War Memorial Hospital Gallery
This gallery contains photos of the War Memorial Hospital off Eastgate.
Brief Timeline:
- 1921: St Wilfrid’s House, originally the home of Jasper Gibson, it was purchased by public subscription and converted to the War Memorial Hospital.
- 1998: demolished and site converted to Gibson Fields housing.
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Gallery
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c1920: Hexham and District War Memorial Hospital. Monochrome; St Wilfrid's House, converted by 1921
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c1920: St Wilfrid's House, converted to Hexham War Memorial Hospital by 1921
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1921: St Wilfrid's House, Prince Henry and others at opening of Hexham War Memorial Hospital
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c1960: The Story of Hexham General Hospital. Postcard celebrating the hospital (blurred image)
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1981: Iron hand pump in grounds of the War Memorial Hospital
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1992: St Wilfrid's House, Hexham War Memorial Hospital
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1993: Nurses home to S of Hexham War Memorial Hospital
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1994: Iron hand water pump in grounds of Hexham War Memorial Hospital
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1994: Hexham War Memorial Hospital, S elevation
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1998: Iron hand pump in grounds of the War Memorial Hospital
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2001: Plaque to demolished Hexham War Memorial Hospital
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The Gibson Fields development now occupies the site if the War Memorial Hospital. Click on a button below to open that gallery.
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