Gloucestershire Royal Infirmary Explained

Gloucestershire Royal Infirmary
Location:Gloucester
Country:UK
Healthcare:NHS
Type:General
Founded:1755
Closed:1984
Map Type:Gloucestershire

The Gloucestershire Royal Infirmary was a hospital in Southgate Street, Gloucester.

History

The hospital was originally established at a public house in Westgate Street 1755 but moved to more permanent premises, which were designed by Luke Singleton and erected in Southgate Street, as the Gloucestershire General Infirmary in 1756.[1] [2] The Infirmary merged with the Gloucestershire Eye Institution in 1878[1] and, with the permission of King Edward VII, the combined facility became the Gloucestershire Royal Infirmary and Eye Institution in 1909.[2]

On the introduction of the National Health Service in 1948 it was amalgamated with the Gloucester City General Hospital.[1] Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by Duke of Edinburgh, paid a visit to the hospital during a visit to the city on 3 May 1955.[3] The hospital in Southgate Street closed to in-patients in 1975 and to out-patients in the early 1980s.[1] It was demolished in 1984 and replaced by offices known as Southgate House.[4]

Notable staff

A number of matrons at Gloucestershire Royal Infirmary, and its predecessor hospital were trained or worked at The London Hospital under Eva Luckes.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 'Gloucester: Hospitals', in A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 4, the City of Gloucester, ed. N M Herbert . London. 1988. 269–275. British History Online . 27 March 2019.
  2. Web site: Gloucestershire Royal Hospital (Southgate Street Branch), Gloucester. National Archives. 14 April 2019.
  3. Web site: Royal Visit to Gloucester. British Movietone. 3 May 1955. 14 October 2020.
  4. Web site: Tom Gibbon . Huge Gloucester office block fully occupied for first time in almost a decade . Gloucestershire Live . 2018-06-16 . 2019-04-14.
  5. Rogers, Sarah (2022). 'A Maker of Matrons'? A study of Eva Lückes's influence on a generation of nurse leaders:1880–1919' (Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Huddersfield, April 2022)
  6. 27 April 1928 . Gloucester Royal Infirmary: Tributes to Former Matron . . 10 . www.findmypast.co.uk.
  7. Matrons Annual Letter, No.1, Matron's Annual Letter to Nurses, 1894–1916; RLHLH/N/7/2, No.1, May 1894, 9; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London.
  8. Elizabeth Yates, RG12/2015, 109, The General Record Office, The England and Wales Census 1891 for Gloucester, Gloucestershire; The National Archives, Kew [Available at: www.ancestry.co.uk, accessed on 26 January 2019].
  9. Elizabeth Yeats, RG13/2429, 11; The General Record Office, The England and Wales Census 1901 for Gloucester, Gloucestershire; The National Archives, Kew [Available at: www.ancestry.co.uk, accessed on 26 January 2019]
  10. Elizabeth Yeats, Register of Sisters and Nurses; RLHLH/N/4/1, 28; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
  11. 7 January 1905 . Appointments . . 37 . 954 . 204 . www.rcn.org.
  12. 9 Matron's Annual Letter to Nurses, No.12, Matron's Annual Letter to Nurses, 1894–1916; RLHLH/N/7/2, No.12, April 1905, 30; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London.
  13. 15 October 1904 . Appointments . . 37 . 942 . 44 . www.rcn.org.
  14. Gertrude Maude Carrick, Birth Certificate, 11 July 1878, Lowthorpe, Yorkshire General Register Office for England and Wales
  15. 13 October 1917 . Appointments . . 26 . 38 . www.rcn.org.
  16. 12 April 1919 . Appointments . . 62 . 246 . www.rcn.org.
  17. Gertrude Maude Carrick, Register of Probationers; RLHLH/N/1/10, 123; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
  18. 25 August 1917 . Appointments . . 59 . 122 . www.rcn.org.
  19. Florence Mary Tillson, Register of Sisters and Nurses; RLHLH/N/4/2, 90; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London