Nottingham Women's Hospital, colloquially known as "Peel Street", was a maternity hospital which closed in November 1981.[1] Its records are held at the Manuscripts and Special Collections, The University of Nottingham.[2]
| Nottingham Women's Hospital | |
|---|---|
 Nottingham Women's Hospital (now converted into flats) | |
  Location within Nottinghamshire | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 52°57′36″N 1°09′20″W / 52.9599°N 1.1555°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS England |
| Type | Women's Hospital |
| History | |
| Opened | 1923 |
| Closed | 1981 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
History
editThe 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,[3] became operational in 1923, and then officially opened on 5 November 1929. Patients began to enter in 1930.[3]
After medical services had been transferred to Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, the hospital closed in November 1981[4] and the site was partly cleared.[1] 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.[3] The licensed premises opened on 12 July 2011.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "Photograph of the hospital administrator Alan Wallis with Louise Michelle Baker, the last baby to be delivered in the Women's Hospital". Nottinghamshire Archives. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ "Nottingham Women's Hospital". Manuscripts and Special Collections, The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ a b c "Plaque on site of the hospital". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ "Nottingham Hospital for Women, Nottingham". National Archives. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ "The Gooseberry Bush". J D Wetherspoon. Retrieved 9 October 2018.