Newburn, Gosforth & Castle Ward Isolation Hospital

HER Number

11545

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Newburn, Gosforth & Castle Ward Isolation Hospital

Place

Lemington

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

Class

Health and Welfare

Site Type: Broad

Hospital

Site Type: Specific

Infectious Diseases Hospital

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Kelly's Directory of 1910 names this as Newburn, Gosforth & Castle Ward Joint Isolation Hospital. The third edition Ordnance Survey of 1921 names it as Infectious Diseases Hospital. Demolished in the late C20 and now covered by housing.

Easting

417780

Northing

565420

Grid Reference

NZ417780565420

Sources

Ordnance Survey third edition, 1921; Kelly, 1910, Directory of Newcastle upon Tyne