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Details
Previous Names
Newcastle Lying-In Hospital (1760 - 1923)
Maternity Hospital and Outdoor Charity for Poor Women
Address
Great North Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE2 3BD
Previous Locations
Rosemary Lane (1760 - 1826)
New Bridge Street/Croft Street (1826 - 1923)
Jubilee Road (1923 - 1940s)
During World War Two the hospital moved to the Northern Counties Orphans Institution, Great North Road, where a new building was opened in 1950.
Foundation Year
1760
Status
Open
Administrative Authorities
Regional Board (1948-1974)
Provinces (Teaching)
Management Committee (1948-1974)
United Newcastle
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Northern
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Northern
District Authority (1974-1982)
Newcastle
District Authority (Post-1982)
Newcastle
Pre-1974 County
Northumberland
Post-1974 County
Tyne and Wear
Post-1996 County
Not applicable
Status
Pre-1948
Voluntary
Post-1948
NHS
Type
Pre-1948
Maternity
Post-1948
Maternity
Other information
The hospital was founded by Act of Parliament on the 1 October 1760 in Rosemary Lane, Newcastle as a Lying-in Hospital and it remained at these premises until 1826 when a new building was erected in New Bridge Street. The funds for this were raised by public subscription. In 1858 the charity for the relief of poor women lying-in at their own homes in Newcastle and Gateshead, which had begun in 1761, was amalgamated with the Lying-in Hospital. Eventually, the building in New Bridge Street too proved inadequate and a second public appeal raised sufficient funds to build a new hospital on a site in Jubilee Road, the lease of which was given to the Trustees by Newcastle City Council. The new hospital was opened on the 24th November 1923 by HRH Princess Mary after whom the hospital was named. During the Second World War, as a precautionary measure, it moved to the Northern Counties Orphans Institution on the Great North Road. This was subsequently rebuilt and reopened on the 14th February 1