Beckenham Hospital

Hospital in London, England

Beckenham Hospital

Beckenham Hospital before the site was redeveloped between 2005 and 2008

Shown in Bromley

Geography
Location| Beckenham, London, United Kingdom
Coordinates| 51°24′18″N 0°01′59″W﻿ / ﻿51.405°N 0.033°W﻿ / 51.405; -0.033
Organisation
Care system| Public NHS
History
Opened| 1872
Closed| 2005
Links
Lists| Hospitals in the United Kingdom

Beckenham Hospital was a healthcare facility based in Beckenham, Kent.

## History

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The hospital was founded by Peter Richard Hoare, the younger (1803-1877) of Kelsey Manor as the Beckenham Cottage Hospital in 1872.[1] Additional facilities were added in 1877 (the Lea Wilson Ward), in 1899 (the Diamond Jubilee Extension) and in 1924 (the Percy Jones Ward).[1] It became the Beckenham General Hospital in 1929 and benefited from further facilities in 1932 (the Ruth Sutton Ward) and in 1939 (the Trapnell Wing).[1]

After it joined the National Health Service in 1948, a new out-patients department was completed in 1959 and the Douglas Lindsay Ward was added in 1969.[1] The hospital closed in 2005 and the site has been developed as a primary healthcare centre known as Beckenham Beacon which opened in 2009.[1][2][3]

## Notable staff

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* Mary Jane Costford (1858-1946), Matron from 1889 until about 1916.[4][5] Her leaving 'Testimonial' raised over £100.[6] Costford trained at The London Hospital under Eva Luckes between 1883 and 1885.[5]

## See also

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* List of hospitals in England

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e "Beckenham Hospital". Lost Hospitals of London. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
2. ^ "Getting there". Beckenham Beacon. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
3. ^ "Beckenham Beacon meeting reveals 'gold standard' healthcare target". This Is Local London. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
4. ^ "'Miss Costford's Testimonial Fund'". Beckenham Journal. 29 July 1916. p. 3. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
5. ^ a b Rogers, Sarah (2022). 'A Maker of Matrons’? A study of Eva Lückes’s influence on a generation of nurse leaders:1880–1919' (Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Huddersfield, April 2022)
6. ^ "'Miss Costford's Leaving Testimonial'". Beckenham Journal. 12 August 1916. p. 3. Retrieved 3 April 2023.