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The new hospital replaced the Bedford Lunatic Asylum in Ampthill Road in Bedford, which had been built in 1812. The Fairfield Hospital was designed by George Fowler Jones with the longest corridor in the United Kingdom, at half a mile long. The clay for its bricks came from the nearby Arlesey Pits.
Mar 29, 2005 · In 1960 it was renamed Fairfield hospital. It was during this time that one of the chaplains the reverend John Arthur Monk made national news when he married a girl forty years his junior.
Aug 9, 2021 · For 140 years the Three Counties Asylum, or Fairfield Hospital as it would later be named, was the destination for anyone deemed mentally unwell - from children with learning disabilities to the criminally insane.
- Josh Bolton
The Hospital became part of the National Health Service in 1948, and was renamed Fairfield Hospital in 1960. The Government published “Care in the Community” in 1981 leading to a great change in the provision of care for patients with Mental Health problems, and ultimately leading to the closure of large psychiatric Hospitals.
Jan 30, 2022 · For 140 years the Three Counties Asylum, or Fairfield Hospital as it would later be named, was where anyone deemed mentally unwell was sent - from children with learning disabilities to the criminally insane.
- Josh Bolton
In 1927 the name was changed to The Three Counties Hospital, which in turn changed its name to Fairfield Hospital in the 1960s. The hospital continued until 1998 when it was closed and the...
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It was renamed to 'Queen's Memorial Infectious Diseases Hospital' between 1919 and 1947. In 1948, new legislation enabled the hospital to treat general medical and surgical patients, and hence was renamed 'Fairfield Hospital', until 1969. From 1940, the hospital became a training school for nurses.
