Beckenham Hospital

Beckenham Hospital was a healthcare facility based in Beckenham, Kent.

Beckenham Hospital
Beckenham Hospital before the site was redeveloped between 2005 and 2008
Shown in Bromley
Geography
Location	Beckenham, London, United Kingdom
Coordinates	51.405°N 0.033°W / 51.405; -0.033
Organisation
Care system	Public NHS
History
Opened	1872
Closed	2005
Links
Lists	Hospitals in the United Kingdom

History

The hospital was founded by Peter Richard Hoare, the younger (1803-1877) of Kelsey Manor as the Beckenham Cottage Hospital in 1872.^[1] Additional facilities were added in 1877 (the Lea Wilson Ward), in 1899 (the Diamond Jubilee Extension) and in 1924 (the Percy Jones Ward).^[1] It became the Beckenham General Hospital in 1929 and benefited from further facilities in 1932 (the Ruth Sutton Ward) and in 1939 (the Trapnell Wing).^[1]

After it joined the National Health Service in 1948, a new out-patients department was completed in 1959 and the Douglas Lindsay Ward was added in 1969.^[1] The hospital closed in 2005 and the site has been developed as a primary healthcare centre known as Beckenham Beacon which opened in 2009.^[1][2][3]

Notable staff

• Mary Jane Costford (1858-1946), Matron from 1889 until about 1916.^[4][5] Her leaving 'Testimonial' raised over £100.^[6] Costford trained at The London Hospital under Eva Luckes between 1883 and 1885.^[5]

See also

• List of hospitals in England