History of the Warrington Infirmary at Kendrick Street

The picture shows the old Warrington Infirmary.

It was based on Kendrick Street and occupied part of the site where the courts now stand, close to Bank Park and Warrington Town Hall.

It closed in early January 1980 before being demolished later that year.

The Warrington Dispensary and Infirmary opened for the admission of patients on April 10, 1810, for "the relief of the Sick Poor in this Town and Neighbourhood", offering out-patient facilities.

In 1842, a small infirmary and house of recovery was opened, but within 12 years, the building was leased as a militia store; leaving only the Dispensary in Buttermarket Street.

Finally in 1872, in-patient facilities were provided by the generosity of James Hatton, and, for some years the Infirmary was known as the as the Hatton Charity.

A new Hospital building was opened in 1877. In 1948, when it ceased to be a voluntary hospital and came under the control of the Warrington and District Hospital Management Committee, it had 172 beds. The building was demolished in December 1980.