Memorial details

Memorial type
Hospital / Clinic
District
St Helens
Town
Newton-le-Willows
County
Merseyside
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Foundation Stone
    Date: 15/09/1923
    Attended by: Capt. R W D Legh and Lt. Col. Lionel E Pilkington
  • Opened
    Date: 10/02/1925
    Attended by: Local Clergy and Dignatories
  • Dedicated
    Date: 10/01/1925
    Attended by: Local Clergy and Dignatories
  • Show More (2)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
62542

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Current location

Newton War Memorial Hospital
Bradleigh Rd
Newton-le-Willows
St Helens
Merseyside
WA12 8RA
England

OS Grid Ref: SJ 57896 94400
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Two-storey, brick and sandstone-built former Hospital. Above the main entrance is a dedicatory stone tablet. There are two foundation stones either side of the entrance.
Inscription
Over the entrance: 1924/ Newton-in-Makerfield/ War Memorial Hospital Foundation stone to the left: This/ Stone was laid/ by Lieut. Colonel/ Lionel E Pilkington CMG JP/ on behalf of the Members/ of the British Legion/ and other Ex-Servicemen/ of Newton in Makerfield/ September 15 1923. Foundation stone to the right: This/ Stone was laid/ by Captain/ The Hon R W Leigh/ on behalf of/ the War Memorial/ Cottage Hospital Committee/ September 15 1923.
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Hospital
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
History
The Hospital has been closed, the site sold, and is presently secured with metal plates across all openings against vandalism
Costs

Comments: Some of the £800 surplus from the town's Boer War Relief Fund was earmarked for a hospital when the town used other monies from the Fund to create its Memorial in front of the Town Hall (see WMR 15267), but no building arose from this. The site was given by Lord Newton, and the building cost £9000. Equipment to the value of about £1250 from the former wartime VAD Hospital at Garswood was donated to furnish the hospital.

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Private development company
Reference
  • Lancashire Record Office Document DDX153/1/4-(1) The Right Honourable Thomas Wodehouse Baron Newton (2) James Frawley of 26 Saint John Street, Earlestown, wagon builder, Cornelius Cole of Hawthorn Bank High Street, Newton-le-Willows, Clerk to the Newton-in-Makerfield Urban District Council, Henry Thomas Brown of 68 Market Street, Earlestown, draper, Sarah Emma Bate, wife of Herbert Bate of 46 Birch Street, Earlestown, wagon builder, Mary Burgess of The Rams Head Hotel, Earle Street, Earlestown, spinster, Trustees Copy memorandum of agreement, with plan attached, whereby (1) agrees to present by way of gift, and (2) agree to accept, a parcel of land in Newton-le-Willows containing 5a. as a site for a Cottage Hospital which is intended to form the Newton-in-Makerfield War Memorial. 20 Apr. 1921
  • Warrington Guardian, 17/01/1925 - Report of the Dedication and Opening of the Hospital

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