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| + | Manzil Way is home to numerous NHS and third sector health organizations, as well as the East Oxford Mosque. | ||
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| + | == 1863 - 1983 == | ||
| − | Manzil Way | + | The whole of the Manzil Way site was formerly home to the imposing Oxford City Workhouse, approached by a long drive (now Manzil Way road). This workhouse for 330 inmates replaced the former city workhouse on Rats & Mice Hill (Little Clarendon Street). It stood on eleven acres of land bought from Magalen and Pembroke Colleges. Its foundation stone was laid on 6 April 1863 and it was completed in 1865. |
| − | + | During the First World War it was used as a military hospital. | |
| − | + | [[File:Cowley road hospital|frame|Postcard by Henry Taunt showing the former Cowley Road Workhouse when it was the 3rd Southern General Hospital: Cowley section during the First World War]] | |
| − | + | The building became a geriatric hospital in 1929, and the place of death of many people is described in burial registers as taking place at "205A Cowley Road". In 1951 the first geriatric day hospital in the country was opened on the site. The hospital closed in about 1983.<ref>[http://www.oxfordshirehealtharchives.nhs.uk/hospitals/cowley_road.htm/ Oxfordshire Health Archives: Cowley Road Hospital]</ref> | |
| − | + | All that remains of the former workhouse is the chapel behind the mosque (now the Asian Cultural Centre). The buildings behind Restore, now used by Oxford Health NHS Trust for mental health services, seem to date from the time of the geriatric hospital (c.1950s). | |
| − | ==Before then?== | + | == Before then? == |
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| − | Do you know more about this business, or remember what was at this address before? | + | Do you know more about this business, or remember what was at this address before? Do you have any old photographs or memories to share? Please add them to the site! Here is a [[How_to_contribute|how-to guide]] |
| − | Do you have any old photographs or memories to share? | + | |
| − | Please add them to the site! Here is a [[ | + | == References == |
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Revision as of 07:16, 23 July 2017
This is the page for Manzil Way, off Cowley Road.
Contents
Present
Manzil Way is home to numerous NHS and third sector health organizations, as well as the East Oxford Mosque.
1863 - 1983
The whole of the Manzil Way site was formerly home to the imposing Oxford City Workhouse, approached by a long drive (now Manzil Way road). This workhouse for 330 inmates replaced the former city workhouse on Rats & Mice Hill (Little Clarendon Street). It stood on eleven acres of land bought from Magalen and Pembroke Colleges. Its foundation stone was laid on 6 April 1863 and it was completed in 1865.
During the First World War it was used as a military hospital.
The building became a geriatric hospital in 1929, and the place of death of many people is described in burial registers as taking place at "205A Cowley Road". In 1951 the first geriatric day hospital in the country was opened on the site. The hospital closed in about 1983.[1]
All that remains of the former workhouse is the chapel behind the mosque (now the Asian Cultural Centre). The buildings behind Restore, now used by Oxford Health NHS Trust for mental health services, seem to date from the time of the geriatric hospital (c.1950s).
Before then?
Cowleyroad.org is a DIY community history - help us write it!
Do you know more about this business, or remember what was at this address before? Do you have any old photographs or memories to share? Please add them to the site! Here is a how-to guide
