| Entry Type | Corporate |
| Corporate Name | Bakewell & District War Memorial Cottage Hospital |
| Place | Bakewell |
| Epithet | hospital |
| History | Plans for the Bakewell & District Memorial Cottage Hospital were first proposed in 1891 by the late Archdeacon Balston. The idea was revived in 1907 when a Comittee was formed for the purpose of organising a systematic annual collections in aid of the Hospitals to which Bakewell patients were sent and in aid of the Nurse Fund. ¶ ¶In November 1918 a public meeting was held at Bakewell Town Hall at which it was resolved to take steps to provide a Cottage Hospital for Bakewell and District as a memorial of the Great War. It was agreed that at least £10,000 would be required for the purpose. By a public meeting held on19 November 1919, the promised contributions fell so far short of the estimated cost that a small Executive Committee replaced the existing committee, with Rev E Spink, Vicar of Bakewell as Chairman. The Demobilisation Committee then judged the project suitable for a £4000 grant. ¶ ¶An eventual sum of £5000 was invested in Government Securities in 1919. Thus it was decided to erect a Cottage Hospi |
| Authorised Form of Name | Bakewell; Bakewell & District War Memorial Cottage Hospital; hospital |
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