Epsom Cottage Hospital

Epsom Cottage Hospital
CSH Surrey
Epsom Cottage Hospital
Shown in Surrey
Geography
Location	West Park Road, Horton Lane, Epsom, Surrey, England
Coordinates	51.3419°N 0.3013°W / 51.3419; -0.3013
Organisation
Care system	National Health Service
Type	General
History
Opened	1873
Links
Website	www.cshsurrey.co.uk
Lists	Hospitals in England

Epsom and Ewell Cottage Hospital is a small hospital in West Park Road, Horton Lane, Epsom, Surrey. It is managed by CSH Surrey.[1]

History

The hospital has its origins in a facility established at Pembroke Cottages at Pikes Hill in April 1873.[2] It moved to Hawthorn Place in 1877 and to Alexandra Road in 1889.[2] Emily Davison died at the hospital after being hit by King George V's horse Anmer at the 1913 Derby when she walked onto the track during the race.[3][4]

The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948.[2] Although the hospital officially closed in 1988, the facility is still used for the physiotherapy and rehabilitation.[5]

Notable Staff

• Susie Dunham, (1861-1917) Matron - July 1903 until her death in 1917.[6] Dunham trained at The London Hospital under Eva Luckes between 1891 and 1893, and worked there as a Staff Nurse until 1901.[6][7]

References

1. "New Epsom and Ewell Community Hospital: Overview". NHS. Archived from the original on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
2. "Epsom and Ewell Cottage Hospital, Records". National Archives. Archived from the original on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
3. Morley & Stanley 1988, p. 103.
4. Tanner 2013, pp. 284–285.
5. "New Epsom and Ewell Community Hospital: Services". NHS. Archived from the original on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
6. Rogers, Sarah (2022). 'A Maker of Matrons’? A study of Eva Lückes’s influence on a generation of nurse leaders:1880–1919' (Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Huddersfield, April 2022)
7. Susie Dunham, Register of Probationers; RLHLH/N/1/4, 20; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London Susie Dunham, Register of Sisters and Nurses; RLHLH/N/4/1/144; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London

Sources

• Morley, Ann; Stanley, Liz (1988). The Life and Death of Emily Wilding Davison. London: The Women's Press. ISBN 978-0-7043-4133-3.
• Tanner, Michael (2013). The Suffragette Derby. London: The Robson Press. ISBN 978-1-8495-4518-1.