Rosemary Lane, Lying-In Hospital

HER Number

7889

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Rosemary Lane, Lying-In Hospital

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Health and Welfare

Site Type: Broad

Hospital

Site Type: Specific

Maternity Hospital

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

In 1760 the lying-in hospital for poor married women was opened.

Easting

424700

Northing

564000

Grid Reference

NZ424700564000

Sources

P. Winter, D Milne, J Brown, A Rushworth, 1989, Northern Heritage - Newcastle upon Tyne, p 116