Highgate Hospital
| Highgate Hospital | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Highgate Wing (on the right) | |
  Shown in Camden | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Dartmouth Park Hill, Highgate, London. |
| Coordinates | 51°34′00″N 0°08′32″W / 51.56674°N 0.14234°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | National Health Service |
| Type | General |
| History | |
| Opened | 1869 |
| Closed | 1948 |
Highgate Hospital was a name used to refer to the infirmary building which opened in 1869 on the St Pancras side of Dartmouth Park Hill in Highgate, London.
History
The facility has its origins in the Highgate Infirmary which was designed by Giles and Biven for the St Pancras Union Workhouse and opened in 1869.[1][2] It became known as the Central London Sick Asylum District shortly after opening.[1]
After the hospital in St Pancras Way became the St Pancras South Infirmary, the facility on Dartmouth Park Hill became the St Pancras North Infirmary in 1893.[1] Edith Cavell worked here from 1901 to 1904.[1] It was taken over by the London County Council in 1930 and renamed Highgate Hospital.[1] It became the Highgate Wing of the Whittington Hospital on the establishment of the NHS in 1948.[1][3]
Latterly a psychiatric hospital, in 2004, the Highgate Wing was chosen by Camden and Islington Community NHS Trust as the site for Highgate Mental Health Centre and the consolidation and development of community mental health and adult social care services.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Highgate Hospital". Lost Hospitals of London. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ "St Pancras". Workhouses. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ "Highgate Hospital, London". Lost Hospitals of London. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ Foot, Tom (17 March 2011). "Lost souls beyond a plush entrance to Highgate Mental Health Centre". Camden New Journal. Retrieved 2 July 2018.