Ceremony - Laying the Foundation Stone of the New Infirmary, Halifax
Laying of the Foundation Stone by The Right Honourable Earl of Mount Edgcumbe.
Author: Herbert G. E. Green
Date: June 1893
Location: Halifax
Format: Handbill
Document ID: 101374
Library ID: P366L5111
The old Halifax Infirmary at Dispensary Walk, Halifax originally catered only for out-patients when it opened in 1807. By the late 1800s it had moved to Harrison Road/Blackwall Street and expanded and outgrown that site.
In July 1896, the building on Free School Lane was opened by the Duke and Duchess of York (King George V and Queen Mary to be) and named the Royal Halifax Infirmary. The wards are named after the people who subscribed to the building costs and included local families and industrialists. The building closed in 2001 when Calderdale Royal Hospital opened.
In 2002, plans for the site included retaining some of the wards and the central administration block as apartments with gardens, and the remaining land used for housing.
Parts of the building and boundary wall are Grade II listed buildings.
