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Hospitals and workhouses of Exeter - some histories

Page updated 24th January 2014

RD and E Hospital

The Blue Maids' Hospital School
The Heavitree or City Hospital and Workhouse
The Exeter Dispensary
The Magdalen Hospital
The Old City Hospital and Workhouse
The Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Hospital Updated
The Redhills Hospital and Workhouse
The Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital
  The first X-Ray and early cancer treatment New
The Hospitals of St Alexius and St John
The St Thomas Hospital for Lunatics Updated
The West of England Eye Infirmary
Wonford House

Sources: A History of the Exeter Hospitals - 1170 to 1948 by P M G Russell, workhouse.org.uk, institutions.org.uk, Exeter Burning by Peter Thomas, the Hotel Barcelona and the Express and Echo.

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