| covmanuk coventry All posts by this member | 1 of 14 Mon 14th Oct 2013 3:46pm Member: Joined Mar 2012 Total posts:38 Hi to all, can someone help us, my partner is looking for any info or photos of the old 'Municipal General Hospital U D' as this is where her sister was born in November 1945, this is what it says on her birth certificate - hope someone can help
Thanks |
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| TonyS Coventry All posts by this member | 2 of 14 Tue 15th Oct 2013 12:08pm Member: Joined Jan 2011 Total posts:1549 A quick internet search indicates that in 1929 the old 'workhouse hospital' was renamed 'Gulson Road Municipal Hospital' but then maybe all hospitals around this time were 'Municipal' so I can't verify this is what you are looking for. I'm sure others can add more to this.  |
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| dutchman Spon End All posts by this member | 3 of 14 Tue 15th Oct 2013 3:01pm Member: Joined Mar 2010 Total posts:2976 "U D" suggests "Urban District" so possibly one of the nearby towns? |
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| Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 4 of 14 Tue 15th Oct 2013 4:23pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5603 Not necessarily, D - I have U D (Urban District) on my birth certificate and I was born in a house in St Nicholas Street |
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| Annewiggy Tamworth All posts by this member | 5 of 14 Tue 15th Oct 2013 4:33pm Member: Joined Jan 2013 Total posts:1833 What is now the Royal Court Hotel was used as a maternity hospital during and after the war. Do you know where the birth was registered ? |
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| MisterD-Di Sutton Coldfield All posts by this member | 6 of 14 Tue 15th Oct 2013 4:57pm Member: Joined Sep 2011 Total posts:870 I was born at the Keresley Maternity Hospital, now the Royal Court Hotel. Births there were registered in Meriden District according to my birth certificate. |
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| Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 7 of 14 Tue 15th Oct 2013 4:57pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5603 Births at Keresley Hospital / Royal Court Hotel (!) would have been registered at Meriden R D (registration district) |
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| covmanuk coventry All posts by this member Thread starter | 8 of 14 Tue 15th Oct 2013 5:51pm Member: Joined Mar 2012 Total posts:38 Yes it was registered in County Borough of Coventry, that's what is on the form and it has a red 1d stamp on it as well |
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| covmanuk coventry All posts by this member Thread starter | 9 of 14 Sun 20th Oct 2013 11:51pm Member: Joined Mar 2012 Total posts:38 And still no-one can help, ah well, thanks to you all |
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| PhilipInCoventry Holbrooks All posts by this member | 10 of 14 Mon 21st Oct 2013 7:20pm Moderator: Joined Apr 2010 Total posts:4231 Hi 
This is a quote from Wiki which might be worth a look at.
"Following the Local Government Act of 1929, the public health committee of the Corporation took control of the workhouse hospital, then renamed the Gulson Road Municipal Hospital. The hospital was open to all the sick inhabitants of Coventry, but priority was still given to the sick poor. The old workhouse was absorbed into the hospital in 1937."
Just noticed that Tony has rumbled this too.  
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| covmanuk coventry All posts by this member Thread starter | 11 of 14 Mon 21st Oct 2013 10:23pm Member: Joined Mar 2012 Total posts:38 Thanks for that Philip, have you got the link for that, thanks again |
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| PhilipInCoventry Holbrooks All posts by this member | 12 of 14 Tue 22nd Oct 2013 7:19am Moderator: Joined Apr 2010 Total posts:4231 Hi Covmanuk,
Wiki link |
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| covmanuk coventry All posts by this member Thread starter | 13 of 14 Tue 22nd Oct 2013 10:51pm Member: Joined Mar 2012 Total posts:38 thank you for that PhilipInCoventry |
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| Maisha Coventry All posts by this member | 14 of 14 Thu 15th Oct 2015 10:14am Member: Joined Sep 2015 Total posts:3 On 15th Oct 2013 4:33pm, Annewiggy said:
What is now the Royal Court Hotel was used as a maternity hospital during and after the war. Do you know where the birth was registered ?
My husband was born there and our daughter had her wedding in the same place decades later. It was very touching. |
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