Caernarvonshire and Anglesey Infirmary

Caernarvonshire and Anglesey Infirmary
Geography
Location	Holyhead Road, Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales
Organisation
Funding	Charity funded by subscription
Services
Beds	786 (in 1926)
History
Opened	1809 (as the C&A Loyal Dispensary); 1845 (as the C&A Infirmary)
Closed	1984

The Caernarvonshire and Anglesey Infirmary, commonly known as the C&A, was a general hospital in Bangor, Wales.

It was first established in 1809 and demolished in 1984, replaced by the new Ysbyty Gwynedd on a different site.

History

The original dispensary building, now a veterinary surgery

The hospital was first established as the Carnarvonshire and Anglesey Loyal Dispensary in 1809, to commemorate the 15th anniversary of George III's reign. ^[1] It initially had only a small building intended to help provide smallpox vaccinations, but in 1845 moved to a much larger site in Upper Bangor, funded by subscription from local gentry. The previous site was turned into previous accommodation and is now a veterinary surgery. ^[2] Despite the move, the now renamed Infirmary remained a small hospital, having only 11 beds in 1882. ^[3]

It expanded greatly throughout the early 1900s, going from 149 beds in 1901 to 786 beds in 1926. Construction on a new wing as well as interior modernisation began in 1923, finishing three years later and increasing the bed capacity by 300. ^[4]

It became a nurse training school in 1935. ^[5]

The site was closed in 1984 as the new Ysbyty Gwynedd hospital opened in Penrhosgarnedd. It was ultimately demolished and replaced with what is now a Morrison's supermarket. ^[6]

References

1. "Bachelden - Barmouth | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
2. "Former Loyal Dispensary, Tan y Coed, Bangor - History Points". historypoints.org. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
3. "GAT34689". archwilio.org.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
4. Caernarvonshire and Anglesey Infirmary & Dispensary (Bangor, Wales) (1926). Annual report : 1926. Wellcome Library. Bangor : North Wales Chronicle.
5. "Education and Examination" (PDF). rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk. British Journal of Nursing. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-06-22. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
6. Gwyn, David (2006). Gwynedd Inheriting a Revolution: the Archaeology of Industrialisation in North-West Wales. Phillimore & Company. p. 207. ISBN   978-1860774324. In Bangor the site of the Caernarvonshire and Anglesey Hospital is now occupied by a supermarket...

Further reading

• Beer, W. E. , 2000 , A Portrait of the C&A Hospital, Bangor the People and the Place (1948-1984). North Wales Health Authority.
• Jones, O. V. (1984). The Progress of Medicine: History of the Caernarvon and Anglesey, 1809-1948. Gomer Press. ISBN   9780863831317.