The hospital was modelled on the village system of patient care, the best example of which is the altscherbitz hospital at schkeuditz in germany which was developed in the 1870s. Technically speaking, this is o course, correct, yet as we narrow the field to the west, who could possibly consider the conditions. The bangour railway as it was known began with an east facing junction at bangour junction on the edinburgh and bathgate railway. A history of bangour village and general hospitals. The mental health patients were moved to other asylums, and the hospital was converted and ready for army patients within six weeks. 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. Bangour village hospital dechmont 2020 all you need to know. Bangour village hospital was a psychiatric hospital located west of dechmont in west lothian. Bangour village hospital and other abandoned buildings. Exploring abandoned bangour village hospital part 1 bogie on patrol. 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.
There were general public rooms and the building was looked after by a housekeeper and 6 staff. The village hospital also started to wind down after the opening of st johns with the last remaining ward. The greater part of the book details historical facts that took place more than 60. A history of bangour village and general hospitals new edition by william fyfe hendrie, donald macleod isbn. Honorary reader in respiratory medicine, university of edinburgh, uk. Hartwood hospital was a psychiatric hospital located in the village of hartwood near the town. Lhb44 bangour village hospital introduction 1 edinburgh. We continue to make this information available for inspection and reuse but can no longer guarantee its accuracy.
Linda was first baby born in bangour maternity unit. They collected food and other provisions, notably eggs, for the soldiers of ward 20, the villages adopted ward. Bangour general hospital was built during the second world war as an annexe to bangour village hospital for mental. In 1974 the scotland south eastern regions bangour group of nursing was based at broxburn, west lothian. Your print orders will be fulfilled, even in these challenging times. Yearbooks are a valuable part of our local history collection and we gladly accept donations of yearbooks of local schools. The hospital records database is no longer being updated. Some of the maps of bangour ive collected over the years. Media in category bangour village hospital the following 66 files are in this category, out of 66 total. Find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate.
Macleods clinical examination 14th edition pdf free. Besides serving as a place for the treatment of the sick and injured, it may function as a research laboratory, an educational institution, and a major. He married elizabeth, daughter of john hamilton of murrays or muirhouse, and had issue. Dechmont, bangour village hospital, church canmore. This is one of a group of 4 four villas which are situated around the former administration building see separate listing of the complex.
The west lothian site, which is the size of 100 football pitches and includes 15 listed buildings, has lain empty for 14 years. Edinburgh royal infirmary and eventually to a special chest unit at bangour hospital, which is between glasgow and edinburgh. Bangour general hospital closed in the early 1990s. A housing developer is set to take over the site of the former bangour village psychiatric hospital with plans to build 891 houses. Bangour reopened as a psychiatric hospital in 1922. Below is the complete table of contents offered inside macleods clinical examination 14th edition pdf.
The courier and our friends at west lothian local history library have. My daughter and son in law took us to have a look and tell us of the history of the. Bangour fauldhouse ward the war office announced in may 1915 that it was taking over bangour village hospital for use as a war hospital. A history of bangour village and general hospitals aberdeen university press bks. There are health and safety issues at bangour village hospital. A church was added to the site in 192430 designed by h. He has written many books on aspects of scottish local history for tempus publishing. My mother was a nurse here when i was younger and i used to go up and walk her home mortuary road when she was finished her shifts and seen the place when it was working hospital and well looked after and cared for by.
After general medical services transferred to the newlyopened st johns hospital in nearby livingston, bangour general hospital closed in the early 1990s. Sorry, there are no tours or activities available to book online for the dates you selected. In 1902 the edinburgh district lunacy board purchased the 960 acre bangour estate. The junction hosted several sidings, and was located where the a899 livingston spine road crosses the railway today. This resulted in an unpublished gazetteer and formed the basis of a short book, published by historic scotland in 2010 entitled building up your health available free as a pdf here.
Consultant physician, respiratory unit, western general hospital, edinburgh. This school had training places places for 60 rgn and 20 rmn student nurses, plus 40 en general pupil nurses per year. Bangour general hospital was run down and closed and subsequently demolished following the opening of st johns hospital in nearby livingston in 1989. In 1974 it was decided to build a new general hospital for west lothian at livingston, and in 1989 services began to be transferred there. Lhb44 bangour village hospital introduction 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. Dechmont, bangour village hospital, nurses home canmore.
Bangour village hospital was a psychiatric hospital located west of dechmont in west lothian, scotland, designed in the village system of patient care, a revolutionary concept at the time. 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. However in 1939 the hospital again became the edinburgh war hospital, with an additional annexe, which became bangour general hospital. Origin, organization, and performance of all the familiar institutions in u. Mrs broadley has a special place in the history of the hospital as she was the first baby to be born in the bangour general hospital. A history of bangour village and general hospitals by hendrie, william fyfe. The site is bounded by woodland along the north, west and east site boundaries. 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.
A portion of our yearbook collection has been digitized in part by funds from the new jersey historical commissiondepartment of state, administered by the essex county division of cultural and historic affairs. Exploring abandoned bangour village hospital part 1. Not far from where i live there is a hamlet called bangour and next to it is bangour village hospital. From edwardian lunatic asylum to scotlands most modern hospital, this is the history of one of scotlands best loved and most respected institutions. Tender, conditions of contract, specification and bill of quantities. Its no stranger to reports of paranormal activity, giving it the title of haunted bangour village hospital by many visitors who share their story both online and offline lets take a look at some pictures from haunted scotlands visit to this location in august 2015. Scanning the pages of history, one finds the last six years included with the chapters titled modern. Although only serving till after the first world war, bangour s own railway did a fine job carrying construction goods and latterly transporting wounded soldiers from the war. Bangour village hospital continued as a psychiatric hospital until 2004. 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. An outstanding remaining example of a psychiatric hospital built as a village in a restrained scots renaissance style.
Plans revealed for up to 900 homes at bangour psychiatric. There was no record of a hospital cadetcadet nurse scheme to. The national archives search the archives hospital. There is a folder of historical information which contains some bangour village. I am sure there was a waterworks maybe hospital sewage works. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Land at main street dechmont west lothian desk based assessment. You can search discovery to find records held here at the national archives and in other uk archives. The massachusetts general hospital textbook on diversity and.
A history of bangour village and general hospitals hendrie, william f on. Fauldhouse and bangour war hospital fauldhouse helped bangour war hospital in various ways. Many additions and modifications were made to bangour hospital over the years but most interesting was the wee bangour express constructed in 1905. The former nurses home originally had 88 single rooms for the nurses who worked in the medical building see separate listing. Bangour village hospital was a psychiatric hospital located west of dechmont in west lothian, scotland. It is also about its surgeons and nurses and the patients. The buildings of the bangour village hospital sit within their original rural setting and remain largely externally unaltered.
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. A history of bangour village and general hospitals by william f hendrie online at alibris uk. He was served heir to his father and mother 4th january 1679, and had a charter of bangour 6th march 1691. The church at bangour village hospital, photographed by rcahms in 1993. The hospital was modelled on the example of the altscherbitz asylum of the 1870s, at schkeuditz, germany, and represents one of the first village. Bangour village hospital feature page on undiscovered scotland. This week we tell the story of how the bangour asylum. Ordnance survey name book object name books of the ordnance. Tuberculosis patients also began to be admitted, and facilities to treat plastic and faciomaxillary surgery and thoracic surgery were established. 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. Bangour village hospital broxburn, fife, united kingdom.
After the war the temporary facility was developed as bangour general hospital. Lhb40 bangour general hospital 6 buildings and grounds, 19511967 1 dec 1953 bangour hospital drainage contract no 1. In 198990 i undertook a survey of scottish hospitals, funded by a grant from the scottish research council. 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. The board intended to build a large mental hospital there for. A history of bangour village and general hospitals by hendrie, william fyfe, macleod, donald isbn. A memorial to hospital staff killed in the great war though a chapel was included as part of the original concept at bangour, with a war memorial side chapel on the south. Bangour comprised of acute general medicine, acute general surgery. An outstanding remaining example of a psychiatric hospital. Bangour village hospital, is a now abandoned psychiatric hospital located in west lothian, scotland.
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