The final ward at bangour eventually closed in 2004. A history of bangour village and general hospitals by hendrie, william fyfe, macleod, donald isbn. There was no record of a hospital cadetcadet nurse scheme to help feed recruitment. Set in a central position on the site and in a severe romanesque style, it is one of the most impressive hospital churches in scotland. The courier and our friends at west lothian local history library have teamed up to help readers take a trip down memory lane we will be featuring regular photos and. Bangour general hospital was run down and closed and subsequently demolished following the opening of st johns hospital in nearby livingston in 1989. A history of bangour village and general hospitals by hendrie, william fyfe. After general medical services transferred to the newlyopened st johns hospital in nearby livingston, bangour general hospital closed in the early 1990s. Rummaging in the attic i unearthed some old slides of bangour hospital that i had taken in about 1990, though with all the appearance of. Jul 07, 2015 in 1989, st johns hospital opened in nearby livingston, and services were transferred from bangour general hospital, which closed in the early 1990s. A history of bangour village and general hospitals. Tender, conditions of contract, specification and bill of quantities. Bangour village hospital and other abandoned buildings.
Aug 21, 2011 bangour village hospital not far from where i live there is a hamlet called bangour and next to it is bangour village hospital. In 1902 the edinburgh district lunacy board purchased the 960 acre bangour estate. Not to be confused with the village hospital, bangour general was constructed in 1939 just to the north west of the village in order to cope with wounded soldiers from the second world war. The former nurses home of bangour village hospital is an integral and important part of the former psychiatric hospital complex and is situated in a. In 1918 bangour general hospital was created in the grounds, but the hospital began winding down in 1989 with services being transferred to the newly built st. The asylum which was modelled on a german villageplan design similar to that of the altscherbitz asylum of the 1870s. The junction hosted several sidings, and was located where the a899 livingston spine road crosses the railway today. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. General hospital aired its 10,000th episode on april 17, 2002, with an episode that revolved around the shows longestrunning cast member, rachel ames. Bangour village hospital, former nurses home, ecclesmachan. This is one of a group of 4 four villas which are situated around the former administration building see separate listing of the complex. Lhb44 bangour village hospital introduction 1 edinburgh.
Bangour village psychiatric hospital dechmont, west. I am sure there was a waterworks maybe hospital sewage works. Bangour village hospital was a psychiatric hospital located west of dechmont in west lothian, scotland. The place can be glimpsed briefly though a break in the trees as you whizz along the motorway between edinburgh and glasgow and there a couple of signposts although with no indicators as to what the place is. A history of bangour village and general hospitals hendrie, william f on. However in 1939 the hospital again became the edinburgh war hospital, with an additional annexe, which became bangour general hospital. A brief history of tp, from silk road hygiene to pandemic hoarding. Macleod aberdeen university press, 1991 hospitals 234 pages. There are health and safety issues at bangour village hospital.
Bangour general hospital was built during the second world war as an annexe to bangour village hospital for mental diseases and was run by the department of health for scotland under the emergency hospitals scheme. Bangour village hospital feature page on undiscovered scotland. Bangour fauldhouse ward the war office announced in may 1915 that it was taking over bangour village hospital for use as a war hospital. At this time many temporary shelters were erected to the nw of the site and this became the basis of the bangour general hospital now demolished. A history of bangour village and general hospitals william f. Bangour village hospital is a hospital in scotland. Sorry, there are no tours or activities available to book online for the dates you selected. Situated 14 miles from edinburgh in hilly woodlands, bangour, near broxburn, was the ideal place for such a hospital.
The village hospital also started to wind down after the opening of st johns with the last remaining ward closing in 2004. In 1918 when the asylum has around 3000 patients it was renamed as bangour village hospital and operated under this name until. By the 1990s only a few villas or wards were still active. This is one of a group of 4 four villas which are situated around the former administration.
Bangour war hospital 19141918 the long, long trail. Bangour village hospital aka edinburgh district asylum. Administrative biographical history bangour general hospital was built during the second world war as an annexe to bangour village hospital for mental diseases and was run by the department of health for scotland under the emergency hospitals scheme. Dechmont, bangour village hospital, church canmore. Dechmont, bangour village hospital, hospital block canmore. In the 1950s bangour village hospital began to take patients from west lothian as well as edinburgh, finally ceasing to take edinburgh patients in 1974. The village hospital also started to wind down after the opening of st johns, with the last remaining ward closing in 2004. They had this concept of the show that it was like a big wagon wheel the spokes would be the characters and. The episode was notable for showcasing the shows long history in a series. Eastern general hospital, seafield road, leith the eastern general hospital was built as leith poorhouse, to designs by j. Oct 10, 2015 the now derelict bangour village hospital is a large psychiatric hospital complex which first opened in 1906 as the edinburgh district asylum.
Extract from the 2nd edition os map, revised in 1912. My father later moved to bangour general hospital where he variously did clinical teaching, worked as a nursing officer on the surgical wards and was appointed to the commissioning team for the. A history of bangour village and general hospitals new edition by hendrie, william fyfe, macleod, donald isbn. Reproduced by permission of the national library of scotland. There is a folder of historical information which contains some bangour village.
In 1974 the scotland south eastern regions bangour group of nursing was based at broxburn, west lothian. Author jenni fagan returns to bangour village hospital to discover the history of the pioneering psychiatric hospital and explore the story of over 800 unmarked. Dec 02, 2017 bangour village hospital was a psychiatric hospital it was officially opened in october 1906 and the last ward closed in 2004. Bangour reopened as a psychiatric hospital in 1922. Harold o tarbolton 18691947 was born in nottingham and came to work in edinburgh in the 1890s. This school had training places places for 60 rgn and 20 rmn student nurses, plus 40 en general pupil nurses per year. Bangour village hospital is situated nearby to dechmont. Bangour village hospital dechmont 2020 all you need to know. The episode commemorated her character audrey march hardy, celebrating her 10,000th shift as a nurse at the hospital. The mental health patients were moved to other asylums, and the hospital was converted and ready for army patients within six weeks. Bangour village hospital finally closed its doors 100 years after it was originally began treating patients. Bangour village psychiatric hospital haunted auckland. Originally a psychiatric hospital under the name edinburgh district asylum, bangour village hospital officially opened in october 1906 more than two years after the first patients arrived in. Opened to serve a hospital in 1905, the station did not survive to the 1923 grouping, being closed by the north british railway in 1921.
Bangour village hospital not far from where i live there is a hamlet called bangour and next to it is bangour village hospital. After the war, the building became bangour general hospital and the older buildings were reverted back to a mental hospital. The now derelict bangour village hospital is a large psychiatric hospital complex which first opened in 1906 as the edinburgh district asylum. Bangour village hospital scotland share your paranormal. Bangour village hospital is the best surviving example in scotland of a psychiatric hospital created in the village system of patient care, a revolutionary concept in the late 19th century. Bangour village hospital continued as a psychiatric hospital until 2004. Be careful and i am not responsible for you going into the building though happy exploring i hope you enjoyed the video leave a like and subscribe. I have found one of my interviews a woman who spent time in the general hospital in the 1980s a friends mother also i am going to arrange to go to the edinburgh university archives to view records held on the asylum between the years 1906 and 1918 apparently this was one of the busiest times and i am interested in seeing how the whole different environmenthaving the. The last ward at bangour eventually closed in 2004. After the war the annex became bangour general hospital, offering general medical services across west lothian, while bangour village hospital again reverted to use as a mental hospital. A history of bangour village and general hospitals by william f hendrie online at alibris uk. Haunted history haunting history of bangour village. In 1918 when the asylum has around 3000 patients it was renamed as bangour village hospital and operated under this name until its. The former hospital block is a welldetailed building situated in a prominent high position within the complex.
Bangour village hospital was a psychiatric hospital it was officially opened in october 1906 and the last ward closed in 2004. After the war, it became the bangour general hospital offering general medical services for people in west lothian, while the rest of the site. Bangour village hospital dechmont, scotland atlas obscura. In 1989, st johns hospital opened in nearby livingston, and services were transferred from bangour general hospital, which closed in the early 1990s. I ordered the general hospitial scrapbook and hoping sometime in the near furture some classic dvds of general hospital is made. Bangour village psychiatric hospital dechmont, west lothian. A portrait of a gunshot patient whose missing eye and socket is being repaired with a cartilege graft at bangour hospital. Originally built as prefabricated huts bangour general was only meant to last 10 years, but it excelled and outlived its expectancy and eventually closed. The former recreation hall is a welldetailed building with a fine surviving decorative interior, designed by a renowned architect and centrally located.
It was opened officially in october 1906, then in 1918 bangour general hospital was created in the extensive grounds but the hospital began winding down in 1989. A patient whose eye socket is being repaired with a. Bangour general hospital was built during the second world war as an annexe to bangour village hospital for mental. By the beginning of the twentieth century the problem of mental illness in edinburgh had become acute, and the need for a new psychiatric hospital was pressing. Sep 12, 2012 in 1989, st johns hospital opened in nearby livingston, and services were transferred from bangour general hospital, which closed in the early 1990s. There was no record of a hospital cadetcadet nurse scheme to. Sep 04, 2015 the church at bangour village hospital, photographed by rcahms in 1993. General hospital was created by frank and doris hursley and premiered on april 1, 1963. The church at bangour village hospital, photographed by rcahms in 1993.
May 16, 2016 the courier and our friends at west lothian local history library have teamed up to help readers take a trip down memory lane we will be featuring regular photos and details from west lothian. Oct 06, 2016 be careful and i am not responsible for you going into the building though happy exploring i hope you enjoyed the video leave a like and subscribe. Bangour hospitalvillage this siteblog is a project. He was involved in designing a variety of building types, including a number of episcopal churches throughout scotland. After the war this building became the bangour general hospital, which remained opened all the way up til the complete closure of bangour village in 2004 almost exactly a century after it started accepting its first patients. A church was added to the site in 192430 designed by h. The first stories were mainly set on the seventh floor of general hospital, in an unnamed midsized eastern city the name of the city, port charles, would not be mentioned until the late 1970s. Villa 32 was the last villa to close, with donald a. The bangour railway as it was known began with an east facing junction at bangour junction on the edinburgh and bathgate railway. She took the pics in the woods just off the old mortuary road where it follows the wee burn, and just off the old pavilion playing fields.
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