Nottingham Women's Hospital

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| Location = Nottingham

| Region = Nottinghamshire

| State = England

| Country = UK

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| HealthCare = NHS England

| Type = Women's Hospital

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| Founded = 1923

| Closed = 1981

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Nottingham Women's Hospital, colloquially known as "Peel Street", was a maternity hospital which closed in November 1981. Its records are held at the Manuscripts and Special Collections, The University of Nottingham.

History

The hospital was inaugurated as a result of a merger between Nottingham Castle Gate Hospital and Samaritan Hospital Nottingham. It was thought that the two hospitals unnecessarily duplicated work. The new hospital, which was built on a site previously occupied by a building known as Southfield House, became operational in 1923, and then officially opened on 5 November 1929. Patients began to enter in 1930.

After medical services had been transferred to Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, the hospital closed in November 1981{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/details.asp?id=735 |title=Nottingham Hospital for Women, Nottingham|publisher= National Archives|accessdate=10 October 2018}} and the site was partly cleared. The main building was converted into flats, now called Charleston House, in 1982. In June 2011 another building on the site was refurbished, extended and occupied by public house chain Wetherspoons. The licensed premises is called The Gooseberry Bush, after the traditional humorous description of where babies come from. The licensed premises opened on 12 July 2011.

References

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{{cite web|url=http://nawcat.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqServer=AP266-0029&dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=show.tcl&dsqSearch=%28RefNo==%22DD%202208%2F1%2F8%22%29 |publisher=Nottinghamshire Archives|title= Photograph of the hospital administrator Alan Wallis with Louise Michelle Baker, the last baby to be delivered in the Women's Hospital|accessdate=9 October 2018}}

{{cite web|url=https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/manuscriptsandspecialcollections/collectionsindepth/health/nottinghamhospitalforwomen.aspx |title= Nottingham Women's Hospital|publisher=Manuscripts and Special Collections, The University of Nottingham|accessdate=9 October 2018}}

{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykOE7UpdJAw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/ykOE7UpdJAw |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|publisher=YouTube |title=Plaque on site of the hospital|accessdate=9 October 2018}}{{cbignore}}

{{cite web|url=http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/home/pubs/the-gooseberry-bush |publisher=J D Wetherspoon |title=The Gooseberry Bush |accessdate=9 October 2018}}

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External links

[http://www.nottinghamhospitalshistory.co.uk/page653.html Nottingham Women's Hospital on Peel Street, Nottingham Hospital History]

Category:Hospital buildings completed in 1929

Category:Buildings and structures in Nottingham

Category:Defunct hospitals in England

Category:Hospitals disestablished in 1981

Category:Maternity hospitals in the United Kingdom

Category:Hospitals established in 1929

Category:1929 establishments in England

Category:1981 disestablishments in England

Category:Hospitals in Nottinghamshire