Newcastle, Northumberland Road, Cambridge Hall

HER Number:
10643

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Northumberland Road, Cambridge Hall

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Civil

Site Type: Broad:
Public Building

Site Type: Specific:
Meeting Hall

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. During the First World War the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St John of Jerusalem combined to form the Joint War Committee to raise and organise Voluntary Aid Detachments (VADs) trained in First Aid and Nursing. Cambridge Hall was the headquarters of the Northumberland and Durham Voluntary Aid Organisations. This building was formerly the headquarters of the Northern Division R.A.M.C and was the location of the 1st Northumbrian Field Ambulance and 1st Northern General Hospital. Today only the church remains - the site of Cambridge Hall is occupied by private apartments.

Easting:
2515

Northing:
6485

Grid Reference:
NZ25156485

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Shown on Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; www.donmouth.co.uk/local_history/VAD/VAD_hospitals.html (accessed 2014); British Red Cross, 2014, List of Auxiliary Hospitals in the UK during the First World War