Burton Road Hospital
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Burton Road Hospital was a National Health Service
hospital
situated in Dudley
, West Midlands
, England
.
It originally existed within the Sedgley
Urban district
until that became part of Dudley in 1966. However, when the site was first developed in 1859 it was known as Dudley Union Workhouse.Unlike most of the old Sedgley urban district, however, the land on which Burton Road stood became part of the Dudley DY1 post code district rather than Sedgley DY3.
The workhouse closed around the turn of the 20th century and were converted into a hospital which incorporated several new buildings, including the Rosemary Ednam Maternity Home that opened in 1926. The maternity home remained open until May 1988 when all of the borough's maternity services were relocated to a new £6million unit at Wordsley Hospital
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A donation by the Rotary Club enabled Burton Road Hospital to receive the country's first mobile cardiac unit in 1971.http://www.dgoh.nhs.uk/home/nhs60.asp
The hospital closed in December 1993 on the relocation of its services to Russells Hall Hospital
and Bushey Fields Hospital
, and demolition took place a year later. The former maternity home, which had been empty for six years, was also demolished at this time.
During the later years of its existence, the hospital mainly housed services for elderly patients as well of those with mental illnesses.
The main road entrance to the hospital was the scene of a murder in the early hours of Christmas Day 1988, when 27-year-old Upper Gornal man Gary Batham was fatally stabbed on his way home from a town centre nightclub. In September 1989, 18-year-old Dudley man Trevor Nettleford was sentenced to life imprisonment
for murder, and his accomplice Carlos Edwards was sentenced to six months imprisonment for manslaughter.
A new ambulance station had opened on part of the hospital site in 1986, and a new fire station was opened on another part of the site in 1999.
However, the bulk of the hospital site was redeveloped for upmarket private housing in the mid to late 1990s - the developments being known as Earls Keep and Bishops Lodge.
National Health Service
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hospital
Hospital
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situated in Dudley
Dudley
Dudley is a large town in the West Midlands county of England. At the 2001 census , the Dudley Urban Sub Area had a population of 194,919, making it the 26th largest settlement in England, the second largest town in the United Kingdom behind Reading, and the largest settlement in the UK without...
, West Midlands
West Midlands (county)
The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...
, England
England
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.
It originally existed within the Sedgley
Sedgley
Sedgley is an urban village within the West Midlands county of England. Historically a part of Staffordshire, Sedgley was formerly an ancient manor composed of several smaller villages, including Gornal, Gospel End, Woodsetton, Ettingshall, Coseley and Brierley...
Urban district
Urban district
In the England, Wales and Ireland, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected Urban District Council , which shared local government responsibilities with a county council....
until that became part of Dudley in 1966. However, when the site was first developed in 1859 it was known as Dudley Union Workhouse.Unlike most of the old Sedgley urban district, however, the land on which Burton Road stood became part of the Dudley DY1 post code district rather than Sedgley DY3.
The workhouse closed around the turn of the 20th century and were converted into a hospital which incorporated several new buildings, including the Rosemary Ednam Maternity Home that opened in 1926. The maternity home remained open until May 1988 when all of the borough's maternity services were relocated to a new £6million unit at Wordsley Hospital
Wordsley Hospital
Wordsley Hospital was a NHS-owned hospital located in Wordsley, Stourbridge, which is in the West Midlands of England.-Overview:Wordsley Hospital was built as a workhouse in 1903, and became a hospital after the Great War...
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A donation by the Rotary Club enabled Burton Road Hospital to receive the country's first mobile cardiac unit in 1971.http://www.dgoh.nhs.uk/home/nhs60.asp
The hospital closed in December 1993 on the relocation of its services to Russells Hall Hospital
Russells Hall Hospital
Russells Hall Hospital is an NHS-owned hospital located in Dudley, West Midlands, England.It is situated on the A4101 main road which connects Dudley with Kingswinford, and lies narrowly within Dudley's boundaries just outside Brierley Hill...
and Bushey Fields Hospital
Bushey Fields Hospital
Bushey Fields Hospital is a psychiatric hospital located in Dudley, West Midlands, England.It opened in 1983 at the same time as adjacent Russells Hall Hospital, and was expanded in the early 1990s to replace most of the remaining facilities at Burton Road Hospital, which closed in December 1993....
, and demolition took place a year later. The former maternity home, which had been empty for six years, was also demolished at this time.
During the later years of its existence, the hospital mainly housed services for elderly patients as well of those with mental illnesses.
The main road entrance to the hospital was the scene of a murder in the early hours of Christmas Day 1988, when 27-year-old Upper Gornal man Gary Batham was fatally stabbed on his way home from a town centre nightclub. In September 1989, 18-year-old Dudley man Trevor Nettleford was sentenced to life imprisonment
Life imprisonment
Life imprisonment is a sentence of imprisonment for a serious crime under which the convicted person is to remain in jail for the rest of his or her life...
for murder, and his accomplice Carlos Edwards was sentenced to six months imprisonment for manslaughter.
A new ambulance station had opened on part of the hospital site in 1986, and a new fire station was opened on another part of the site in 1999.
However, the bulk of the hospital site was redeveloped for upmarket private housing in the mid to late 1990s - the developments being known as Earls Keep and Bishops Lodge.