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The Women's Hospital, Stratford Rd., Birmingham. c1880

The 21 bedded Woman's Hospital was located on the Stratford Road between 1878-1904

Colin
 

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The Old Women's hospital site is now taken up by The English Martyrs Catholic School at the junction of Evelyn Rd and Stratford Rd in Sparkhill just diagonally opposite the Library and old Police Station. I am attaching a 1905 OS map that shows the location clearly.
 

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Sorrento maternity hospital was on Wake Green Road.

Women's moved from Showell Green Lane to QE site but separate - now there is talk of combining it with a new Children's' hospital on the QE site.

Janice

Janice
 
See also thread on site under Womens Hospital History and development - some very interesting phots and history notes - fascinating.

I remember the Showell Green Lane building built in 1905. Lovely Edwardian building with Arts & Crafts influence. I used to go past it on the bus for years in the 1970s. Was it a listed building? Sadly this didn't stop it being demolished and the modern eyesore being built on the site.
 
Re the earlier thread on the Womens Hospital in Showells Lane, Birmingham Archives came good. Thanks to the fantastic Helen Glen, I now have a photo of my Nan's 1939 entry and a full transcription of her operation.
Took a while for their research but was charged £16.80 as it was only half an hour
 
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