Hospitals

Hospital in northern England - Past and Present. This is not an exhaustive list - a work in progress!

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Name	Location	Type	Opened	Closed	Notes
Cherry Knowle Hospital	Sunderland	Mental Health	1895	1998	Opened as Sunderland Borough Lunatic Asylum
City Hospital for Infectious Diseases	Newcastle		1888		Walker
Darlington Memorial Hospital	Darlington	General
Freeman Hospital	Newcastle		1977	-	High Heaton
Queen Elizabeth Hospital	Gateshead
Royal Victoria Infirmary	Newcastle		1906 (1751)	-	Replaced Old Infirmary, Forth Banks of 1751
St. Leonard's Hospital	Tynemouth	Lepper Hospital?	C13th	?
Whiteleas Smallpox Hospital	South Shields	Infectious Diseases
Cumberland Infirmary	Carlisle	General	1832	-	New PFI buildin, 2000
Newcastle General Hospital	Newcastle	Acute	1870	2010
St. Nicholas Hospital	Newcastle	Mental Health	1869
Alnwick Infirmary	Alnwick		1815
Ashington Hospital	Ashington		1913	c.1993
Aycliffe Hospital	Darlington	Mental Health	1936
Barrasford Sanatorium	Barrasford	Infectious Diseases	1907	?	Newcastle upon Tyne and Northumberland sanatorium (TB)
Berwick Infirmary	Berwick-upon-Tweed		1813	-	Opened as Berwick Dispensary and Infirmary
Berwick Maternity Hospital	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Maternity	1945		Opened as Castle Hills Maternity Home
Bishop Auckland General Hospital	Bishop Auckland		1856		Opened as Bishop Auckland Workhouse
Blyth Community Hospital	Blyth
Cleadon Park Hospital	South Shields	Infectious Diseases	1921	c.1979	Opened as Cleadon Park Sanatorium
Dean's Hospital	South Shields	Chronic Illness	1883		Opened as Deans Isolation Hospital (TB)
Dryburn Hospital	Durham	Acute	1940	-
Durham County Hospital	Durham	Acute	1781	2010
Earl's House Hospital	Durham	Mental Health	1928	??	Lanchester Road. Opened as Earl's House Sanatorium
Eston Hospital	Middlesbrough	Acute	1884	1981
Frater Maternity Home	North Shields	Maternity	?	?	Hawkey's Lane
Great North Children's Hospital	Newcastle
Haltwhistle War Memorial Hospital	Haltwhistle		1922		Greencroft Park
Havelock Hospital	Sunderland				Hylton Road
Hebburn Fever Hospital	Hebburn	Infectious Diseases	c.1897	1956
Hexham General Hospital	Hexham
Hexham War Memorial Hospital	Hexham		1921
Highfield Hospital	Sunderland		1897		Hylton Road
Holywood Hall Hospital	Wolsingham		1913	1986	Opened as Holywood Hall Sanatorium (TB)
Horn Hall Hospital	Stanhope		1900	1986	Opened as Durham County Sanatorium
Houghton and Hetton Smallpox Hospital	Houghton-le-Spring	Infectious Diseases	??	??
Hunters Moor Hospital	Newcastle	Neuro	1893	2013	Opened as Home for Incurables
Ingham Infirmary	South Shields	Acute	1821	?	Demolished 1991
James Cook University Hospital	Middlesbrough	Acute	1980	-
Lady Eden Cottage Hospital	Bishop Auckland		1898		Cockton Hill Road
Lanchester Road Hospital	Durham		2010	-	Built on the site of former Earl's House Hospital
Leazes Hospital	Wolsingham		1909	1976	Opened as Wolsingham Sanatorium for Women and Children
Middlesbrough General Hospital	Middlesbrough		1879	? c.2004
Monkwearmouth Hospital	Sunderland	Acute	1873	-	Opened as Monkwearmouth and Southwick Dispensary
Moor Park Hospital	North Shields	Geriatric / Chronic Illnesses	1902	1986
Morpeth Cottage Hospital	Morpeth		c.1816
Newcastle (East) Chest Clinic	Newcastle	Infectious Diseases	1913	c.1972	Opened as Newcastle Tuberculosis Dispensary
Newcastle Infirmary	Forth Banks, Newcastle		1751		Replaced by the Royal Victoria Infirmary
Normanby Hospital	Middlesbrough	Acute	?? <=1906	1980	Previously Eston Infectious Diseases Hospital
Normans Riding Hospital	Blaydon		??	c.1987
North Ormesby Hospital	Middlesbrough		1859	1981
North Riding Infirmary	Middlesbrough		1860	2006	Newport Road
North Tyneside General Hospital	North Shields
Northgate Hospital	Morpeth
Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital	Cramlington	Emergency
Palmer Community Hospital	Jarrow
Preston Hospital	North Shields		1869	?	Preston Road. Previously Tynemouth County Borough Poor Law Institution
Primrose Hill Hospital	Jarrow
Regimental Headquarters 201 Field Hospital V	Newcastle	Military
Richard Murray Maternity Hospital	Blackhill, Consett	Maternity	1914	1971
Rothbury Community Hospital	Rothbury
Ryhope General Hospital	Sunderland	Acute, Geriatric	c.1940		Previously Ryhope Emergency Hospital
Scaffold Hill Hospital	Wallsend	Infectious Diseases	1914	1986
Seaham Hall Hospital	Seaham	Infectious Diseases	1927	? c.1979	Opened as Seaham Hall Sanatorium (TB)
Seaham Harbour Infirmary
Shotley Bridge General Hospital	Shotley Bridge	Acute
Smallpox Hospital, Town Moor	Newcastle	Infectious Diseases	1882	?
South Shields Dispensary	South Shields	Infectious Diseases	1821	?	TB sanitorium
South Tyneside District Hospital	South Shields	Acute	1880	1993	Harton Lane
St. George's Park Hospital	Morpeth	Mental Health	1858		Opened as the County Lunatic Asylum
St. Hilda's Hospital	Hartlepool		1865	c.1983	Opened as Hartlepools Hospital
Stannington Sanatorium	Stannington	Infectious Diseases / Paediatric	1907	1984	Purpose built as childrens TB hospital
Stockton and Thornaby Hospital	Stockton-on-Tees	Acute	1875	1975
Sunderland Children's Hospital	Sunderland	Paediatric	1902	? c.1970
Sunderland Eye Infirmary	Sunderland	Opthalmology	1836		Queen Alexandra Road
Sunderland Military Hospital	Sunderland	Military	c.1914	c.1918	At Sunderland Poor Law Institution
Sunderland Royal Hospital	Sunderland	Acute	c.1794	-	Kayll Road
Sunderland Royal Infirmary	Sunderland		1794	1996	New Durham Road
Thomas Knight Memorial Hospital	Blyth	Acute	1887	?
Tynemouth Victoria Jubilee Infirmary	Tynemouth		1875	c.2001	Opened as North Shields Benevolent Society and Flower Mission
University Hospital of North Durham	Durham
Walkergate Park	Walkergate				Centre for Neurorehabilitation and Neuropsychiatry
Wansbeck General Hospital	Ashington		1993
Wardens Close Lunatic Hospital	Newcastle	Mental Health	1769	1856
Weardale Community Hospital	Stanhope
West Lane Hospital	Middlesbrough
Winterton Hospital	Stockton-on-Tees		1858	c.1996	Opened as Durham County Lunatic Asylum

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City Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Walker
- "The hospital opened in September 1888 on an 11 acre site previously used as agricultural land - "Calf Close". The hospital was one of the first to be built on …

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Smallpox Hospital, Town Moor
- "[On Town Moor there was] a large fenced enclosure, measuring 230m by 40m, enclosing an area of mature trees and scrub. This is the site of a demolished isolation hospital. …

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Newcastle Lying in Hospital

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Old Infirmary
- The Infirmary at Newcastle was founded in 1751 following calls for a hospital for the poor and needy, led by Newcastle surgeon Richard Lambert. It opened on 23rd May 1751 …

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024266:Ingham Infirmary South Shields unknown c.1900

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Hebburn Hall
- Overview About Hebburn Hall Map Hebburn Hall (aslo known as Ellison Hall) is a 17th century manor house in Hebburn, largely rebuilt in 1790-1792.[1] It was built on the site …

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058583:Walker Hospital Airey Terrace Walker Unknown Undated

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026268:Sir G. B. Hunter Memorial Hospital (Wallsend Infirmary) Wallsend North Tyneside Tyne and Wear c. 1930

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Cherry Knowle Hospital
- Demolished in 2011. Cherry Knowle Hospital in Ryhope, designed by George T. Hine, opened in 1895 (then called 'Sunderland Borough Lunatic Asylum'). In 1891 the Borough of Sunderland had selected …

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Sanderson Hospital, Gosforth

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Monkton Hall
- Overview Map Street View Monkton Hall Hospital is located off Monkton Lane in Monkton Village, Jarrow. It was originally a large house, built in the late 18th Century (rainwater head is …

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Cumberland Infirmary
- Overview Map Street View Cumberland Infirmary is located off Newtown Road in Carlisle, just over ½ mile east of the city centre. It is part of the North Cumbria Integrated …

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City Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Walker
- "The hospital opened in September 1888 on an 11 acre site previously used as agricultural land - "Calf Close". The hospital was one of the first to be built on …

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Smallpox Hospital, Town Moor
- "[On Town Moor there was] a large fenced enclosure, measuring 230m by 40m, enclosing an area of mature trees and scrub. This is the site of a demolished isolation hospital. …

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