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Proposed new hospital for West Cumberland
Catalogue reference: SMBWH 3/WCH
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- SMBWH 3/WCH
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- Proposed new hospital for West Cumberland
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<p>Whitehaven Borough Building Bye-laws plans SMBWH 3/, listed in detailed indexes in the searchroom contain other plans for the hospital development see under Homewood Hospital or West Cumberland Hospital</p>
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- Cumbria Archive and Local Studies Centre, Whitehaven
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- English
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Due to a lack of accommodation and the inadequacies of the hospital at the Castle in Whitehaven, a new general district hospital was planned for Homewood in Hensingham. In 1951 an architect was appointed to design the new hospital and in 1955 Homewood mansion was converted into an initial unit. In 1957 Stage II began and was completed in 1959. Building of the main stage under the auspices of the Newcastle Regional Hospital Board, Stage III, to which these plans relate, commenced in May 1961. It was officially opened on 21 October 1964 by HM Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. The new West Cumberland Hospital was one of the first hospitals built in England following the creation of the National Health Service
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This record is held at Cumbria Archive and Local Studies Centre, Whitehaven
Within the fonds: SMBWH
Whitehaven Borough Council
Within the sub-fonds: SMBWH 3
WHITEHAVEN MUNICIPAL BOROUGH SURVEYOR'S DEPARTMENT
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Proposed new hospital for West Cumberland