St Margaret's Hospital, Epping
Hospital in England
51°42′18″N 0°07′26″E / 51.7050°N 0.1238°E / 51.7050; 0.1238St Margaret's Hospital is a hospital in Epping, Essex. It is managed by the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust.
History
The hospital has its origins in the Epping Union Workhouse Infirmary built in 1846.[1] New infirmary buildings were constructed in 1876, in the 1880s and again in 1911.[1] The site became the Epping Institution in 1930 and St. Margaret's Hospital in 1938.[2]
On 22 March 1945 the hospital was hit by a German V-2 rocket, which destroyed the water tower, flooding nearby houses. 7 men were killed. Some houses, the elderly unit and the laundry block at the hospital and a single storey timber built casual ward were destroyed.[3] The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948[2] and the workhouse building itself was demolished in 2001.[1]
See also
- Healthcare in Essex
- List of hospitals in England
References
- ^ a b c "Epping". Workhuses. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ a b "St Margaret's Hospital, Epping". National Archives. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ "70th anniversary of the day Epping stood still". Epping Guardian. 4 April 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
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