York hospitals

[Guest Bob_Billsson]

Hello,

I am trying to find out about two miltary hospitals in York - Nunthorpe Hall and Clifford Street Auxiliary Hospital. Other than their names, I have not been able to find anything concrete.

Any advice on where to begin looking will be gratefully received.

Thank you.

[HERITAGE PLUS]

Nunthorpe Hall is mentioned in this thread.

 

Dave

[SteveMarsdin]

Hi Bob,

Last year they did a WW1 walking trail in York. It mentions the hospital in Clifford Street:

Stop Five

Broken Bodies, Muddled Minds: York’s War Hospitals

Quaker Meeting House, Friargate

Walking down Castlegate, turn right into Friargate and look for the Quaker Meeting House at the white-painted porch.

York’s hospitals soon found themselves struggling to cope with the influx of casualties returning from the Western Front. The building here, behind the Quaker Meeting House, just off Clifford St, was the site of one of a number of auxiliary Voluntary Aid Detachment hospitals which were established in York’s public buildings to ease the shortage. The dining block of the Rowntree’s Chocolate Factory was another such example. Known as the Haxby Road Military Hospital, it offered 200 beds and emergency care for the war-wounded.

Elsewhere in the city, treatment was offered to those men suffering from psychological illnesses associated with the war. Naburn Hospital (then known as York City Asylum), Clifton Hospital, Bootham Hospital and The Retreat cared for a number of patients diagnosed with ‘shell-shock’, many of whom remained there for years after the war had ended. One case study from Bootham Hospital tells of a young officer in the Royal Air Force, who was left unconscious for three weeks after his plane crashed during a raid over London. Once discharged, he was given leave, during which time he got married. Not only, however, did he not remember the marriage ceremony or the church, but he did not marry the girl to whom he was already engaged. He also recollected having many strange ideas, including the conviction that he was a cuckoo or a cow. He was finally re-admitted to the hospital, “intensely confused and emotional, with complete loss of memory”.

[SteveMarsdin]

Hi Bob,

This earlier thread on a Zeppelin raid over York mentions the Nunthorpe Hall hospital (post #2):

 

 

[Guest Bob_Billsson]

Thank you for the replies and links.

Bob

[Tegels]

Bit late, but I am currently doing some research on the Clifford St Hospital, which was at the Friends Meeting House and the one at St John's (then) Training College. The financial accounts for Clifford St are held in York Explore Archives - they also mention sending staff to the Training College and Nunthorpe Hall.