Princess Mary Maternity Hospital

Princess Mary Maternity Hospital
Princess Mary Maternity Hospital in Jesmond
Location in Newcastle upon Tyne Show map of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Location in Tyne and Wear Show map of Tyne and Wear
Geography
Location	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Coordinates	54.9875°N 1.6135°W / 54.9875; -1.6135
Organisation
Care system	NHS England
Type	Maternity
History
Opened	1760
Closed	1993
Links
Lists	Hospitals in England

The Princess Mary Maternity Hospital was a health facility in Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]

History

The former Lying-in Hospital in New Bridge Street

The hospital has its origins in the Lying-in Hospital established in Rosemary Lane in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1760.[2] Lying-in is an archaic term for childbirth (referring to the month-long bed rest prescribed for postpartum confinement).[3] The Lying-in Hospital moved to a purpose-built facility in New Bridge Street designed by John Dobson in 1826.[a][2]

After the Lying-in Hospital in New Bridge Street was deemed inadequate, a new facility was built in Jubilee Road and officially opened by Princess Mary as the Princess Mary Maternity Hospital in 1923.[2] During the Second World War the hospital moved to the old home of the Northern Counties Orphans' Institution in Jesmond.[b] After maternity services transferred to the Royal Victoria Infirmary, the Princess Mary Maternity Hospital closed in 1993 and the building was converted into apartments as Princess Mary Court in 2000.[6]

Notes

1. The former Lying-in Hospital building in New Bridge Street was converted for commercial use by the BBC in 1925 and, after the BBC moved to Spital Tongues in 1986, it became offices for Newcastle Building Society.[4]
2. The Orphans' Institution, which had been designed by George Tunstal Redmayne and financed by Ralph Clark Phillipson, was completed in 1873.[5]

References

1. Historic England. "The Former Phillipson Memorial Orphanage at Princess Mary Maternity Hospital (1259614)". National Heritage List for England.
2. "Princess Mary Maternity Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne". National Archives. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
3. Slemons, J. Morris (1912). "The Prospective Mother: A Handbook for Women During Pregnancy".
4. "The Lying-in Hospital". The Victorian Web. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
5. "Looking back at Newcastle's 'lying-in' hospital which led the way in maternity services". Evening Chronicle. 3 December 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
6. "Hotspot: Newcastle, Tyne & Wear". The Independent. 21 April 2000. Retrieved 2 August 2019.