St Woolos Hospital

St Woolos Hospital

St Woolos Hospital is a community and mental health hospital serving the city of Newport, Wales and surrounding areas. It is located in the Stow Hill area and is named after Saint Gwynllyw.

The buildings at St Woolos were originally opened as a workhouse by the Newport Poor Law Union.The main Royal Gwent Hospital is close by.

ee also

*St. Woolos Cathedral

External links

* [http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/page.cfm?orgid=79&pid=1795 St Woolos NHS website]
* [http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Newport/Newport.shtml Newport workhouse]

References

*Peeling, Brian and Knight, Cliff (2004) The Royal Gwent and St. Woolos Hospitals: A Century of Service in Newport (The Old Bakehouse)


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