Llwynypia Hospital

Llwynypia Hospital
Llwynypia Hospital
	Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
	Llwynypia Hospital (on the hillside on the left)
	Shown in Rhondda Cynon Taf
Geography
Location	Llwynypia, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales
Coordinates	51°38′07″N3°26′52″W / 51.6354°N 3.4477°W Coordinates: 51°38′07″N3°26′52″W / 51.6354°N 3.4477°W
Organisation
Care system	NHS Wales
Type	General
History
Opened	1903
Closed	2010
Links
Lists	Hospitals in Wales

Last updated March 27, 2020

Llwynypia Hospital (Welsh : Ysbyty Llwynypia) was a health facility in Llwynypia, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It was managed by the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.

History

The facility has its origins an old subsidiary workhouse which was completed in 1903.^[1] An infirmary was added in 1909 and it became a general hospital in 1927^[2] before joining the National Health Service as Llwynypia Hospital in 1948.^[1] As the only village with maternity facilities in the Rhondda, most residents from the area over the last century have Llwynypia as their place of birth on their birth certificates.^[3] After services transferred to the new Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda, Llwynypia Hospital closed in January 2010.^[4]

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References

1 2 "Pontypridd". Workhouses. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
↑ "Pontypridd Poor Law Union". Archives Hub. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
↑ "This is what it looks like inside an abandoned Valleys hospital". Wales Online. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
↑ "Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda Hospital to open next month". Wales Online. 23 January 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2020.

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[workhouses-1] 1 2 "Pontypridd". Workhouses. Retrieved 26 March 2020.

[2] "Pontypridd Poor Law Union". Archives Hub. Retrieved 19 March 2020.

[3] "This is what it looks like inside an abandoned Valleys hospital". Wales Online. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2020.

[4] "Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda Hospital to open next month". Wales Online. 23 January 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2020.