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Hospital

Promenade Hospital

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
Southport Strangers Charity (1806 - 1823)
Southport Dispensary (1823 - ?)
Southport Convalescent Hospital and Sea-Bathing Hospital (1862 - ?)
Address
Promenade, Southport, PR9 0HY
Previous Locations
Dispensary - Lord Street, Southport (1823 - ?)
Charity New Building - Sea Bank Road (1853 - ?)
Foundation Year
1806
Status
Closed (since 1990)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Liverpool
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Southport and District
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Mersey
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Mersey
District Authority (1974-1982)
Northern
District Authority (Post-1982)
Southport and Formby
Pre-1974 County
Lancashire
Post-1974 County
Merseyside
Post-1996 County
Merseyside

Status

Pre-1948
Voluntary
Pre-1948 information
VOL: 1806 - 1881 Strangers Charity, 1881 - ? Lancashire Cotton Famine Relief Fund. MIL: 200 beds allocated for military convalescents 1914-1918, 1940-1945 administered as an Emergency Services Hospital for civilian and military patients
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
General, Military, Other
Pre-1948 information
OTHER: 1947 - 1948 Spinal Unit, convalescents
Post-1948
Acute, Other
Post-1948 information
OTHER: Orthopaedic and spinal injuries.

Other information

Started by the Strangers Charity, which originated in 1806. The building was erected in 1852.

Record locations

  • Botanic Gardens Museum

    Record types

    Administrative
    1906 - 1920
    Finance
    1906 - 1920

  • Bowman, Dawes and Co

  • Merseyside Record Office

    Record types

    Administrative
    1854 - 1950
    General
    1854 - 1950
    Finance
    1912 - 1948
    Staff
    1936 - 1941
    Clinical
    1890 - 1951
    Ephemera
    1877 - 1946

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue, Computerised
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Details
    M614 PRO

  • Promenade Hospital

    Record types

    Administrative
    1920 - 1971
    Admission
    1971 - 1971
    Pictorial
    1920 - 1920
    Hospital now closed - no current information as to present whereabouts of these records - possibly Merseyside Record Office

  • Southport Library Local History Collection

    Record types

    Administrative
    1823 - 1823
    Pictorial
    1823 - 1823