, Gundleius or Gwenleue; 450 – 500 AD) was a Welsh king and religious figure. He was King of Gwynllwg in South ...

, patron saint of

Newport Cathedral Newport Cathedral (Welsh; ''Eglwys Gaderiol Casnewydd''), also known as St Gwynllyw's or St Woolos' Cathedral, is the cathedral of the Diocese of Monmouth within the Church in Wales, and the seat of the Bishop of Monmouth. Its official title is ...

, in 1948.

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External links

St Woolos NHS website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Woolos Hospital Infrastructure completed in 1837 Psychiatric hospitals in Wales Hospitals in Newport, Wales Hospitals established in 1837 History of Newport, Wales NHS hospitals in Wales Poor law infirmaries Military hospitals in the United Kingdom Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

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