Beckenham, Cottage Hospital 1899
Photo ref: 43395
Made in Britain logo

Photo ref: 43395
Photo of Beckenham, Cottage Hospital 1899

More about this scene

The original 1877 Cottage Hospital building survives in Croydon Road as part of Beckenham Hospital. The creeper has been removed, and the chimneys have been cut down, but behind a new low wall the building remains an important local landmark.

An extract from South East London Photographic Memories.

Featuring this image:

South East London Photographic Memories

South East London Photographic Memories

The photo 'Beckenham, Cottage Hospital 1899' appears in this book.

View Book

Memories of Beckenham, Cottage Hospital 1899

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Beckenham, Cottage Hospital 1899

Sparked a Memory for you?

If this has sparked a memory, why not share it here?

In the late 1940s as a child I used to play in the park along side the hospital and remember very young cutting my foot in the paddling pool. A child who was playing with me ( we had no adults with us ) insisted on taking me to the Casualty Dept were I recall they kept asking me if I had had my tetanus injection whilst they cleaned me up. Vandalism meant someone had thrown a ...see more