Royal Northern Hospital

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox hospital | name = Royal Northern Hospital | org_group =  | image = Great Northern Central Hospital, Holloway Road, London; fron Wellcome V0028903.jpg | caption = Royal Northern Hospital | logo =  | logo_size =  | location = Holloway Road | region = London | state = England | country = UK | coordinates = {{coord|51.5608|-0.1230|type:landmark_region:GB-ISL|display=inline,title}} | healthcare = NHS England | type = | speciality =  | standards =  | emergency =  | affiliation =  | patron =  | beds = | founded = 1888 | closed =  | website =  | other_links =  | pushpin_map = United Kingdom London Islington | pushpin_map_caption = Location within Islington }} The '''Royal Northern Hospital''' was a general hospital on Holloway Road, London N7, near Tollington Way. It had inpatient, outpatient, accident and emergency facilities and was also a centre for postgraduate medical education and nurse education.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jewesbury |first=Eric |title=The Royal Northern Hospital 1856-1956 |publisher=H. K. Lewis & Co. Ltd. |year=1956 |location=London |pages=88,103,117,145,146}}</ref>

==History== thumb|left|Floor plan in 1893 thumb|A ward in 1912 The hospital was founded as an independent and voluntary hospital by Dr. Sherard Freeman Statham, a surgeon, at York Way near King's Cross in 1856.<ref name=lost>{{cite web|url=https://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/royalnorthern.html|title=Royal Northern Hospital|publisher=Lost Hospitals of London|accessdate=7 July 2018}}</ref> It merged with the Spinal Hospital at Portland Road in 1862 but demerged again when it moved to Holloway Road as the Great Northern Central Hospital in 1888.<ref name=lost/> The new buildings were designed by the architects Young and Hall.<ref name="Historic Hospitals">{{cite web |title=English Hospitals (RCHME Survey) |url=https://historic-hospitals.com/english-hospitals-rchme-survey/greater-london/ |website=Historic Hospitals |access-date=3 September 2021}}</ref> It became the Great Northern Hospital in 1911.<ref name=lost/>

During World War One, the Great Northern Hospital was one of the first in London to receive wounded soldiers, and by 1916 had treated over 1,000.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=24 August 1916 |title=Fit to fight Again |journal=The Times (London, England) |pages=3 |via=The Times Digital Archive}}</ref> In 1917, Matron A M Bird received the Royal Red Cross (first class) for nursing services during the war. <ref>{{Cite journal |date=24 February 1917 |title=Royal Red Cross Awards to Nurses at Home |journal=The Times (London, England) |issue=41411 |pages=6 |via=Times Digital Archive}}</ref> thumb|Matron A M Bird with cheering soldiers outside Buckingham Palace on receiving the Royal Red Cross, 1917. The hospital received a royal charter on amalgamation with the Royal Chest Hospital in 1921.<ref name="lost" /> The casualty department was built using public subscription, the Islington War Memorial Fund<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Jewesbury |first=Eric C.O. |title=The Royal Northern Hospital 1856-1856 |publisher=H.K. Lewis Co. Ltd |year=1956 |location=London |pages=93,101}}</ref> and designed with a memorial arch listing the 1337 people of Islington who had died in the First World War.<ref name=":0" /> The foundations to the new casualty department was laid by Lady Patricia Ramsay in July 1923,<ref>{{cite journal|title=News in Brief |journal=The Times|date=3 July 1923|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS153818349/TTDA?u=king&sid=bookmark-TTDA&xid=2b90dbba |access-date= 2 February 2023}}</ref> and the new building was opened by the Prince of Wales on 27 November 1923.<ref>{{cite web|title=Islington War Memorial, Islington |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-491279-islington-war-memorial-greater-london-au|publisher=British listed buildings| accessdate=16 March 2013}}</ref> A purpose built nurses' home, designed by Henry Adams, was opened in 1924 by Princess Louise Duchess of Argyll.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Home for Nurses|journal=The Times|date=31 October 1924|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CJPZLV928294206/TTDA?u=king&sid=bookmark-TTDA&xid=3c788b11 |access-date= 2 February 2023}}</ref>

In 1929, the construction of a three-storey addition called St. David's wing started thanks to a donation received by the hospitals largest benefactor: Sir Howell J. Williams. It was completed in 1933 and contained 55 single rooms and 5 double rooms. Over his lifetime, Williams donated £158,000 to the hospital.<ref name="Hospital">{{cite web |last1=Baggs |first1=AP |title=Islington: Public services |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol8/pp82-88 |website=British History Online |publisher=Victoria County History |access-date=17 August 2021}}</ref> A plaque recognizing Williams' contribution to the St. David's Wing is noted on a plaque at the site that was once the hospital.<ref>{{cite web |title=Plaque: RNH - St David's Wing |url=https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/rnh-st-david-s-wing |website=London Remembers |access-date=17 August 2021}}</ref>

The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948.<ref name="lost" /> Following the reorganisation of the NHS facilities in North London whereby services were transferred to the Royal Free Hospital, University College Hospital and the Whittington Hospital, the hospital closed in 1992.<ref>{{cite journal| last = Sharma| first = Om P.| date = December 1999 | title = A small United Nations| journal = British Medical Journal| volume = 319| issue = 7223| page = 1468| issn = 0959-8138| doi = 10.1136/bmj.319.7223.1468| pmid = 10582928| pmc = 1117202}}</ref>

The hospital was demolished in the mid-1990s to make way to a block of flats; the demolition was delayed when a body was found.<ref> {{cite web| date = 30 June 1999| title = Skeleton could be missing mother| publisher = BBC News| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/381754.stm| accessdate = 2010-07-21}}</ref> The body was later confirmed as Michelle Folan, who disappeared in 1981. Her husband, Patrick Folan, was convicted of her murder in 2001.<ref>[http://www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/archive/n100403_10.htm ‘Concrete coffin’ case appeal fails] ''Camden New Journal'', 10 April 2003. Retrieved 20 July 2013.</ref>

==Royal Northern Gardens== The Royal Northern Gardens are located on the site of the former casualty department of the Royal Northern Hospital.<ref name=lost/>

A memorial wall of plaques has been installed in the gardens to commemorate the history of the site and some of the individuals involved with its creation.<ref>{{cite web |title=Royal Northern Hospital memorial wall |url=https://www.londonremembers.com/sites/royal-northern-hospital-memorial-wall|website=London Remembers |access-date=17 August 2021}}</ref>

==Notable staff== *Lancelot Barrington-Ward KCVO, FRCS, FRCSEd (4 July 1884 – 17 November 1953);surgeon, later senior surgeon at the Royal Northern Hospital 1914-1952; Surgeon to the household of King George VI and Extra Surgeon to the household of Queen Elizabeth II<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jewesbury |first=Eric C.O. |title=The Royal Northern Hospital 1856-1956 |publisher=H.K. Lewis & Co. Ltd |year=1956 |location=London |pages=116, 119, 137-9, 143}}</ref> *Robert Seymour Bridges OM (23 October 1844 – 21 April 1930) physician 1876-1885, poet laureate 1913-1930<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jewesbury |first=Eric |title=The Royal Northern Hospital 1856-1956 |publisher=H.K. Lewis & Co. Ltd |year=1956 |location=London |pages=II, 142}}</ref> *Kathleen "Kitty" C. Clark co-founded the radiography department and wrote a standard text.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Positioning in Radiography {{!}} Science Museum Group Collection |url=https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co134788/positioning-in-radiography-book |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk |language=en}}</ref> *Cecil Willett Cunnington (1878–1961), physician and historian on costume and fashion<ref>[https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/61053/43274_302022005561_1738-00158?pid=265390&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D61053%26h%3D265390%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3Ddjv2323%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=djv2323&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.210409749.149310683.1576352835-1722705520.1534682038#?imageId=43274_302022005561_1738-00157 UK & Ireland, Medical Directories, 1845-1942 for Cecil Willett Cunnington - ''The Medical Directory'' (1942) pg. 68 - Ancestry.com {{subscription required}}]</ref> *Phillis Emily Cunnington (1887–1974), physician and historian on costume and fashion<ref>[https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/61053/43274_302022005561_1738-00158?pid=265390&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D61053%26h%3D265390%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3Ddjv2323%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=djv2323&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.210409749.149310683.1576352835-1722705520.1534682038 UK & Ireland, Medical Directories, 1845-1942 for Phillis Emily Cunnington - ''The Medical Directory'' (1942) pg. 69 - Ancestry.com {{subscription required}}]</ref> *Raymond Greene (17 April 1901 – 6 December 1982), consulting physician (and brother of Graham Greene)<ref name="RCP">{{cite web | title = Charles Raymond Greene | website =Royal College of Physicians| first =A Stuart | last =Mason | access-date = 24 August 2014 |url = https://history.rcplondon.ac.uk/inspiring-physicians/charles-raymond-greene }}</ref>

==See also== * List of hospitals in England

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