# Event Details

- **Event Name**: A History of Exeter Hospitals
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 09 Sep, 2026 at 07:30 pm – Wed, 09 Sep, 2026 at 09:00 pm (+01:00)
- **Event Description**: Mike Richards will speak on 'A History of Exeter Hospitals'.

Mike will cover:

•	The first leper facility (Magdalen Street)
•	St Nicholas Priory
•	Blue Coats School
•	Poltimore House
•	William of Orange in Exeter (school adapted as a hospital in Mary Arches Street)
•	The Workhouse/Old City Hospital (Heavitree Road area)
•	The 'new' city hospital (Where RD&E (Heavitree) now stands)
•	The old RD&E in Southernhay
•	The former Eye Infirmary (West of England Eye Hospital)
•	The Cholera epidemic (1832)
•	The First World War hospitals in Exeter
•	Princess Elizabeth Orthopedic Hospital (Barrack Road)
•	Mowbray House
•	The NHS and the new RD&E (Wonford) Barrack Road
•	The Nightingale Hospital
•	Medical inventions and innovations in Exeter

The event is free for Society members, and costs just £3 per visitor payable on the night. No need to book in advance.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/exeter/a-history-of-exeter-hospitals/200029996599917
- **Event Categories**: nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 74

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Exeter
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: United Reformed Church, Fore Street, Heavitree, EX1 2QJ
- **lat**: 50.721795653975
- **long**: -3.5071306858952
- **full address**: United Reformed Church, Fore Street, Heavitree, EX1 2QJ, 5 Homefield Road, Exeter, EX1 2QS, United Kingdom

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: A History of Exeter Hospitals
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/75f0763060e2277d08ae76d7468fc8e40e0baceef98dc04b4e1a0512809a644f-rimg-w600-h412-dc787878-gmir?v=1787955026

## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is A History of Exeter Hospitals being held?
  - **A:** A History of Exeter Hospitals takes place on Wed, 09 Sep, 2026 at 07:30 pm to Wed, 09 Sep, 2026 at 09:00 pm at United Reformed Church, Fore Street, Heavitree, EX1 2QJ, 5 Homefield Road, Exeter, EX1 2QS, United Kingdom.
- **Q**: Who is organizing A History of Exeter Hospitals?
  - **A:** A History of Exeter Hospitals is organized by Heavitree Local History Society.

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