The History of Oswestry: Comprising the British, Saxon, Norman, and English eras; the topography of the borough; and its ecclesiastical and civic history; with notices of botany, geology, statistics, angling, and biography: to which are added sketches of the environsCathrall, William
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The History of Oswestry: Comprising the British, Saxon, Norman, and English eras; the topography of the borough; and its ecclesiastical and civic history; with notices of botany, geology, statistics, angling, and biography: to which are added sketches of the environs
Cathrall, William
Natural history -- England -- Shropshire; Oswestry (England) -- History
_Honorary Treasurer_:—C. T. JONES, ESQ.
_Visiting Physician_;—DR. EVANS.
_Surgeons_:
MR. MORRIS, MR. E. D. BENNION,
MR. COCKERELL, MR. CARTWRIGHT.
_Dispenser and Secretary_:—MR. J. M. HALES.
The original Dispensary rented for the Charity was situated in Lower
Brook-Street; but the premises being found too limited and inconvenient
for the benevolent objects contemplated, a new building was suggested,
and accordingly, in March, 1852, the Committee adopted a resolution to
the effect, that it was desirable to erect a Dispensary, with Baths
attached to it, for the accommodation of the public, as well as for the
use of the patients of the institution. To carry out this excellent
design a handsome subscription was entered into, amounting to between
seven and eight hundred pounds; to which was added, from the accumulated
fund of the Dispensary, the sum of five hundred pounds. The present
Dispensary and Baths were immediately erected from a design by R. Kyrke
Penson, Esq., on ground near the site of the former Dispensary. The
building is roomy and convenient, containing handsome and suitable rooms
for the Dispensary, with the addition of Warm and Cold Baths, Shower
Baths, a Vapour Bath, and Plunge Baths.
[Picture: Dispensary and Baths]
The number of patients who have partaken, within the last three years, of
the benefits which the Dispensary affords, shows the necessity and value
of the institution. From May, 1851, to May, 1852—Patients, 455. In
1853—Patients, 496. In 1854—Patients, 555.
The Dispensary, with the Baths, was opened May 1st, 1854. Mr. Ormsby
Gore still holds the office of President of the institution, and Mr.
Hales continues to officiate as Secretary and Dispenser. The Committee
and officers are:—
_Committee of Management_:
E. WRIGHT, ESQ., REV. S. DONNE,
REV. G. CAREW, REV. J. LUXMOORE,
R. K. PENSON, ESQ., J. V. LOVETT, ESQ.,
THOS. MINSHALL, ESQ., ROWLAND J. VENABLES, ESQ.,
THOS. LOVETT, ESQ., E. WILLIAMS, ESQ.,
T. L. LONGUEVILLE, ESQ., JOHN CROXON, ESQ.,
_Treasurer_:—J. T. JONES, ESQ.
_Surgeons_:
MR. CARTWRIGHT, MR. BLAIKIE,
DR. FULLER, DR. WILLIAMS.
The Trustees to whom the site for the new Dispensary and Baths was
conveyed are, William Ormsby Gore, Esq., Thomas Lovett, Esq., Edmund
Wright, Esq., and Thomas Longueville Longueville, Esq.
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