Caernarvonshire and Anglesey Infirmary
| Caernarvonshire and Anglesey Infirmary | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Holyhead Road, Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales |
| Organisation | |
| Funding | Charity funded by subscription |
| Services | |
| Beds | 786 (in 1926) |
| History | |
| Opened | 1809 (as the C&A Loyal Dispensary); 1845 (as the C&A Infirmary) |
| Closed | 1984 |
The Caernarvonshire and Anglesey Infirmary, commonly known as the C&A, was a general hospital in Bangor, Wales.
It was first established in 1809 and demolished in 1984, replaced by the new Ysbyty Gwynedd on a different site.
History
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The hospital was first established as the Carnarvonshire and Anglesey Loyal Dispensary in 1809, to commemorate the 15th anniversary of George III's reign.[1] It initially had only a small building intended to help provide smallpox vaccinations, but in 1845 moved to a much larger site in Upper Bangor, funded by subscription from local gentry. The previous site was turned into previous accommodation and is now a veterinary surgery.[2] Despite the move, the now renamed Infirmary remained a small hospital, having only 11 beds in 1882.[3]
It expanded greatly throughout the early 1900s, going from 149 beds in 1901 to 786 beds in 1926. Construction on a new wing as well as interior modernisation began in 1923, finishing three years later and increasing the bed capacity by 300.[4]
It became a nurse training school in 1935.[5]
The site was closed in 1984 as the new Ysbyty Gwynedd hospital opened in Penrhosgarnedd. It was ultimately demolished and replaced with what is now a Morrison's supermarket.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bachelden - Barmouth | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
- ^ "Former Loyal Dispensary, Tan y Coed, Bangor - History Points". historypoints.org. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
- ^ "GAT34689". archwilio.org.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
- ^ Caernarvonshire and Anglesey Infirmary & Dispensary (Bangor, Wales) (1926). Annual report : 1926. Wellcome Library. Bangor : North Wales Chronicle.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - ^ "Education and Examination" (PDF). rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk. British Journal of Nursing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-06-22. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
- ^ Gwyn, David (2006). Gwynedd Inheriting a Revolution: the Archaeology of Industrialisation in North-West Wales. Phillimore & Company. p. 207. ISBN 978-1860774324.
In Bangor the site of the Caernarvonshire and Anglesey Hospital is now occupied by a supermarket...
Further reading
[edit]- Beer, W. E. , 2000 , A Portrait of the C&A Hospital, Bangor the People and the Place (1948-1984). North Wales Health Authority.
- Jones, O. V. (1984). The Progress of Medicine: History of the Caernarvon and Anglesey, 1809-1948. Gomer Press. ISBN 9780863831317.
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