St Leonard's Hospital
St Leonard's Hospital may refer to: * St Leonard's Hospital, Ferndown, a community hospital in Dorset * St Leonard's Hospital, Hackney, a former hospital in London, built in 1913 * St Leonard's Hospital, Tickhill, a former monastic building in South Yorkshire, built in 1470 * St Leonard's Hospital, York The York Museum Gardens are botanic gardens in the centre of York, England, beside the River Ouse. They cover an area of of the former grounds of St Mary's Abbey, and were created in the 1830s by the Yorkshire Philosophical Society along wi ...

St Leonard's Hospital, Ferndown
St Leonard's Hospital is a health facility in Ferndown, Dorset, England. It is managed by Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust. History The facility was built for American and Canadian military personnel arriving at Hurn Airport Hurn is a village and civil parish in the Historic counties of England, historic county of Hampshire and the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. Situated between the River Stour, Dorset, River Stour and River Avon, Hampshire, River Avon, admin ... and was completed in 1942 during the Second World War. At the end of the war General Dwight D. Eisenhower planted an oak tree to commemorate the event. It joined the National Health Service as a geriatric facility in 1948 and, after most of the wartime buildings were cleared away in the 1960s, a small community hospital was established on the site. In September 2018 the Fayrewood Ward was closed as services started to transfer to the Royal Bournemouth Hospital. References External links ...
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St Leonard's Hospital, Hackney
St Leonard's Hospital is a hospital in Hackney, North London. History The hospital was founded as the infirmary for the St Leonard’s Shoreditch Workhouse in 1777. The workhouse was rebuilt between 1863 and 1866 and the infirmary was rebuilt in 1872. Edith Cavell served as Assistant Matron at the hospital from 1903 to 1906. It had become known as St Leonard's Hospital by 1920 and came under the management of London County Council in 1930. It was the first hospital to receive casualties during the Blitz and then joined the National Health Service in 1948. Although the hospital was the subject of a workers’ occupation aiming to keep the hospital open in July 1984, it ceased to operate a general hospital later that year. Nevertheless the building continues to provide services on behalf of Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. See also * List of hospitals in England The following is a list of hospitals in England. For NHS trusts, see the list of NHS Trusts. ...
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St Leonard's Hospital, Tickhill
St Leonard's Hospital is a grade II* listed timber-framed building in Tickhill, South Yorkshire, in England. It was originally constructed in the 15th century as a monastic building. The first hospital in Tickhill dedicated to Saint Leonard was on Spital Hill, a marshy location outside the built-up part of the town, considered suitable as accommodation for lepers. It was already in existence by 1225, when Walter de Gray, Archbishop of York, deplored the decayed condition of the friars attending and called for charitable donations. The lepers were first mentioned in 1236, while from 1290, John Clarel attempted to improve conditions at the hospital.David Hey, ''A History of the South Yorkshire Countryside'', p.27 There has been scholarly debate as to whether this is the same foundation as that of St Thomas in the marsh, a cell of Humberston Abbey. In 1470, the hospital was relocated to the north side of Tickhill Market Place. An inscription above the door suggests that the ...
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