Saxondale Hospital

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Saxondale Hospital
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Saxondale Hospital
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Geography
Location Upper Saxondale near Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates 52°56′44″N1°00′08″W / 52.9455°N 1.0021°W / 52.9455; -1.0021 Coordinates: 52°56′44″N1°00′08″W / 52.9455°N 1.0021°W / 52.9455; -1.0021
Organisation
Care system Public NHS
Type Mental health
History
Opened1902
Closed1987
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Saxondale Hospital was a psychiatric hospital near Radcliffe-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire, built to replace the Sneinton Asylum in Nottingham.

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History

Nurses at Saxondale Hospital Nurses at Saxondale mental hospital, Nottingham. Wellcome L0015461.jpg
Nurses at Saxondale Hospital

The foundation stone was laid on 25 July 1899 by Lady Belper, wife of the chairman of Nottinghamshire County Council. [1] The new building – designed by architect Edgar Purnell Hooley, better known as the inventor of Tarmac – was two stories high, cost £147,000 and had accommodation for 452 patients (226 of each sex). The 130 acres (0.53 km2) surrounding the hospital cost £6800. It was officially opened as the Radcliffe Asylum by Lady Elinor Denison on 24 July 1902. [2] In 1913 extensions were made for 148 patients, which cost £29,833. It was used as a military hospital in the later stages of the First World War, from August 1918 to October 1919, to care for shell shocked soldiers. [3]

The hospital underwent a strike and occupation in April 1922, when the staff members of the National Asylum Workers' Union were resisting a reduction in wages. [4] [5] In 1932, two further blocks were erected, each to accommodate 50 female patients. It became known as Saxondale Hospital in 1947 and joined the National Health Service in 1948. [1] Further villas were built in the grounds in the 1950s and 1960s. [6] [7]

A woman alleged that Jimmy Savile lifted her skirt when she was at a disco at the hospital and then aged 14. She was a local resident rather than a patient. Savile had a fundraising association with Saxondale Hospital from 1972 to the early 1980s. [8] The official report on the incident stated, "There was no reason to doubt that she gave an honest and truthful account of the incident as she recalled it." [9]

Closure

The hospital closed in 1987 and was partly demolished before the site was redeveloped. It is now a housing area known as Upper Saxondale. [6]

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