Hospital Collection (page 4)

Empire Hotel, Lowestoft, Suffolk
The Empire Hotel at Lowestoft, Suffolk, opened in 1900. In 1921 it was acquired by the Metropolitan Asylums Board and reopened the following year as a hospital for tuberculosis patients

Combination Hospital, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
The Greenock Combination Hospital was erected in 1906-7 on Inverkip Road, Greenock, to serve the combined burghs of Greenock, Port Glasgow, and Gourock. It later became known as Gateside Hospital

Beaufort War Hospital, Fishponds, Bristol
Beaufort War Hospital at Blackberry Hill, Stapleton, Bristol - an area also known as Fishponds. The building was opened in 1861 as the Bristol Lunatic Asylum

Union Workhouse, Kings Norton, Worcestershire
Entrance to the Union workhouse on what is now Raddlebarn Road, Kings Norton, Worcestershire, south west of Birmingham. The building, designed by Edward Holmes, was opened in 1870

Bermondsey Military Hospital, London
Bermondsey Military Hospital operated during the First World War on the premises of the St Olaves Union workhouse at Ladywell, near Lewisham, in south east London

Union Workhouse, Hambledon, Surrey
The Hambledon Union workhouse, a building originally erected in 1786 for the united parishes of Bramley, Chiddingfold, Dunfold and Hambledon

City of London Workhouse, Bow Road, East London
Situated where Mile End Road continues as Bow Road in East London, the City of London Union Workhouse opened in 1849. The palatial building, designed by Richard Tress

City of London Infirmary, Bow Road, East London
Situated where Mile End Road continues as Bow Road, the City of London Union Infirmary (now St Clement's Hospital) opened in 1849 as the City of London Union workhouse

The Queens Ward, Middlesex Hospital, London. Date: circa 1905

Hospital of Stirling District Asylum (Bellsdyke Hospital), L
The Hospital section of Stirling District Asylum (later renamed Bellsdyke Hospital). Date: circa 1913

Preston Hall Hospital, Aylesford, Kent
Preston Hall Hospital, Aylesford, near Larkfield, Kent, England. Date: 1920s

Birmingham General Hospital
A view of Birmingham General Hospital, founded in 1779. The institution, which was also a teaching hospital, moved to the Steelhouse Lane premises shown here in 1897. Date: circa 1905

Advertisement for Facel Vega car with female model (Helen Connor). 1959

The Asylum, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
The Joint Counties Lunatic Asylum, Abergavenny, opened in 1851, becoming the Monmouthshire Lunatic Asylum in 1897. It was known as the Monmouthshire Mental Hospital from 1916 to 1923

Melancholy and raving madness, Bedlam Hospital
The figures of melancholy and raving madness over the gateway into Bethlehem(Bedlam)Hospital. Statues by the Danish sculptor Caius Gabriel Cibber Date: 1813

Berrington Hospital, Atcham, Shropshire
Berrington Hospital at Cross Houses, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire. The hospital was formerly the Atcham Union workhouse, and operated as a War Hospital during the First World War

St Mary Abbots Workhouse, Marloes Road, Kensington, London
In 1847-8 the parish of St Mary Abbots, Kensington, south west London, erected a workhouse at the east of Wrights Lane (now Marloes Road)

Union Workhouse, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire
The Union workhouse erected in 1849-50 at Chamber Hills, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, on what is now Fountain Street. The site is now Tameside Hospital

Camberwell Workhouse, East Dulwich, London
The administrative block of the Camberwell workhouse opened in 1895 on Constance Road, East Dulwich, south London. The building was designed by Thomas Aldwinckle

Maidstone Union Workhouse, Coxheath, Kent
Entrance to the Maidstone Union workhouse. Designed by John Whichcord, it was erected in 1836 on Heath Road in Coxheath. The site later became Linton Hospital

Union Workhouse, Leigh, Lancashire
Opened in 1851, the Union workhouse on Leigh Road, Leigh, Lancashire, later became Atherleigh Hospital. This early 1900s view focuses on the recently added workhouse offices and receiving home

Union workhouse, Market Harborough, Leicestershire
The Market Harborough Union workhouse. The inscription on the pediment reads HARBOROUGH UNION WORKHOUSE 1836. At the doorway stands a man and a woman, presumably the master and matron

Three Counties Asylum, Arlesey, Bedfordshire
The Three Counties asylum at Arlesey (misspelt on picture), near Stotfold, Bedfordshire, opened in 1859, serving Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Huntingdonshire

Combination Poorhouse, Stonehaven, Kincardineshire
Main building of the Kincardineshire Combination Poorhouse, opened in 1868 on Woodcot Brae, Stonehaven, north east Scotland. It later became Woodcot Hospital

No. 2 (Battle) War Hospital, Reading, Berkshire
Staff and patients in Ward A13 at the No. 2 War Hospital, Reading, Berkshire - the First World War deployment of Battle School, Cranbury Road, Reading

Springfield Hospital, Tooting, Surrey
Aerial view of Springfield Hospital on Glenburnie Road, Tooting, near Wandsworth (then in Surrey, now in south west London). It was opened in 1841 as the Surrey County Lunatic Asylum

Union Workhouse, Fir Vale, Sheffield, Yorkshire
The gates of the Sheffield Union workhouse at Fir Vale in South Yorkshire, with the workhouse porter standing behind. The workhouse, on Smilter Lane (now Herries Road), was opened in 1880

Newtown & Llanidloes Union Workhouse, Caersws, Wales
A view of the Newtown and Llanidloes Union Workhouse at Caersws, Montgomeryshire (now Powys), Wales. The building, designed by Thomas Penson of Oswestry, opened in 1840

County Asylum, Newport, Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight County Lunatic Asylum was opened in 1896 at Sandy Lane, Newport, Isle of Wight. It later became the Isle of Wight County Mental Hospital and then Whitecroft Hospital

Childrens Ward, Fountain Mental Hospital, Tooting, Surrey
Children in cots and nurses in a ward of the Fountain Hospital at Tooting in Surrey (now South London). The hospital was opened in 1893 as a fever hospital by the Metropolitan Asylums Board

County Asylum, Mickleover, Derbyshire
The Derbyshire County Lunatic Asylum was opened in 1851 at Mickleover near Derby. Designed by Henry Duesbury, the buildings later became known as the Derbyshire County Mental Hospital

Highlands Hospital, Winchmore Hill, Enfield, Middlesex
The entrance to the Highlands Hospital, Winchmore Hill, Enfield, Middlesex. The site began life as the Northern Convalescent Fever Hospital (or Northern Hospital)

Brighton County Borough Asylum, Haywards Heath, Sussex
Brighton County Borough Asylum at Haywards Heath opened in 1857 as the Sussex County Lunatic Asylum. It became the East Sussex Asylum in 1894 then from 1903-1914 was known as the Brighton County

Belmont Hospital, Sutton, Surrey
Belmont Hospital, Brighton Road, Sutton. It began life in 1853 as the South Metropolitan District School, housing pauper children away from the workhouse

1st Southern General Hospital, Stourbridge, Worcestershire
The infirmary of the Stourbridge Union workhouse at Kingswinford, Worcestershire, during its First World War occupation as a military hospital when it became part of the 1st Southern General

Leeds Workhouse and Burmantofts Cemetery
A very early photograph of Leeds Workhouse from Burmantofts Cemetery, Beckett Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire. The workhouse, designed by William Perkin and Elisha Backhouse

Auxiliary Military Hospital, Keighley, West Yorkshire
The Keighley Union workhouse infirmary during its First World War role as an Auxiliary Military Hospital. The building was erected in 1871 on Fell Lane, Keighley, West Yorkshire

Edmonton Military Hospital, Edmonton, Middlesex
Edmonton Military Hospital, erected in 1910 as the infirmary of the Edmonton Union workhouse. It later became part of the North Middlesex Hospital

St Margarets Hospital, Epping, Essex
Aerial view of St Margarets Hospital, Epping, Essex. Designed by Lewis Vulliamy, the site began life in 1837-8 as the Epping Union workhouse

Workhouse Infirmary, Havil Street, Camberwell, London
The administrative offices of Camberwell St Giles poor law infirmary on Havil Street (now St Giles Road) in south east London

Dorking Workhouse Infirmary, Surrey
Infirmary of the Dorking Union workhouse, Surrey. The workhouse opened in 1841, with the infirmary being added in 1900. The site later became Dorking General Hospital

Union Workhouse, Cuckfield, Sussex
The Cuckfield Union workhouse, erected in 1843 on Ardingley Road in Cuckfield, Sussex. The architects, Foden and Parker, produced a less severe design than used in earlier workhouses

Prince Rupert of Teck
Photograph of Prince Rupert of Teck, son of Princess Alice of Albany and Prince Alexander of Teck. Ruperts grandfather was Prince Leopold, Queen Victorias youngest son

Nightingale / Scutari / Ward
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE At Scutari in the Crimea, checking on patients during the night

American Mission Hospital, Basra, Iraq, WW1
American Mission Hospital, Basra, Iraq, during the First World War. circa 1916

Christmas scene at the Evelina Childrens Hospital
Christmas comes but once a year -- a scene at the Evelina Childrens Hospital, founded in Southwark, London, in 1869. A sick little girl is visited by her mother and younger sister

Princess Beatrice Ward, Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel
The Princess Beatrice Ward (for Children), The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Date: circa 1906

Altarpiece of Saint Quiteria, 1332, by Joan Loert. Spain
Joan Loert, Master of Privileges. 13th-14th centuries. Altarpiece of Saint Quiteria, 1332. From the Hospital of Saint Anthony, Palma of Majorca. Museum of Majorca. Spain

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