Tyne and Wear Archives Service
Record types
- Administrative
- 1908 - 1984
- General
- 1908 - 1984
- Finance
- 1920 - 1942
- Nursing
- 1951 - 1984
- Admission
- 1922 - 1972
- Ephemera
- 1956 - 1957
Finding aids
- Finding aids
- Catalogue
- Location
- At Repository (AR)
Hospital
Whickham and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital
Last updated .
Important information
Information about this hospital might be outdated.
Details
- Address
- Whickham, Newcastle Upon Tyne
- Foundation Year
- 1922
- Status
- Closed (since 1985)
Administrative Authorities
- Regional Board (1948-1974)
- Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
- Management Committee (1948-1974)
- Gateshead and District
- Regional Authority (1974-1982)
- Northern
- Regional Authority (Post-1982)
- Northern
- District Authority (1974-1982)
- Gateshead
- District Authority (Post-1982)
- Gateshead
- Pre-1974 County
- Northumberland
- Post-1974 County
- Tyne and Wear
- Post-1996 County
- Not applicable
Status
- Pre-1948
- Other
- Post-1948
- NHS
Type
- Pre-1948
- Other
- Pre-1948 information
- OTHER: Pre-convalescent/General Practitioner.
- Post-1948
- Other
- Post-1948 information
- OTHER: Pre-convalescent/General Practitioner.
Other information
In 1919 the hospital trustees purchased the Old Rectory, Whickham, and converted it into a small hospital, which officially opened in 1922. The impetus for the opening of the hospital came from the Nursing Association. The hospital closed in 1985.