Cossham Memorial Hospital

Cossham Memorial Hospital is a community hospital, founded in 1907, in Hillfields, Bristol, England.^[1][2]

Cossham Memorial Hospital
North Bristol NHS Trust
Cossham Memorial Hospital
Shown in Bristol
Geography
Location	Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates	51.4688°N 2.5162°W / 51.4688; -2.5162
Organisation
Care system	Public NHS
Type	Community
Affiliated university	University of the West of England
Services
Emergency department	No Accident & Emergency
History
Opened	1907
Links
Website	www.nbt.nhs.uk/our-hospitals/cossham-hospital
Lists	Hospitals in England

History

The hospital was built by Frederick Bligh Bond in a Queen Anne style between 1905 and 1907, as a memorial to Handel Cossham, a former MP and Mayor of Bath who died in 1890.^[3] Sited on Lodge Hill, the clock tower is the highest point in Bristol and can be seen for miles around.^[4] It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II listed building.^[5] Major renovation work was carried out at the hospital, finishing in 2012.^[6][7][8]

Services

The services provided by North Bristol NHS Trust at Cossham include outpatients for various specialties and physiotherapy services.^[9]

Archives

Records of the Cossham Memorial Hospital are held at Bristol Archives (Ref. 41171).^[10]

See also

• Grade II listed buildings in Bristol
• List of hospitals in England

References

1. "Cossham Memorial Hospital, Bristol". Hospital Records Database. The National Archives. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
2. Bristol City Council. "Hillfields map" (PDF). Ward Finder. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
3. "Financial woes plagued hospital's early years". Bristol Evening Post. 25 June 2012. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
4. "Our Hospital histories". North Bristol NHS Trust. Archived from the original on 28 July 2007. Retrieved 19 November 2007.
5. Historic England. "Handel Cossham Memorial Hospital (1206237)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 April 2007.
6. "102-year-old Cossham hospital wins revamp approval". This is Bristol. 25 September 2009. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
7. "Cossham Hospital restoration at least one month behind schedule". Bristol Evening Post. 25 April 2012. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
8. "Home from home for dialysis patients at new-look hospital". Bristol Evening Post. 5 December 2012. Archived from the original on 2 May 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
9. "Cossham Hospital". NHS. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
10. "Cossham Memorial Hospital". Bristol Archives. Retrieved 27 July 2018.

External links

• Official website
• A Short History of Cossham, its Hospital & Medical Society, Cossham Medical Society, 2006