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Stratford-upon-Avon Hospital

Description

Records of the Stratford-upon-Avon Hospital, and its predecessor the Dispensary

  • Finding No

    DR253

  • Date

    1823-1948

  • Extent

    12 volumes

  • Status

    open

  • Level

    collection

  • Associated people

    Stratford-upon-Avon Dispensary ,

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Related material

DR 324: records of the Dispensary, Hospital and Stratford-upon-Avon Workhouse

Custodial History

Deposited by the Stratford-upon-Avon Hospital Committee, 27 June 1949 but kept with the Corporation records until 18 October 1971

Admin History

Stratford-upon-Avon Dispensary was established in premises at 21 Chapel Street in 1823, moving to Chapel Lane in 1835. A new Hospital was opened on the Alcester Road in 1884, replacing the Dispensary. Under the terms of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the new Unions of Parishes were obliged to build workhouses, that for Stratford being opened in 1836 on a site in Arden Street which subsequently formed part of the Hospital. In 1929 its administration was transferred to the Public Assistance Committee of Warwickshire County Council