Devonshire hospital and Buxton Bath charity : instituted for the relief of poor persons from all parts of Great Britain and Ireland suffering from rheumatism, gout, sciatica, and neuralgia ; pains, weakness or contractions of joints or limbs, arising from these diseases, or from sprains, fractures, or other local injuries ; chronic forms of paralysis ; dropped hands, and other poisonous effects of lead, mercury, or other minerals ; spinal affections ; dyspeptic complaints, uterine obstructions, etc. etc. ; supported by annual subscriptions and voluntary contributions : annual report for the year 1876 ; management, history, annual statement, accounts, meteorological report and tables, rules and regulations, list of subscriptions and benefactions &c., Bath charity report for 1785, and a copy of conveyance of hospital from the Duke of Devonshire to the trustees.

  • Devonshire Royal Hospital (Buxton, Derbyshire, England)
Date:
1877
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Credit: Devonshire hospital and Buxton Bath charity : instituted for the relief of poor persons from all parts of Great Britain and Ireland suffering from rheumatism, gout, sciatica, and neuralgia ; pains, weakness or contractions of joints or limbs, arising from these diseases, or from sprains, fractures, or other local injuries ; chronic forms of paralysis ; dropped hands, and other poisonous effects of lead, mercury, or other minerals ; spinal affections ; dyspeptic complaints, uterine obstructions, etc. etc. ; supported by annual subscriptions and voluntary contributions : annual report for the year 1876 ; management, history, annual statement, accounts, meteorological report and tables, rules and regulations, list of subscriptions and benefactions &c., Bath charity report for 1785, and a copy of conveyance of hospital from the Duke of Devonshire to the trustees. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    COPY OF LEGAL CONVEYANCE GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS OF THE DEVONSHIRE HOSPITAL. THIS INDENTUKE, made on the 22ncl day of June, 1868, between the Most Noble William, Duke of Devonshire, of the first part; and William Henry Eobertson, of the Square, Buxton, in the county of Derby, M D.; Eeginald Darwin, of Fern, Buxton, aforesaid, Esq.; William Parker Shipton, of the Square, Buxton, aforesaid, surgeon ; Samuel Turner, of Sylvan Park, Buxton, aforesaid, surveyor; John Milligan, of Winster Place, Buxton, aforesaid, draper ; Kobert Rippon Duke, of Spring Gardens, Buxton, afore- said, survej'or; Eobert Bennet, of Hardwick Street, Buxton, aforesaid, M D.; Thomas Dickson, of Wye House, Buxton, aforesaid, M.D.; Eobert Broome, of Burbage, near Buxton, aforesaid, Esq.; Marmaduke Walter Vavasour, of North Wood House, ]3uxton, aforesaid, Esq.; Edward Levett Darwin, of the Park, Buxton, aforesaid, Esq.; Joseph William Taylor, of Hardwick Terrace, Buxton, aforesaid, Esq; Frederick Turner, of the Quadrant, Buxton, aforesaid, surgeon ; Francis Kennedy Dickson, of the Square, Buxton, aforesaid, physician ; the Eev. Stephen Eay Eddy, of the Parsonage, Buxton, aforesaid, clerk ; the Eev. Charles Smith, of the Par- sonage, Fairfield, near Buxton, aforesaid, clerk; George Francis Barnard, of Spring Gardens, Buxton, aforesaid, wine and spirit merchant; William Henry Flint, of Terrace Eoad, Buxton, aforesaid, physician; and Isaac Walton, of the Bank, Buxton, aforesaid, Esq.; of the second part. Whereas the parties hereto of the second part are the Trustees of an Institution known as the Devon- shire Hospital and Buxton Bath Charity, instituted for the relief of poor persons from all parts of Great Britain and Ireland suffering from rheumatism, gout, and certain other specified diseases ; and whereas the said William, Duke of Devonshire is seized of the land and buildings hereinafter mentioned for an estate of inheritance in fee simple in pos- session ; and whereas the said land and buildings have, for some time past, by the permission of the said William Duke of Devonshire, been used by the said parties hereto of the second part (in their character of Trustees as aforesaid) as the Hospital of the said Institution; and whereas the said Wilham, Duke of Devonshire, being desirous of benefiting the said Institution, has agreed to convey the said premises to the said parties hereto of the second part upon the Trusts hereinafter expressed. Now this Inbentuke witnesseth that, in consideration of the premises, He, the said William, Duke of Devonshire, doth hereby grant and convey unto the said parties hereto of the second part, and their heirs, all that piece of land situate at Buxton, in the county of Derby, containing by estimation 2a. 2r. 2p., or thereabouts, and abutting and bounded as more particularly described in the plan drawn in the margin of these presents, and therein coloured pink; together with all buildings now standing and being thereon ;