Harnwood Hospital

In 1919, Harnwood sanatorium, Salisbury was opened with 21 beds for men, to which 16 beds for women and 9 beds in chalets were later added. The hospital was situated where current day Bishops Drive, East Harnham now is. The aerial view shows the site before closure.

During the Second World War beds at Salisbury and Devizes isolation hospitals were used for tuberculosis patients, so by 1946 there were 50 beds at Harnwood. The hospital closed its doors in 1981 and the pictures below show the transfer of patients in ambulances.

Read about D. Cousins memories of Harnwood Hospital from 1962

Patient being transferred from Harnwood by ambulance, 1981

Patient leaves Harnwood Hospital when it closes in 1981

Patient leaving Harnwood Hospital when it closed in 1981

Patients ready to leave Harnwood Hospital when it closed in 1981

Mr Harold Orchard, gardener at Harnwood for 42 years, takes a final turn over the lawn, Oct 1964

Harnwood hospital seen from the air