Information about this hospital might be outdated.
Details
Previous Names
Fishpool Infirmary
Townleys Hospital (by 1929 - 1948)
Townleys Hospital Annexe (1949 - c.1951)
Bolton District General Hospital (Townleys Branch) (c.1951 - 1972)
Bolton District General Hospital (1972 - c.1975)
Bolton General Hospital
Address
Minerva Road, Bolton, BL4 0JR
Current Trust
Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust (since 1994)
Foundation Year
1861
Status
Open
Administrative Authorities
Regional Board (1948-1974)
Manchester
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Bolton and District
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
North Western
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
North Western
District Authority (1974-1982)
Bolton
District Authority (Post-1982)
Bolton
Pre-1974 County
Lancashire
Post-1974 County
Greater Manchester
Post-1996 County
Greater Manchester
Status
Pre-1948
Local Authority, Poor Law
Pre-1948 information
PL 1908 - 1930 Bolton Board of Guardians; LA Bolton County Borough Council?
Post-1948
NHS, Trust
Type
Pre-1948
General, Mental
Post-1948
Acute, Geriatric, Mental, Other
Post-1948 information
OTHER: 1948 - (not later than) 1977 Chronic sick.
AC: by 1977 - ? Mainly.
Other information
There seems to be some confusion as to whether this hospital originated as an isolation hospital or as a workhouse, and as to its type, both before and after 1948. Treat the following description, taken from the 1981 UMIST survey of the North West but amended in line with names and dates in various hospital year books, with a measure of scepticism. 'Opened in 1861 by Bolton Board of Guardians as Fishpool Workhouse, replacing Turton and Great Bolton Workhouses. Guardians opened Townleys Hospital in 1899 on an adjoining site and Fishpool was transferred to Bolton County Borough Council in 1930. The workhouse was known as Townleys Annexe until c.1951 when the group became known as the Bolton District General Hospital (Townleys Branch). Casual paupers were housed separately at Kingsgate institution.'
Farnworth Infectious Diseases Hospital
This hospital was opened in 1895 to serve the Urban districts of Farnworth, Little Hulton and Little Lever. it was administered by a Joint Hospital Committee, made up of representatives from all three districts. The hospital was built on an open field site in Carlton Street, to the east of the main Bolton and Manchester railway line.
The hospital closed on 31sr December 1924. Other records relating to the administration of the hospital, including the minutes of the hospital committee, are preserved with the archives of the former Farnworth Municipal Borough (formerly Urban District Council), Archive Reference AF.
1. Register of Patients Admitted:
Includes name, age, address, cured or died, dates of admission and discharge, name and address of next of kin. Jan 196 - Sep 1924.