Chapel Allerton Hospital is located in the area of

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and is operated by the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. The main entrance is on Chapeltown Road, with vehicle exits onto Harehills Lane and Newton Road.

History

The hospital was founded in 1927, to care for injured soldiers from the

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under the then Ministry of Pensions, replacing a

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at Beckett Park. It was opened on 16 May 1927 by Princess Mary. She had been welcomed by the Leeds Lord Mayor

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, whose niece, Anne Lupton, had been appointed a MBE in 1920 for her work on the Leeds War Pensions Committee, advising injured soldiers. The hospital was built in the grounds of Gledhow Grove mansion, and the mansion itself was also used. Gledhow Grove had been the home of both Albert Kitson, Lord Airedale and his first cousin - Frederick James Kitson, Leeds Lord Mayor in 1908 and 1910. Lord and Lady Airedale had owned the nearby Gledhow Hall Estate. In 1953 the hospital was transferred to the Ministry of Health and developed as a general hospital. In 1975 the Newton Green Wing was opened in purpose-built buildings on the opposite, south, side of Harehills Lane. It was named after the Newton Green Hall estate, acquired in 1936, upon which the new hospital buildings were built. New accommodation for the whole hospital was added on this site 1992-1994, and opened by the

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. The old hospital buildings were demolished, the Grade II

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mansion has been left derelict with new housing built in the grounds.Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust: Chapel Allerton Hospital

Chapel

The chapel is located on the third floor of the north wing.

Broadcasting

The hospital operates a 24/7

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, Radio Allerton, which has broadcast to both staff and patients since 1978.Hospital Broadcasting Association
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References

External links

Leeds teaching hospitals NHS Trust: Chapel Allerton Hospital
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History

Chapel

Broadcasting

See also

References

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