| Royal Northern Hospital | |
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 Royal Northern Hospital | |
  Location within Islington | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Holloway Road, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°33′39″N0°07′23″W / 51.5608°N 0.1230°W /51.5608; -0.1230 |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS England |
| History | |
| Opened | 1888 |
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| Lists | Hospitals in England |
TheRoyal Northern Hospital was a general hospital on Holloway Road,London N7, near Tollington Way. It had inpatient, outpatient, accident and emergency facilities and was also a centre for postgraduate medical education and nurse education.[1]
The hospital was founded as an independent and voluntary hospital by Dr. Sherard Freeman Statham, a surgeon, at York Way nearKing's Cross in 1856.[2] It merged with the Spinal Hospital at Portland Road in 1862 but demerged again when it moved to Holloway Road as the Great Northern Central Hospital in 1888.[2] The new buildings were designed by the architectsYoung and Hall.[3] It became the Great Northern Hospital in 1911.[2]
DuringWorld War One, the Great Northern Hospital was one of the first in London to receive wounded soldiers, and by 1916 had treated over 1,000.[4] In 1917, Matron A M Bird received theRoyal Red Cross (first class) for nursing services during the war.[5]
The hospital received aroyal charter on amalgamation with theRoyal Chest Hospital in 1921.[2] Thecasualty department was built using public subscription, the Islington War Memorial Fund[6] and designed with a memorial arch listing the 1337 people ofIslington who had died in theFirst World War.[6] The foundations to the new casualty department was laid byLady Patricia Ramsay in July 1923,[7] and the new building was opened by thePrince of Wales on 27 November 1923.[8] A purpose built nurses' home, designed byHenry Adams, was opened in 1924 byPrincess Louise Duchess of Argyll.[9]
In 1929, the construction of a three-storey addition called St. David's wing started thanks to a donation received by the hospitals largest benefactor:Sir Howell J. Williams. It was completed in 1933 and contained 55 single rooms and 5 double rooms. Over his lifetime, Williams donated £158,000 to the hospital.[10] A plaque recognizing Williams' contribution to the St. David's Wing is noted on a plaque at the site that was once the hospital.[11]
The hospital joined theNational Health Service in 1948.[2] Following the reorganisation of theNHS facilities in North London whereby services were transferred to theRoyal Free Hospital,University College Hospital and theWhittington Hospital, the hospital closed in 1992.[12]
The hospital was demolished in the mid-1990s to make way to a block of flats; the demolition was delayed when a body was found.[13] The body was later confirmed as Michelle Folan, who disappeared in 1981. Her husband, Patrick Folan, was convicted of her murder in 2001.[14]
The Royal Northern Gardens are located on the site of the former casualty department of the Royal Northern Hospital.[2]
A memorial wall of plaques has been installed in the gardens to commemorate the history of the site and some of the individuals involved with its creation.[15]
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