Chailey Heritage Marine Hospital

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Chailey Heritage Marine Hospital
Ruins of Chailey Heritage Marine Hospital - geograph.org.uk - 1410294.jpg
The ruins show very weathered concrete foundations onto which were fixed what appear to be wooden buildings. Plaques on the site show beds wheeled into the fresh air - "Nature's Antibiotic". Very close to, and on the landward side of the hospital, was the Lily Warren nurses' home.
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Geography
Location Tide Mills, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates 50°46′56″N0°04′11″E / 50.78210°N 0.06965°E / 50.78210; 0.06965 Coordinates: 50°46′56″N0°04′11″E / 50.78210°N 0.06965°E / 50.78210; 0.06965
Organisation
Care system Public NHS
Hospital type Public
Services
Emergency department No Accident & Emergency
History
Founded 1924
Closed 1940
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The ruins of the Chailey Heritage Marine Hospital stand to the seaward side of Tide Mills, east of Newhaven, Sussex, in England.

Tide Mills, East Sussex village in United Kingdom

Tide Mills is a derelict village in East Sussex, England. It lies about two kilometres (1.2 miles) south-east of Newhaven and four kilometres (2.5 miles) north-west of Seaford and is near both Bishopstone and East Blatchington. The village was condemned as unfit for habitation in 1936 and abandoned in 1939.

Newhaven, East Sussex town in East Sussex, England

Newhaven is a channel ferry port in East Sussex in England, with regular passenger services to Dieppe.

Sussex historic county in South East England

Sussex, from the Old English Sūþsēaxe, is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English Channel, and divided for many purposes into the ceremonial counties of West Sussex and East Sussex. Brighton and Hove, though part of East Sussex, was made a unitary authority in 1997, and as such, is administered independently of the rest of East Sussex. Brighton and Hove was granted City status in 2000. Until then, Chichester was Sussex's only city.

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History

The Lily Warren nurses' home was inland and the hospital built on foundations on the shingle beach itself Chailey Heritage Marine Hospital.jpg
The Lily Warren nurses' home was inland and the hospital built on foundations on the shingle beach itself

The hospital, which was built to provide aftercare and recovery for disabled boys who had undergone surgery, opened in 1924. [1] The hospital formed part of the Chailey Heritage School founded by Dame Grace Kimmins to provide education for disabled boys. [1] Muriel Powell was matron of the hospital from its opening until her resignation in 1933. [2]

Chailey Heritage School is a special school located in North Chailey, East Sussex, England. It is owned and operated by the Chailey Heritage Foundation. The school is for children and young adults, aged between 3 and 19, with complex physical disabilities, including visual and hearing impairments, and associated learning difficulties. Some pupils have a profound learning disability in addition to other disabilities (PMLD).

Dame Grace Thyrza Kimmins, was a British writer who created charities that worked with children who had disabilities.

Muriel Powell, MBE (1889–1972), often referred to as Matron Powell, was the successor to Dame Grace Kimmins in the Chailey Heritage School and was the founder of Searchlight which continued the work of the Chailey Heritage School for students from age 15 into adulthood.

The War Office regarded the area as a potential invasion site and considered that the buildings might provide cover for invading German forces; the hospital was therefore demolished in 1940 during the Second World War [1]

War Office department of the British Government responsible for the administration of the British Army

The War Office was a Department of the British Government responsible for the administration of the British Army between 1857 and 1964, when its functions were transferred to the Ministry of Defence. It was equivalent to the Admiralty, responsible for the Royal Navy, and the Air Ministry, which oversaw the Royal Air Force. The name "War Office" is also given to the former home of the department, the War Office building, located at the junction of Horse Guards Avenue and Whitehall in central London.

World War II 1939–1945 global war

World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The vast majority of the world's countries—including all the great powers—eventually formed two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. A state of total war emerged, directly involving more than 100 million people from over 30 countries. The major participants threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. World War II was the deadliest conflict in human history, marked by 50 to 85 million fatalities, most of whom were civilians in the Soviet Union and China. It included massacres, the genocide of the Holocaust, strategic bombing, premeditated death from starvation and disease, and the only use of nuclear weapons in war.

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Chailey Common

Chailey Common is a 169 hectare (417.4 acre) biological site of Special Scientific Interest in the East Sussex. It is close to the village of North Chailey to the west of Newick. The site was notified in 1985 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. It is also a Local Nature Reserve.

The Guild of the Brave Poor Things was established in 1894 by Dame Grace Kimmins (1871-1954) et al. to provide resources for disabled boys to enable them to make a productive place for themselves in society.

Newhaven Seaplane Base

Newhaven Seaplane Base is today the derelict site of an experimental seaplane base at the head of the beach east of Newhaven Harbour, seaward of Tide Mills, East Sussex, England

The Chailey Heritage Foundation, which was founded as the Chailey Heritage, is an English charity that owns and runs the Chailey Heritage School. It was founded out of the Guild of the Poor Brave Things in 1903 by Dame Grace Kimmins.

Heritage Mill, North Chailey grade II listed windmill in Chailey, United kingdom

Heritage Mill, or Beard's Mill is a grade II listed smock mill at North Chailey, Sussex, England, which is maintained as a landmark and open to the public.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tidemills in later years". Seaford Heritage Trail. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  2. ↑ Helena Wojtczak (1 June 2008). Notable Sussex Women: 580 Biographical Sketches. Hastings Press. ISBN   978-1-904109-15-0.
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