Warneford Hospital was an institution which served as the main hospital for the town of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire between its opening in 1834 and its closure in 1993.[1]
History
The hospital was named after Samuel Wilson Warneford, a philanthropist who donated £3,000 of the £4,000 needed to build the hospital.[2] The foundation stone was laid in 1832[3] and it opened in 1834.[2] It was initially funded either by the patients themselves, by wealthy individual donors or by collections made from the general public.[2]
The maternity unit, the Cay Block,[4] was financed by donations and collections organised by Mrs Annie Cay.[2] The hospital became the main birthplace for local babies after the Cay Block opened in 1939.[2] The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948[3] and Radio Warneford first broadcast in 1973.[5]
After services transferred to either Warwick Hospital or Walsgrave Hospital (now University Hospital Coventry), the hospital closed in 1993.[1]
Notable patients
- Ernest Parke (1860-1944), journalist and newspaper editor, died here[6]
References
- ^ a b "Warneford Hospital nurses reunited for first time in 12 years". Leamington Courier. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "Remembering the Warneford". District Advertiser. Archived from the original on 24 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Warneford Hospital, Leamington Spa". National Archives. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ "Annual Report of the Health of the District for 1967". Warwickshire Combined Districts. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ "What was Radio Warneford". Radio Warneford. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ Ernest Parke in England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills (1944)
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