A distant relation 82yrs died 1956 at the Thomas Taylor Homes, Stannington NBL. I’m curious if this was a residence for the elderly, the infirm or mentally ill. In former years it appears to have been a poor house but I’ve failed to unearth anything definite. The informant on her death certificate is shown as an occupier of the homes. Thank you Heather
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27-12-2012, 4:45 AM #1
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Thomas Taylor Homes Stannington NBL
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27-12-2012, 8:47 AM #2
From Wikipedia
There were two hospitals in the village. Stannington Children's Hospital was the first children's tuberculosis hospital in the country; St. Mary's Hospital was an asylum originally known as the Gateshead Lunatic Asylum. Both are now closed.[2] One former hospital north-east of the village near Netherton was built in the 1930s and featured the Thomas Taylor retirement homes for Wansbeck residents. Behind the main complex was the Mona Taylor Maternity Hospital which was named after Mr Taylor's wife and many children were born here until it too became an old people's home and, together with the rest of the site, was then owned by Northumberland County Council. Today this development is known as Hepscott Park with some original hospital buildings surviving in local authority use, other buildings converted into private homes and some additional new houses.
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05-10-2019, 8:38 PM #3
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15-10-2019, 3:38 AM #4
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Many thanks 1Corbridge.
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Shields Daily News, 23 Sep 1954
"A protest that it was a waste of time to draw up plans for an aged persons' home unless it was shown where it was to be sited was made by the chairman of Northumberland County Council ..... to provide accommodation for 50 residents .... urged that the new home should be provided at Stannington .... It would also mean that overcrowding in some of the buildings at the Thomas Taylor Homes at Stannington could be reduced""dyfal donc a dyr y garreg"
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