Princess Royal Hospital

Details

Name :

Princess Royal Hospital

Address  :

Lewes Road

Town  :

Haywards Heath

State  :

West Sussex

Country  :

UK

Post Code:

RH16 4EX

Phone  :

01444 441881

Web URL  :



History

History
The Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath West Sussex is situated in the heart of Mid Sussex

In 1859 the Sussex County Lunatic Asylum later St Francis Hospital and now the Princess Royal Hospital opened and the asylum along with the railway became the areas biggest employer housing well over 900 patients

In 1841 the first railway link between London and Haywards Heath was opened giving rise to a new period of growth and prosperity centred on the railway which brought new residents and business to the town

Part of St Francis Hospital was renamed the Princess Royal when the Cuckfield and Haywards Heath hospital moved into new buildings in the grounds of St Francis in the 1980s
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