Hospitals close to Bream (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 07:18 (4048 days ago) @ downunder

Hi all

If someone who lived in Bream had been ill and taken to hospital during World War 2 - a civilian not a soldier - where would they likely be taken? I've done a search, but can't seem to narrow it down.

Many thanks again

In order of probability

Lydney

A cottage hospital to serve Lydney and Aylburton was opened in a house in Aylburtonvillage in 1882 by Mary, wife of CharlesBathurst; it was maintained by subscriptions,collections, and the patients' contributions. In1908 it moved to a new building at the top ofGrove Road, north of Lydney town. Thehospital was enlarged between 1935 and 1937by the addition of a maternity wing andout-patient department, given by ViscountBledisloe as a memorial to his first wife, anda new physiotherapy centre was completedin 1963 as a memorial to Viscount Bledisloe.The hospital passed to the local hospitalmanagement board in 1948 (fn. 44) and, as theLydney and District hospital, it remainedopen under the Gloucester district healthauthority in 1990. The authority also ran ahealth centre on the north of Newerne Street.In 1955 a cemetery, managed by Lydney parish council, was opened on the west side ofChurch Road. (fn. 45)

From: 'Lydney', A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 5: Bledisloe Hundred, St. Briavels Hundred, The Forest of Dean (1996), pp. 46-84. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23251 Date accessed: 29 October 2013.

Cinderford Dilke

The Dilke Memorial Hospital, Cinderford, opened its doors for the first time in

Gloucester Great Western Road
Gloucester Infirmary Southgate St

A hospital first appeared on the site during the 1914-1918 war and development accelerated in the 1960s.

In 1912 a 149-bed infirmary was started on Great Western Road. Patients were transferred to the new building in 1914. The British Red Cross Society took over the west block for nursing war wounded in 1914 and the east block in 1915. The buildings were completed after the war. In 1930 the infirmary was transferred to the corporation and became known as Gloucester City General Hospital.[1] On the introduction of the National Health Service it was amalgamated with the Gloucestershire Royal Infirmary, which stood in Southgate Street until its demolition in the 1980s to make way for a new building for the Bank of England.

Chepstow and Monmouth

and then a couple of Isolation hospitals like Over http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42309

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