Tyne and Wear Archives Service
Record types
- Administrative
- 1777 - 1980
- General
- 1777 - 1976
- Finance
- 1893 - 1980
- Estates
- 1927 - 1927
- Ephemera
- 1927 - 1976
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Hospital
Newcastle Dispensary
Last updated .
Important information
Information about this hospital might be outdated.
Details
- Address
- 115 New Bridge Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne
- Previous Locations
- The Side (1777 - c.1782)
- Pilgrim Street (c.1782 - 1790)
- Low Friar Chare (1790 - c.1840)
- 14 Nelson Street (c.1840 - 1928)
- Foundation Year
- 1777
- Status
- Closed (since 1976)
Administrative Authorities
- Regional Board (1948-1974)
- Newcastle
- Management Committee (1948-1974)
- Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
- Regional Authority (1974-1982)
- Northern
- Regional Authority (Post-1982)
- Not Applicable
- District Authority (1974-1982)
- Newcastle
- District Authority (Post-1982)
- Not Applicable
- 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
- Other
- Pre-1948 information
- Other: Dispensary
- Post-1948
- Other
- Post-1948 information
- Other: Dispensary
Other information
The Dispensary was established in April 1777 and funded through subscriptions, gifts and legacies. Its first site was in The Side but in 1782 or 1783 it moved to Pilgrim Street where it remained until 1790. For the next fifty years the Trustees leased a building in Low Friar Chare. At the expiry of the lease, the Dispensary moved to 14 Nelson Street, where it remained until 1928. Its final move was to 115 New Bridge Street which was still its home when it finally closed in 1976.