Watford District Hospital

Financed by public subscription, the Watford District Cottage Hospital, built in 1885, was officially opened in 1886 by Lady Clarendon.  The single-storey building had 9 beds – two wards of 4 beds each and a 1-bedded isolation ward.  Following WW1 it was proposed to replace the Hospital with a more modern one to commemorate those who had died during the War and, at the same time, to establish a permanent memorial to peace. A fund-raising Appeal was launched and the Hospital closed when the Peace Memorial Hospital opened in 1925.