St. Mary's Place, Eye Infirmary
St. Mary's Place, Eye Infirmary
HER Number
6250
District
Newcastle
Site Name
St. Mary's Place, Eye Infirmary
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Health and Welfare
Site Type: Broad
Hospital
Site Type: Specific
Eye Hospital
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Shown on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map. Purpose-built and opened in 1885, Newcastle Eye Hospital had four wards and three private rooms. It cost £6,000. By the 1930s the hospital had a waiting list of 150 and was hampered by lack of space and facilities. It closed in 1957 when patients were transferred to Walkergate Hospital (HER 5390).
Easting
425060
Northing
564910
Grid Reference
NZ425060564910
Sources
2nd edition Ordnance Survey map 1890; Lynn Redhead, 1996, Hospitals; National Monument Record, RCHME Hospitals Project, 1991-1995, UID 1050602; UID 1075533 NBR 102630; Geoffrey Fisher & Rev. Terry Hurst, North East Methodist History Society, 2009, Brunswick Place 1821-1992, Newcastle upon Tyne, page 12