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St Woolos Hospital

St Woolos Hospital

Hospital in Wales

Saint Woolos Hospital (Welsh: Ysbyty Sant Gwynllyw) is located in the Stow Hill area of Newport, Wales. It is managed by the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.

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History

The site for the hospital was donated by Sir Charles Morgan, 2nd Baronet.[1] The hospital was designed by Thomas Henry Wyatt and was opened as the Newport Union Workhouse and Infirmary in 1837.[1] A new infirmary building was completed in 1869.[1] The workhouse itself was rebuilt in 1903.[1] In 1915 it was agreed that it be converted into a Military Hospital for wounded soldiers, and it came under the control of the 3rd Western General Military Hospital in Cardiff.[2] It joined the National Health Service as St Woolos Hospital, named after Saint Gwynllyw, patron saint of Newport Cathedral, in 1948.[1]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Newport". Workhouses. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  2. [2]
    Jones, Robin (1988). History of the Red Cross in Monmouthshire 1910-1918. British Red Cross Society. p. 40.

Further reading

  • Peeling, Brian; Knight, Cliff (2004). The Royal Gwent and St. Woolos Hospitals: A Century of Service in Newport. The Old Bakehouse. ISBN 978-1874538080.
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