Crossley Hospital West
Appearance
Crossley Hospital West | |
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![]() Crossley Hospital West | |
Geography | |
Location | Delamere Forest, Cheshire, England |
Coordinates | 53°15′22″N 2°42′32″W / 53.256°N 2.709°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | NHS |
Type | Specialist |
Services | |
Emergency department | No |
Speciality | Tuberculosis |
History | |
Opened | 1901 |
Closed | 1960s |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in England |
Crossley Hospital West, founded in 1905 as the Liverpool Sanatorium, was a tuberculosis sanatorium situated on the outer edge of Delamere Forest in Cheshire. It closed in the 1960s and has since been demolished.
History
[edit]The facility was largely financed by Lady Willox and Sir William Hartley and opened as the Liverpool Sanatorium in 1901.[1][2] Admission was restricted to residents of Liverpool.[2] It joined the National Health Service as Crossley Hospital West in 1948 and closed in the 1960s.[1] It was subsequently used as a private nursing home before being demolished.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Crossley Sanatorium". Frodsham History. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ^ a b "The Liverpool Sanatorium". Respiratory Medicine. Retrieved 19 November 2018.