Street, Toxteth, Liverpool

The address of the hospital was 4-6 Dingle Mount and in the 1871 Gore Directory it is named "The Dingle Mount Epileptic Hospital". It occupied two semi-detached buildings to the north of Plevna Street and a large building can be found on the map, although the map legend suffers from lack of space and the label is not close to the building. The building is just visible on the Dingle Mount page. Gores directories and the clarity of the 1905 map makes it possible to account for every house on this side of Dingle Mount and thus I can be certain of the placement of numbers 4 &6.

The 1901 census lists the property as 'Liverpool Workhouse Epileptic Hospital 4 & 6 Dingle Mount'. Catherine Norbury is then matron.

By 1905 it is shown on the OS map as 'Hospital Female Paupers' and I have retained this name to be consistent with the map, even if the usage as such was short-lived.

1911 Gore shows it as '4 & 6 Dingle Mount, Epileptic Hospital, Miss Catherine Norbury, Matron'
1926 (Kelly) '4 Dingle Mount, Church Army Labour Home, Capt. H.M.Smith Supt', '6 Dingle Mount, Church Army Hostel, Capt. H.M.Smith Supt'
1936 Gore shows '4 & 6 Dingle Mount, Church Army Work Aid and Lodging Homes for Men'
1946 '4 & 6 Dingle Mount, Church Army (The) Work Aid Homes and Lodging Hostels for Men'.
1955 Kelly it is listed as '4 & 6 Dingle Mount, Church Army (The) Mens' Welfare Hostel'.
1962 Kelly it is listed as '4 & 6 Dingle Mount, Church Army (The) Mens' Welfare Hostel'.
1966 '4 & 6 Dingle Mount, Church Army (The) Mens' Welfare Hostel'

No more is yet known of the history of this hospital. Plevna Street is now closed off and is part of the Dingle Mount Church Liverpool City Mission site. Nos 4-6 Dingle Mount is now occupied by Higson Court, a small development for elderly people.