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Hospital

West Norwich Hospital

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
Norwich Workhouse Infirmary (Post 1712 - 1930)
Norwich Infirmary or Bowthorpe Road Infirmary or Woodlands Hospital (1930 - 1948)
Maternity Wing Known as The Lodge, Bowthorpe Road Norwich (1930 - 1948)
Address
Bowthorpe Road, Heigham, Norwich, NR2 3TU
Previous Locations
Outside St Augustine's Gates, Parish of St Clement, Norwich (Post 1712 - 1859
Current Trust
Norfolk and Norwich Health Care NHS Trust (since 1993)
Foundation Year
1859
Status
Open

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
East Anglian
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Norwich, Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
East Anglian
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
East Anglian
District Authority (1974-1982)
Norwich
District Authority (Post-1982)
Norwich
Pre-1974 County
Norfolk
Post-1974 County
Norfolk
Post-1996 County
Norfolk

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority, Poor Law
Pre-1948 information
Poor Law Infirmary: 1712 - 1930 Norwich Incorporation of Guardians of Poor / Poor Law Union.
LA: 1930 - 1948.
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
General, Maternity
Post-1948
Acute, Maternity

Other information

Also known as Woodlands Hospital prior to NHS.

Record locations

  • Norfolk Record Office

    Record types

    Administrative
    1712 - 1968
    General
    1712 - 1962
    Estates
    1712 - 1894
    Admission
    1769 - 1968
    Clinical
    1912 - 1958

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Details
    NRC CASE 2OE; N/GP; N/WE; N/TC3
    Norwich Incorporation of Guardians of Poor / Poor Law Union records date from 1712. Dates of construction of Workhosue Infirmary outside St Augustine's Gate has not been established. Moved to its present site in Bowthorpe Road, Heigham, Norwich in 1859.