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Hospital

Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion

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Details

Previous Names
Edinburgh Lying-In Hospital (1793 - 1842 Then Closed Four Years)
Edinburgh Royal Maternity Hospital (1846 - 1879)
Edinburgh Royal Maternity and Simpson Memorial Hospital (1879 - 1939)
Address
Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 0EF
Previous Locations
Park House (1793 - ?)
79 Lauriston Place (1879 - 1939)
Current Trust
Lothian University Hospitals NHS Trust (since 1999)
Previous Trusts
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Foundation Year
1793
Status
Open

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
South Eastern
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and Associated
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Scotland
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Scotland
District Authority (1974-1982)
South Lothian
District Authority (Post-1982)
Lothian
Pre-1974 County
Midlothian
Post-1974 County
Lothian
Post-1996 County
Lothian

Status

Pre-1948
Voluntary
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Maternity
Post-1948
Maternity

Other information

None

Record locations

  • Lothian Health Services Archive

    Record types

    Administrative
    1847 - 1994
    General
    1856 - 1974
    Finance
    1876 - 1939
    Estates
    1900 - 1938
    Nursing
    1892 - 1942
    Staff
    1921 - 1938
    Admission
    1847 - 1988
    Clinical
    1844 - 1986
    Ephemera
    1903 - 1959
    Pictorial
    1898 - 1989

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR), National Register of Archives (NRA)
    LHB3/3A