page_title: Huddersfield Royal Infirmary
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Huddersfield Royal Infirmary / History
caption_attribution_description: English: The Old Royal Infirmary Built in 1830 by Joseph Kaye who also built the Railway Station, the Infirmary lasted until 1966 when the then Polytechnic Authority took it over and the new Hospital at Lindley was opened.
context_page_description: The Huddersfield Royal Infirmary is a hospital situated in the English town of Huddersfield, part of Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust. It is situated in the suburb of Lindley and provides general services, emergency services and some specialist services.
context_section_description: The original hospital in Huddersfield, which was designed by Joseph Kay and which was located at New North Road, opened in 1831. Additions included the south wing in 1861, the north wing in 1874 and the Carlisle Wing, financed by a gift from Sir Hildred Carlile, in 1898. The foundation stone for a further extension was laid by the Duke of York in 1932; it was opened by Lord Moynihan in 1934.
  The infirmary moved to new facilities at Lindley which were completed in 1965 and formally opened by Prime Minister Harold Wilson in January 1967. It became the base for Huddersfield Pharmacy Specials, a business which had been established several years earlier and which produces mainly unlicensed medicines and bespoke creams and ointments, oral liquids, eye drops and injectables.
  In April 2006, photovoltaic array panels were installed on the roof of the hospital building, providing it with a renewable source of electricity.
caption: The old Infirmary in New North Road
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