Commemorative Plaque - Westwood Cross, Haine, Kent, CT10 2BF
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A commemorative plaque for the placement of a Foundation Stone of the former Haine Hospital into the original hospital gateway.
Waymark Code: WMEKXP
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/11/2012
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A commemorative plaque for the placement of a
Foundation Stone of the former Haine Hospital into the original hospital
gateway.
The plaque reads;
This foundation stone built into this wall is / from
the Haine Hospital formerly on this site, / which was opened in 1901 and was /
demolished in March 2004.
The Hospital was built and initially operated as an
isolation / hospital. From 1955 it also became the dermatological unit / and
centre for care of chronically sick and geriatrics. / By the time of its closure
in October 1986 it was / exclusively a geriatric hospital.
This wall formed the entrance gateway / and the
engravings on the wall, were scribed by the / military patients who were treated
here during / the first and second World wars.
The Foundation stone itself reads;
ISLE OF THANET
JOINT HOSPITAL / BOARD.
THIS STONE WAS LAID BY / THE Rt.HON JAMES LOWTHER,
M.P. /
FOR THE THANET DIVISION OF KENT / OCTOBER 29TH 1900 /
GEORGE MORAY MACFARLANE. / MAYOR OF MARGATE. /
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, J.P.
ALDERMAN JOHN BARNETT HODGSON. / MAYOR OF RAMSGATE,
J.P. /
HENRY WILLIAM BRITTON. / CHAIRMAN OF THE BROADSTAIRS
AND ST PETERS / URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL J.P. /
ARTHUR FLINT M.D., J.P. / CHAIRMAN OF THE ISLE OF
THANET / RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL /
A. BROMLEY BURROWS CLERK TO THE BOARD /
HENRY BERTRAM LANCHAM / WILLIAM GEORGE OSBOURNE /
JOINT ARCHITECTS /
WILLIAM WOODGATE MARTIN / CONTRACTOR