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Coton Hill Hospital, Stafford

Coton Hill Asylum was built in the 1850s and opened in 1854. It was originally built as an extension to the County Asylum in order to house private patients. It was to be known as The Institution for ...

Coton Hill Hospital, Stafford

View of main front (south east) elevation of Coton Hill Hospital, Stafford during demolition. The wing to right hand side is already partly demolished. Apart from one wing, the chapel and the lodges ...

Coton Hill Hospital, Stafford

Coton Hill Asylum was built in the 1850s and opened in 1854. It was originally built as an extension to the County Asylum in order to house private patients. It was to be known as The institution for ...

Cottage Hospital, Hammerwich

Hammerwich's Cottage Hospital opened in 1882, the costs being met by subscription. It was intended primarily for the victims of colliery accidents. It commemorated the late Birmingham manufacturer T. ...

Cottage Hospital, Yoxall

A postcard view of the Meynell Ingram Cottage Hospital on Town Hill, Yoxall. It was built in 1873 and endowed by the Meynell Ingram family of Hoar Cross Hall and had beds for five patients. At the time ...

County Asylum, Stafford,

The County Asylum on Corporation Street opened in 1818, to accommodate 120 private and pauper patients. The hospital moved to Seisdon near Wolverhampton in 1946 and the building became St. George's ...

County Asylum, Stafford,

The County Asylum on Corporation Street opened in 1818, to accommodate 120 private and pauper patients. The hospital moved to Seisdon near Wolverhampton in 1946 and the building became St. George's ...

County Asylum, Stafford,

The County Asylum on Corporation Street opened in 1818, to accommodate 120 private and pauper patients. The hospital moved to Seisdon near Wolverhampton in 1946 and the building became St. George's ...

County Mental Hospital, Cheddleton

In 1890 Staffordshire County Council’s Lunacy Committee decided to build a new asylum for the north of the county due to overcrowding in the existing asylums at Stafford and Burntwood. Land at Bank Farm ...

County Mental Hospital, Stafford

Standing to the right is Nancy Davies (nee Shelley) who was conscripted as a mental nurse during World War II. Originally built as the County Asylum in 1818, the building was later the County Mental ...

County Mental Hospital, Stafford

Nurses in an antenatal ward at the County Mental Hospital in Stafford. Standing behind the bed is Nancy Davies (nee Shelley) who was conscripted as a mental nurse during World War II. Originally built ...

County Mental Hospital, Stafford

A women's ward at St. George's Hospital, Corporation Street, Stafford, with nursing staff standing behind the beds. Amongst the nurses is Nancy Shelley (nee Davies) of Colwich. Originally built as ...

Cutlery, Cheddleton Asylum

Cutlery, if needed for a meal time, was dispensed to patients in a strictly controlled way. It was specially made for the asylum, with knives having a very small cutting edge to prevent the danger of ...

Darning Socks, Standon Boys' Farm Home

Boys darning socks at Standon Boys' Farm Home, being overseen by a member of staff. The home in Weston Lane, Standon Bridge, near Eccleshall was founded by the Waifs and Strays Society in 1885. This ...

David Hollin Nurses Home, Stafford General Infirmary

David Hollin was a boot and shoe manufacturer. He lived in Highfield Manor on Newport Road. In 1916 he left £12,000 in his will 'for the erecting and furnishing of a Nurses' Home'. The David Hollin Nurses' ...

David Hollins Nurses Home, Stafford,

David Hollin was a boot and shoe manufacturer. He lived in Highfield Manor on Newport Road. In 1916 he left £12,000 in his will 'for the erecting and furnishing of a Nurses' Home'. The David Hollin ...

Dental nurse, Walton on the Hill

Laura Dutton in her dental nurse's uniform at Walton-on-the-Hill, Stafford in the early 1920s. Laura worked for Mr.A.E.Henry, a well-known dental surgeon in Stafford for four years until 1927 when she ...

Dentists, Earl Street, Stafford