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Hospital

Great Western Hospital

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Details

Previous Names
Great Western Railway Medical Fund Society's Accident Hospital (1847 - 1948)
Great Western Railway Hospital (1948 - c.1955)
Address
Emlyn Square, Swindon
Foundation Year
1847
Status
Closed (since 1960)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Oxford
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Swindon and District
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Not Applicable
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Not Applicable
District Authority (1974-1982)
Not Applicable
District Authority (Post-1982)
Not Applicable
Pre-1974 County
Wiltshire
Post-1974 County
Not Applicable
Post-1996 County
Not applicable

Status

Pre-1948
Voluntary
Pre-1948 information
VOL: Great Western Railway Medical Fund Society.
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
General
Post-1948
Acute, Other
Post-1948 information
OTHER: Orthopaedic latterly.

Other information

None

Record locations

  • Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office

    Record types

    Administrative
    1878 - 1976
    General
    1878 - 1976
    Finance
    1904 - 1950
    Admission
    1923 - 1947
    Clinical
    1893 - 1964
    Ephemera
    1907 - 1973
    Other
    1893 - 1896

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    1893 - 1896 Register of Artifical Limbs fitted with drawings and dimentions.