NoeFlandre/osm-polygon-wikidata-only huggingface dataset:
Warrington Hospital

Warrington Hospital is a health facility at Warrington in Cheshire, England. It is managed by Warrington & Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. History The hospital has its origins an isolation hospital which was constructed on the site in 1893. The Warrington Union Workhouse Infirmary was built on the same site and opened in 1898. The site was occupied by the Whitecross Military Hospital during the First World War. The infirmary became the Warrington Borough General Hospital in 1930 and it joined the National Health Service in 1948. Meanwhile, the isolation hospital became known as the Aiken Street Hospital. The Aiken Street Hospital was demolished in 1973 and the site was redeveloped in stages to facilitate the creation of the Appleton Wing in 1980, the Burtonwood Wing in 1988, the Croft Wing in 1994 and the Daresbury Wing in 1998. Management of the hospital passed to the Warrington General Hospital NHS Trust in 1993. A new £6.25 million intensive care unit opened in February 2009. References External links Official website
Norwich Community Hospital

Norwich Community Hospital is a healthcare facility in Bowthorpe Road, Norwich, Norfolk, England. It is managed by Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust. It was known until 2005 as the West Norwich Hospital. History The facility has its origins in the Bowthorpe Road Workhouse which was completed in 1859. An infirmary was added in around 1880 and a nurses' home (which survives as Woodlands House) was completed in 1903. It became the Bowthorpe Road Public Assistance Institution in 1930 and, although the main building was destroyed by bombing during the Baedeker Blitz of the Second World War, the hospital joined the National Health Service as the West Norwich Hospital in 1948. After a programme of investment it became the Norwich Community Hospital in 2005. References External links Official site
Whiston Hospital

Whiston Hospital is an acute general hospital in Whiston, Merseyside, though its postal address places it in adjacent Prescot. The hospital is managed by Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. History The original hospital at Whiston was established when Prescot Poor Law Union established the Prescot Union Workhouse on Warrington Road in 1843. In 1871 a new general hospital was built with a medical isolation unit added in 1887 for cases of cholera and other serious infectious diseases of the time. From 1904, to protect those from disadvantage in later life, birth certificates of infants born in the workhouse simply gave their address as 1 Warrington Road, Whiston. When the NHS was established in 1948, the hospital, then known as the County Hospital, had 6 main blocks of wards accommodating 500 patients. Renamed Whiston Hospital in 1953, the hospital expanded its range of specialties. In 1960 the 82 bed Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit opened and four years later an Intensive Care Unit and a Pathology Laboratory were built. In 1973 these were joined by a Maternity & Gynaecology Unit and Postgraduate Medical Centre. A scheme to rebuild the hospital was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract in 2006. The works were carried out by Vinci, as part of a scheme with St Helens Hospital, at a cost of £338 million. To mark the completion of the project, the new hospital was officially opened by the Countess of Wessex on 24 April 2013. The only remaining building of the former hospital is the G-Ward block (since converted for administrative and educational facilities and now known as Nightingale House) which was opened in 1996 by the late Dr Eric Sherwood-Jones, a Whiston Hospital doctor and pioneer of intensive care medicine in the UK. Facilities As a teaching hospital, it has well established educational and research relationships with the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University for medical, nursing and allied health professionals. Over 4,000 members of staff are employed across the organisation and as Lead Employer, on behalf of the Mersey Deanery, it is responsible for an additional 2,000 trainee speciality doctors based in hospitals and GP practice placements throughout Merseyside and Cheshire. Whiston Hospital offers the full range of acute healthcare services along with specialist burn care in the Mersey Regional Burns and Plastic Surgery Centre, serving a population of over 6 million people across Merseyside, Cheshire and other parts of northwest England, as well as North Wales and the Isle of Man. Notable births Melanie C, singer with the Spice Girls Steven Gerrard, footballer and manager Kym Marsh, singer with Hear'Say Dave McCabe, singer and guitarist with The Zutons Willy Russell, playwright and composer William Snowden, cricketer References External links St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Worcestershire Royal Hospital

The Worcestershire Royal Hospital is an acute general hospital located in Charles Hastings Way in Worcester, England. It is managed by the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. The hospital replaced the Worcester Royal Infirmary in 2002 as the main hospital in the county of Worcestershire. History The original hospital, known as the Worcester Infirmary, was built in 1771. The Infirmary was famous for hosting the first meeting of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association in 1832, chaired by physician Charles Hastings, which would later become the British Medical Association. A new wing of the Infirmary which included operating theatres, an orthopaedic department and pathology department was opened by the Prince of Wales in 1932. It became the Worcester Royal Infirmary (WRI) at that time and operated until 2002. The old Worcester Royal Infirmary site is now owned by the University of Worcester and acts as their City Campus. A medical museum, The Infirmary, exists on the site. New hospital A new hospital was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract to replace the Worcester Royal Infirmary in 1999, with the new site located on the eastern side of the city. The new hospital was designed by Anshen Dyer, built by Bovis Lend Lease at a cost of £85 million and opened in March 2002. Expansion of the hospital took place when the Worcestershire Oncology Centre opened on the site in January 2015. Facilities The hospital is located in Charles Hastings Way, named after Charles Hastings, a leading physician with a longstanding connection to healthcare in the city of Worcester and nationally. It has 500 beds and nine operating theatres. Facilities management services are provided by ISS. References External links Official site
Wrightington Hospital

Wrightington Hospital is a health facility in Wrightington, Lancashire, England. It is managed by the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust. History The facility was built as a private house known as Wrightington Hall, which was completed in 1748 and extended in 1860. In 1918 the building was acquired for £16,473 by Lancashire County Council, who converted it, for the cost of £129,520, into a hospital. It officially opened as a facility for the treatment of tuberculosis on 16 June 1933. After the hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948, it specialised in hip and orthopedic surgery and rheumatology. This work was led by Sir John Charnley who was one of the pioneers of the modern hip replacement operation and created the "Wrightington centre for hip surgery." A new orthopedic centre and theatre complex built for £18 million opened in December 2015. The trust secured planning permission for an additional 33,000 sq ft extension to the hospital in September 2018. References External links Official site
Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital

The Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital is an acute District General Hospital in Blackburn, Lancashire operated by the East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust. History The original hospital on the site was established as an infirmary for the local workhouse in February 1864. Additions included a medical wing in 1903, a children's wing in 1925 and a 74-bed annexe in 1926. In 1929 it became known as the Queen's Park Institution, a name which evolved to become the Queen's Park Hospital. A new hospital, to be known as the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital, was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract in 2003 to replace the Queen's Park Hospital and the Blackburn Royal Infirmary. It was built by Balfour Beatty at a cost of £133 million and opened in July 2006. In 2019 the government gave approval for a £10 million "care village" to be constructed on the existing site, providing an additional 31 accident and emergency beds. Controversies In June of 2025, it was reported that a patient at the hospital's Emergency Department had died after doctors failed to review an x-ray for 12 hours. An inquest returned a narrative conclusion that stated that the delay in receiving care contributed to the patient's death. East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust's medical director apologized following the incident, calling it a "tragic event". References External links Official website
Rochdale Infirmary

Rochdale Infirmary is an acute general hospital in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. It is managed by the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. History The infirmary was established as the Rochdale Infirmary and Dispensary by Clement Royds, a local banker, in South Parade in 1832. It moved to Lord Street a few months later. A new purpose-built hospital was initiated following a donation by Thomas Watson, a local mill owner, and was opened by John Bright in Whitehall Street in 1883; it was expanded when a new wing was opened by King George V in July 1913. The facility joined the National Health Service as the Rochdale Infirmary in 1948. In June 2011, maternity and inpatient children's services were transferred to Royal Oldham Hospital. References
Sunderland Eye Infirmary

The Sunderland Eye Infirmary is a health facility in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. It is managed by the South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust. History The facility has its origins in the Sunderland and North Durham Eye Infirmary established on High Street East in 1836. It subsequently moved to Crowtree Terrace and then relocated to Stockton Road in 1893. It became the Sunderland and Durham County Eye Infirmary in 1903 and the Durham County and Sunderland Eye Infirmary in 1911. The current facility, which was financed by a gift from Sir John Priestman, a shipbuilder, was opened by Princess Elizabeth as the Sir John Priestman Durham County and Sunderland Eye Infirmary shortly after the Second World War. It joined the National Health Service in 1948. In March 2021, plans were unveiled for a new £36 million Eye Hospital. The trust had planned to begin construction in Spring 2022, with a projected opening date in 2024. Construction on the site started in November 2023, with a revised opening date of Summer 2026. On 19 June 2026, a phased opening for the new hospital was announced. The eye emergency department would relocate to the new site at 2pm on 11 July, followed by all other services on 23 July. References
Sandgate Castle

Sandgate Castle er et slot i Sandgate ved Folkestone i Kent. Den blev bygget til artilleri i 1539-1540 af Henrik 8. som en af de kystfæstninger, der skulle beskytte landet mod invasion. De blev udtænkt (eng: "devised") af Henrik 8. og er kendt som Device Forts som Deal Castle og Walmer Castle. De blev bygget for at forsvare den sårbare kyststrækning, og pga. Frankrigs nærhed er de forsvaret og befæstet yderligere siden opførelsen. Det oprindelige slot, der blev påbegyndt i 1539, er et af de bedst dokumenterede slotte for den tid, og optegnelser findes på British Library. Det kostede i alt £5,584.7s.2d at opføre. Se også Liste over borge og slotte i England Lympne Castle Referencer Eksterne henvisninger Sandgate Castle Arkiveret 6. januar 2009 hos Wayback Machine Sandgate Martello Tower Arkiveret 27. oktober 2005 hos Wayback Machine Colvin, H.M. (ed) (1982). The History of the King's Works, Vol. IV, 1485–1600, Part II. Harrington, Peter (2007). The castles of Henry VIII. Oxford: Osprey. ISBN 978-1-84603-130-4 Harris, E.C., "Archaeological investigations at Sandgate Castle, Kent, 1976–7," Post-Medieval Archaeology, Vol. 14, 1980, pp. 53–88. Morley, B. M. (1976). Henry VIII and the development of coastal defence. London: H.M. Stationery Office. ISBN 0-11-670777-1 Rutton, W. L., 'Sandgate Castle, 1530–40', Archaeologia Cantiana, vol. 20, (1893), pp. 228–257, includes analysis of the building account. Rutton, W. L., 'Sandgate Castle', Archaeologia Cantiana, vol. 21, (1895), pp. 228–257, subsequent history to 19th-century.
Sandgate Castle

Sandgate Castle är ett slott i Storbritannien. Det ligger i distriktet Folkestone and Hythe, grevskapet Kent och riksdelen England, i den sydöstra delen av landet, 100 km sydost om huvudstaden London. Sandgate Castle ligger 4 meter över havet. Terrängen runt Sandgate Castle är platt. Havet är nära Sandgate Castle åt sydost. Närmaste större samhälle är Folkestone, 1,4 km nordost om Sandgate Castle. Kommentarer Källor Externa länkar Wikimedia Commons har media som rör Sandgate Castle.
Aircraft Research Association

The Aircraft Research Association (ARA) is an aerodynamics research institute in the north-west of Bedford. History The association was founded on 22 January 1952. 14 main British aviation companies funded £1.25m to build a large wind tunnel. It was first proposed in 1953 to build the site at Stevington, north-east of Bedford. By March 1953, the current site was chosen. Construction Work started on Monday 7 September 1953. The wind tunnel was fabricated by Moreland Hayne of east London. The transonic tunnel first ran in April 1956. Visits The Duke of Edinburgh visited on the morning of Friday 4 May 1956. He had been planning to land by helicopter in the south-east of Bedford, and to be driven from there to the site by car, but weather conditions were unsuitable. Structure The site has the largest transonic wind tunnel in the UK, known as the TWT, with speeds up to Mach 1.4, powered by a Sulzer axial compressor. It is 25,000 hp electric-powered. Wind tunnels Supersonic tunnel, Mach 1.4 - 3.5, built in 1958 Two hypersonic tunnels Mach 4-5 tunnel, built in 1965 Mach 7 tunnel, built in 1968 Research Projects worked on include Concorde, the Harrier and most Airbus aircraft. The Rolls-Royce RB211 was tested there. The site now works with RUAG of Switzerland. See also Aerospace Technology Institute, in Bedfordshire, launched in 2012 by the government as the UK Aerodynamics Centre British Hydromechanics Research Association (BHRA), also in Bedfordshire UK Aerospace Research Consortium (UK-ARC), formed in 2018, an alliance of university departments List of wind tunnels References External links ARA Bedford
Monkwearmouth Hospital

Monkwearmouth Hospital is a mental health facility on Newcastle Road, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, England. It is managed by the Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust. History The hospital has its origins in the Monkwearmouth and Southwick Dispensary which was established on Roker Road in July 1873 through the efforts of the Reverend Canon Miles, the local parish vicar, and financial support from Samuel Tyzack, a local businessman. Two additional wards were added in February 1896. It became the Monkwearmouth and Southwick Hospital in 1896. The foundation stone for a new hospital in Newcastle Road was laid by the Prince of Wales on 2 July 1930. The new hospital in Newcastle Road was opened in July 1932, and it joined the National Health Service as the Sunderland Orthopaedic and Accident Hospital in 1948. A new ward for patients with mental health difficulties known as the Cleadon Ward opened at the hospital in October 2016. References
Newark Hospital

Newark Hospital is a health facility in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England. It is managed by the Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. History The hospital has its origins in a workhouse established in Hawton Road (now Albert Street) in 1786. The workhouse infirmary, which was established in the early 19th century, merged with the local dispensary to become Newark Hospital and Dispensary in 1868. The hospital moved to larger facilities, designed by William Bliss, on a site on London Road in April 1881. This released the old hospital site for redevelopment as the Castle Brewery. The hospital joined the National Health Service as Newark General Hospital in 1948. The old Newark General hospital on London Road closed in 1996, after patients had been transferred to a modern healthcare facility on Boundary Road which was opened by the Duke of Gloucester in 1996. See also List of hospitals in England References
Newton Community Hospital

Newton Community Hospital, also known as Newton Hospital, is a sub-acute care NHS Hospital in Newton-le-willows, St Helens, England. It is managed by the Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. History Newton Community Hospital originally opened around 1924, on an older site further down Bradlegh Road. In 2006, a planning application was submitted to allow for a development of a new building for the Newton Community Hospital, which was approved. Construction begun and the hospital opened to patients in September 2008. The old hospital site was used for housing. Facilities The hospital features a 30-bed in patient facility, X-Ray, ultrasound and ECG provision, outpatient physiotherapy and occupational therapy, outpatient clinics, a GP practice, a cardiac rehabilitation gymnasium, a rehabilitation garden, and a pharmacy. Purpose The hospital provides rehabilitation services to patients who are medically fit to leave acute care, but for whatever reason require more treatment to be able to help them return home or to an assisted care environment. References
Alderney Hospital

Alderney Hospital is a National Health Service hospital in Alderney (a suburb of Poole, Dorset) and is a part of Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust. History Alderney Hospital was commissioned in 1889 by Poole Rural District Council as an isolation hospital; the hospital provided care for people suffering from a range of infectious diseases including typhoid and diphtheria. Smallpox care was not provided here, instead being provided at Baiter Hospital – erected during the 1887 epidemic. Poole Rural Sanitary District was abolished by The Local Government Act 1894; by 1912 Poole Town Council had assumed responsibility for the hospital. In 2018, £5.9 million was given by the Department of Health to aid older people's inpatient mental health services at the hospital. Facilities Alderney Hospital provides in-patient assessment and treatment services to older adults with organic mental health disorder across two wards. St Brelades is a 17-bed ward for males and Herm is a 23-bed ward for both sexes. The hospital also provides inpatient physical rehabilitation services to older people across two wards, Guernsey and Jersey, totalling 48 beds. Haymoor Day Hospital Haymoor Day Hospital, sometimes referred to as Haymoor Day Centre, is located on the grounds of Alderney Hospital. The unit provides non-residential care for those experiencing mental health crisis in an effort to avoid hospital admission. See also Healthcare in Dorset List of hospitals in the United Kingdom References
Gosport War Memorial Hospital

Gosport War Memorial Hospital is a hospital in Gosport, Hampshire, England, formerly part of the Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust but now part of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. History Early history The hospital was built as a memorial to members of the Portsmouth Division of the Royal Marine Light Infantry based at Forton Barracks who had died in the First World War. Its foundation stone was laid by Field Marshal Earl Haig on 3 July 1921. The hospital opened on 19 April 1923. The East Wing was added in 1932 and the Canon Landon memorial clock, which recognised the life of Canon Guy Landon, Rector of Alverstoke from 1907 to 1947, was added following his death. NHS The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948. New out-patient and accident and emergency departments were added in 1963 and a physical medicine and x-ray facility was added in 1966. A petition with 20,000 signatures prevented the hospital from closing in the early 1980s. In 1991 £10.5m provided to create a new community hospital for Gosport was used to extend the hospital, the work being completed in 1995. This provided beds for General Practitioner, elderly mental health, and maternity services, as well as two new day hospitals. 1990s opioid deaths On 20 June 2018, after an enquiry which took four years and cost £14 million, the Gosport Independent Panel published a report which found that 456 deaths in the 1990s had "followed inappropriate administration of opioid drugs". Assistant Chief Constable Nick Downing, head of the Serious Crime Directorate for Kent and Essex Police, announced on 30 April 2019 that a new criminal investigation into the deaths was to take place. 21st century The extended site now provides inpatient and outpatient services for the local community following the closure of the nearby Royal Hospital Haslar and to complement services provided by the expanded Queen Alexandra General Hospital in Cosham which was completed in 2009. There are four in-patient wards with a total of 70 beds, offering rehabilitation or caring for older people with acute mental health needs. The minor injuries unit, operated by Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, was upgraded to an urgent treatment centre in 2021. Notes References External links Official website Inspection reports from the Care Quality Commission
Ormskirk District General Hospital

Ormskirk and District General Hospital is an acute hospital in Ormskirk, Lancashire. It is managed by the Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. History The hospital has its origins in the Ormskirk Union Workhouse Infirmary which was established in 1853. It became the County Hospital and Institution in the 1930s and, after joining the National Health Service in 1948, it went on to become Ormskirk County Hospital in the 1950s and subsequently Ormskirk and District General Hospital. References
Orpington Hospital

Orpington Hospital is an acute general hospital in Orpington, London. It is managed by the King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. History The hospital has its origins in a military hospital built for soldiers originating from the Province of Ontario during the First World War. It opened as the Ontario Military Hospital in February 1916. An extra wing was completed in July 1917 and it was re-designated No 16 Canadian General Hospital in September 1917. After the First World War it became a hospital for disabled servicemen, taking the name 'Ministry of Pensions Orpington Hospital', and it served as an Emergency Medical Service Hospital during the Second World War. It joined the National Health Service as Orpington Hospital in 1948. The Canada Wing was officially opened by the Canadian High Commissioner in 1983. The accident and emergency department closed in 1983 but then a treatment centre opened in 2003. References
Ashford Hospital

Ashford Hospital is a general hospital in Ashford, Surrey. It is managed by the Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. History The hospital has its origins in the Staines Poor Law Union Infirmary which opened in the mid-19th century. It became the Staines Emergency Hospital in September 1939, Staines County Hospital in December 1941 and Ashford County Hospital in June 1945. It joined the National Health Service as Ashford Hospital in 1948. A new nurses' home was completed in December 1956 and new out-patients and accident and emergency departments were added in 1966. A new maternity unit followed in 1968. The hospital was completely redeveloped in the early 1990s and the new facilities opened in September 1995. References External links Official website Ashford Hospital on the NHS website Inspection reports from the Care Quality Commission