What is Whittington Hospital?
'''Whittington Hospital''' is a district general and teaching hospital of [[University College London|UCL]] Medical School and [[Middlesex University]] School of Health and Social Sciences. It is in Upper Holloway, [[Islington]], and is managed by Whittington Health [[NHS trust|NHS Trust]]. It is the place where [[Dick Whittington]] was supposed to have heard the Bow Bells ringing. The first hospital there was St Anthony's Chapel and Lazar House, built for [[Leprosy|lepers]] in 1473.A [[Smallpox]] and [[Vaccination]] Hospital, was built there in 1848. In 1900 it was turned into a [[workhouse]] infirmary. It was taken over by the [[London County Council]] in 1930 and renamed St Mary's Hospital.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Whittington Hospital|url=https://www.livinginarchway.org.uk/whittington-hospital|access-date=2023-03-20|website=mysite|language=en|archive-date=2020-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223113308/https://www.livinginarchway.org.uk/whittington-hospital|url-status=dead}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:University hospitals in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:1470s establishments]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Islington]]