Cooper, Sir Astley
The childhood home of the famous surgeon
Hospital, Great Yarmouth General, site of
Now St George's Court residential flats.
St. Mary’s Medieval Hospital
Plaque relating to multiple use of the site, which began as a hospital and ended up as a school
Hamilton-Deane, Dr. Kenneth
Residence of, and Surgery site. Hamilton Court, High Street, Gorleston
Hospital for the Sick and Wounded, site of
Plaque placed on Booker’s Wholesale Warehouse
Isolation Hospital
Site of the Isolation Hospital, 1875-1971, treating cholera, diphtheria, tuberculosis, typhoid, smallpox and Scarlet fever.
Pearson, Emma Maria 1828-1893
The first Red Cross nurse who worked in a war zone, and who was before her time in insisting on cleanliness. Author.
Cooper, Sir Astley, 3 St. George’s Plain
Surgeon to royalty, anatomist, President of the Royal College of Surgeons and surgical pioneer
Royal Naval Hospital
Built in 1809 as a hospital for the Royal Navy
Medieval Leper House, site of
Site of a Medieval Leper House, Plague House, Dwelling for the Poor, Ragged School, Town Mission and School and Pentecostal Church
Gorleston Jubilee Cottage Hospital (GOSH plaque)
First hospital in Gorleston
Body-Snatchers
In 1827, Thomas Vaughan snatched at least ten bodies from St. Nicholas’ churchyard, and sold them for London surgeons to dissect
