Sunderland Union Workhouse was on Hylton Road, and there was also a hospital on the site. It was called the Highfield Hospital, although the building remained predominantly a Poor Law Institution a small number of beds were set aside for the sick and mentally ill. Sunderland Union Hospital was administered by the Board of Guardians until 1929, when after the Board were abolished the Borough separated the Municipal Hospital from the Highfield Institution. The Local Health Committee became responsible for the Hospital. By 1930, the workhouse site had become known as the Highfield Institute and Municipal Hospital. Under the National Health Service, the hospital became Sunderland General Hospital. now the Sunderland Royal Hospital. Stan On 15 May 2011 16:49, Dawn Webb <dawnwebb@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > Hello List > > > > Need some help using local and old knowledge. > > > > We have just received the long looked for death cert of our g grandfather > (and grandfather) Henry BERNHARDT - he died as John HT BERNHARDT on the > Freebmd index!  With his fourth, third bigamous, wife as informant.  Well > well well.   It has taken over ten years to find this and came about almost > by chance really.  Never knew he used the name John!  HT is Henry Thomas and > I knew about both of those.  He died June 1942. > > > > They lived at 10 Raby Street Sunderland UD and googlemaps and streetview say > it is still there. > > > > He died at Highview Hylton Road Sunderland UD if I can read it correctly. > Googlemaps shows the big hospital now named Sunderland Royal Hospital fronts > Hylton road at one boundary.  As he had heart problems and senility, it > seems he would have quite likely been in care. I wonder if it is the same > place?   Please, can someone tell me about Highview in HyltonRd? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Dawn (Melbourne Australia) > >  ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== > To Post a message to this list send it to, > DUR-NBL-L@rootsweb.com > > ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== > List Web Page > http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/durhamgenealogy/index.phtml > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUR-NBL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >