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Royal Free Hospital - original hospital frieze

Erection date: 1905

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AD Hampstead General Hospital 1905

On Fickr there is an excellent, but copyright, photo of the Hampstead General Hospital and there you can see this frieze in place above the first floor windows.

Site: Royal Free Hospital (8 memorials)

NW3, Rowland Hill Street, Heath Strange Garden

This strangely monikered garden was named for Dr William Heath Strange who, in 1882, founded the Hampstead General Hospital that went on to merge with the Royal Free.

The 4 trees are in the central lawn with the 3 memorials for the hospitals. the Hendrick stone is in the flowerbed behind the camera.

2014: We read that there are plans to extend the hospital buildings onto this garden.

2022: We revisited and this garden has been built over by the Pears Building. There is a small 'memorial garden' to the east of that but when we visited there were no memorials other than the relocated plaque to Rowland Hill. One wonders where all these memorials went.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Royal Free Hospital - original hospital frieze

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Hampstead General Hospital

Founded in South Hill Park Road by Dr William Heath Strange.  Expanded into n...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Royal Free Hospital - original hospital frieze

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Royal Free Hospital - 150 anniversary tree

Royal Free Hospital - 150 anniversary tree

This Mulberry was donated by the League of the Royal Free Hospital Nurses to ...

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Royal Free Hospital - Dewhurst

Royal Free Hospital - Dewhurst

This tree was planted by the nurses and hospital colleagues in memory of Mr. ...

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Royal Free Hospital - Hendrick

Royal Free Hospital - Hendrick

In memory of Helen Hendrick, born 14.11.1953, died 31.07.2012.

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Royal Free Hospital - Mendelsohn

Royal Free Hospital - Mendelsohn

Annette Mendelsohn, 1949 - 2008, child & adolescent psychotherapist.

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Royal Free Hospital - old and new hospitals

Royal Free Hospital - old and new hospitals

To commemorate the unveiling of the original stone frieze of Hampstead Genera...

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