General Lying in Hospital, Lambeth, Middlesex Genealogy

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A chapel which was built as part of the General Lying-in-Hospital, York Road, Lambeth and was one of four lying-in hospitals established in Greater London in the mid-18th century. This hospital was principally intended for the "wives of poor industrious Tradesmen or distressed House-keepers" and the wives of soldiers and sailors. It was used extensively for birthing children. The General Lying In Hospital was opened in 1767 as the New Westminster Lying In Hospital in Westminster, Bridge Road, Lambeth. It admitted single and married women. In 1818 it changed its name to the General Lying In Hospital and moved to York Road in 1828. The hospital closed in 1971.