Royal Halifax Infirmary

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Royal Halifax Infirmary
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Part of the Halifax Old Royal Infirmary - Free School Lane - geograph.org.uk - 1389016.jpg
Part of the Infirmary in 2009 after conversion to residential use
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Shown in West Yorkshire
Geography
Location Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates 53°42′47″N1°51′58″W / 53.71315°N 1.86613°W / 53.71315; -1.86613
Organisation
Care system Public NHS
History
Opened1807
Closed2001
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The Royal Halifax Infirmary was a hospital in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, which opened in 1896 and closed in 2001. [1]

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History

Earlier hospitals

The predecessors of the Royal Halifax Hospital were the Halifax Dispensary (1807-c.1836) in Hatters Close, and the Halifax Infirmary or Halifax Infirmary and Dispensary in Blackwall, opposite Holy Trinity Church, from 1838. George Townsend Andrews, best known as a railway architect, designed the 1838 premises, which were demolished after 1896. [2] The West Yorkshire Archive Service holds the records of both of these institutions in addition to those of the infirmary. [1] [3]

From 1896

The infirmary's building in Free School Lane, Halifax, was opened on 28 April 1896 by the Duke and Duchess of York (the future George V and Queen Mary), who also opened the town's Borough Market that day. [1] It is said that Queen Victoria had given permission for it to be named the "Halifax Royal Infirmary" but that the duke announced the wrong name, which was then retained. [4]

It became part of the National Health Service in 1948, and was part of the Calderdale Healthcare NHS Trust, which in 2001 merged into the Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital was closed in 2001 on the opening of the new Calderdale Royal Hospital. [1]

After closure some of the buildings were converted to residential use and known as "The Royal". [4] Eleven blocks of the buildings, and a lodge and elements of the boundary walls, are Grade II listed buildings. [5] [6] [7]

Notable people

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "The Royal Halifax Infirmary". From Weaver to Web: online visual archive of Calderdale history. Calderdale Council. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  2. "Halifax Infirmary and Dispensary". From Weaver to Web: Online Visual Archive of Calderdale History. Calderdale Council. Retrieved 26 August 2016.Includes photograph of the building
  3. "Royal Halifax Infirmary, Halifax". Hospital Records Database. The National Archives. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  4. 1 2 "History of the Royal Halifax Infirmary". The Royal Halifax. Retrieved 24 August 2016.Includes list of named wards and dates of build of individual buildings
  5. Historic England. "Royal Halifax Infirmary Blocks 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 08, 10, 20, 22, 35, 38 (1245209)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  6. Historic England. "Lodge, Boundary Wall and Gateway at Royal Halifax Infirmary (1245210)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  7. Historic England. "Retaining Wall and Boundary Wall at Royal Halifax Infirmary (1245211)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  8. "Miss E.S. Innes" . Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. British Newspaper Archive. 12 May 1955. p. 8 col.5. Retrieved 17 March 2022.