Clayton Hospital

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Clayton Hospital
The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
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Clayton Hospital
Clayton Hospital is located in West Yorkshire
Clayton Hospital
Shown in West Yorkshire
Geography
LocationWentworth Street, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
Coordinates53°41′16″N 1°30′11″W / 53.6879°N 1.5031°W / 53.6879; -1.5031Coordinates: 53°41′16″N 1°30′11″W / 53.6879°N 1.5031°W / 53.6879; -1.5031
Organisation
Care systemNHS
Services
Emergency departmentNo
History
Opened1787
Links
ListsHospitals in England

Clayton Hospital was a health facility in Wentworth Street, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It was managed by The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust.

History[]

The facility had its origins in the Wakefield General Dispensary established in Dispensary Yard in 1787.[1] After Thomas Clayton, a former mayor, decided to finance expansion of the facility, it moved to a site at the junction of Wood Street and Cross Street in 1854.[2] It absorbed patients from the Wakefield House of Recovery which closed at that time.[1] It was renamed the Clayton Hospital and Wakefield General Dispensary in 1863 to reflect the completion of a new inpatients wing.[2]

Using finance from a legacy left by Thomas Clayton, it relocated to new premises in Northgate, designed by William Bakewell, in 1879.[3] It joined the National Health Service as Clayton Hospital in 1948.[1] After services had transferred to Pinderfields Hospital, it closed in 2012.[4] A major fire took place at the derelict hospital in February 2017.[5]

In July 2017 Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield secured planning consent to refurbish the Victorian Tower but demolish the remainder of the buildings to create sports facilities.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Clayton Hospital, Wakefield". National Archives. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Plaque marks Wakefield's Clayton Hospital site". Wakefield Express. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Exterior view from the street showing the centre tower of the Clayton Hospital". Historic England. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Historic Clayton Hospital to close". Wakefield Express. 12 October 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Investigation launched into cause of fire at old hospital building in Wakefield". Yorkshire Evening Post. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Grammar school to redevelop the former Clayton Hospital". Wakefield Express. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
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