Bolton Royal Infirmary

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Bolton Royal Infirmary
Bolton NHS Trust
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Bolton Royal Infirmary
Bolton Royal Infirmary
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Geography
Location Bolton, Greater Manchester, England
Coordinates 53°34′50″N2°26′27″W / 53.5805°N 2.4407°W / 53.5805; -2.4407 Coordinates: 53°34′50″N2°26′27″W / 53.5805°N 2.4407°W / 53.5805; -2.4407
Organisation
Care system NHS
Funding NHS trust
Services
Beds224 [1]
History
Opened1814
Closed1996
Links
Website www.boltonft.nhs.uk

The Bolton Royal Infirmary was an acute general hospital in Chorley Street, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England.

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History

The infirmary had its origins in the Bolton Dispensary established in Mawdsley Street in 1814. [2] A campaign for a larger facility was established by Canon James Slade in 1820 [3] and a new building, designed by Benjamin Hick and built on land at Nelson Square donated by the Earl of Bradford, was completed in 1827. [2] A replacement infirmary, designed by Richard Knill Freeman [4] and sited east of Queen's Park [5] on Chorley Street, was completed in 1883. [2]

During the First World War the nurses' quarters were converted to create a military hospital. [6] Gertrude Herzfeld, the first woman paediatric surgeon, was senior house surgeon at the infirmary from 1917 to 1919. [7]

After services were transferred to the Royal Bolton Hospital, the infirmary was closed in 1996 [1] and demolished in 1999. [8]

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References

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