Monument record 0940501000 - Fever Hospital at Buckingham Union Workhouse

Summary

Site of former fever hospital, built about 1865 and demolished in 1970s.

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Type and Period (1)

  • INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL (19th Century to 20th Century - 1865 AD? to 1900 AD?)

Description

An Isolation Fever Ward added to Buckingham Union Workhouse about 30 years later [after workhouse built in 1835] (B1).
'Fever Hospital' shown as a separate building in workhouse grounds on 1st edition 1:500 OS map at NGR. Not shown as 'Fever Hospital' after about 1900, though building shown on OS maps until demolished in 1970s (B3).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC19619 Bibliographic reference: Muriel T Vernon & Desmond C Bonner. 1984. Buckingham: a History of a Country Market Town. p108.
  • <3>SBC22583 Verbal communication: Julia Wise (BCC). 2006. Information derived from OS 6-inch, 25-inch and 1:10,000 scale maps.

Location

Grid reference SP 69807 34275 (point)
Civil Parish BUCKINGHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Oct 27 2017 11:58AM

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