Catalogue description Records of LYDNEY HOSPITAL.
This record is held by Gloucestershire Archives
Reference: | HO 29 |
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Title: | Records of LYDNEY HOSPITAL. |
Held by: | Gloucestershire Archives, not available at The National Archives |
Language: | English |
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Immediate source of acquisition: |
(Accs: 4034, 4237, 4267, 4326) Deposited by R.A.J. Bell Esq., 20 Church Road, Lydney, 14 July 1980, 16 April 1981, 10 June 1981 and by Gloucester District Health Authority, 8 October 1981 |
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Administrative / biographical background: |
The Lydney and District Hospital was founded in 1882 by Mrs. M.E. Bathurst of Lydney Park, at a converted cottage in Aylburton. A new hospital was built between 1907-09. Between 1914 and 1919 the hospital was used by the Red Cross for nursing war wounded, and from 1925 the hospital operated a contributory medical care scheme. Extensions were made to the buildings in 1932, and after transfer to the South Western Regional Hospital Board in 1948, again in 1958-63. |
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