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Hospital

Watford General Hospital (Peace Memorial Wing)

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Details

Previous Names
Watford District Cottage Hospital (1885 - 1925)
Watford and District Peace Memorial Hospital (1925 - 1948)
Watford Peace Memorial Hospital (1948 - c.1965)
Address
Rickmansworth Road, Watford, WD1 7HH
Foundation Year
1885
Status
Closed (since 1982)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
North West Metropolitan
Management Committee (1948-1974)
West Hertfordshire
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
North West Thames
District Authority (1974-1982)
South West
Pre-1974 County
Hertfordshire
Post-1974 County
Hertfordshire

Status

Pre-1948
Voluntary
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
General
Post-1948
Acute

Other information

The Peace Memorial Hospital in Watford began life as the Watford District Cottage Hospital in the 1880s. However, by 1917 the idea of replacing the cottage Hospital with a more modern hospital, as a memorial to those who had died in the First World War and as a permanent memorial to peace, was discussed. The project was financed on the whole by public subscription and donation. The Watford Board of Guardians bought the old cottage hospital and a new building was erected in Rickmansworth Road. The Watford and District Peace Memorial Hospital was opened in 1925 by Princess Mary. On 5 July 1948 control of the hospital passed to the North West Metropolitan Hospital Board and became known as the Watford Peace Memorial Hospital. In 1965 the hospital moved to a site in Vicarage Road on the edge of Watford and became a part of Watford General Hospital. In 1985 the remaining services in the original building were moved to the Shroedells (the old workhouse) site and in 1986 the buildings were demolished.

Record locations

  • Watford Museum

    Record types

    Administrative
    1891 - 1909
    General
    1891 - 1909

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Location
    At Repository (AR)