In 1871 the Ealing Cottage Hospital opened at Minton Lodge in Ealing Dene.  It was enlarged in 1873 and again in 1886, when it had 16 beds.  In 1893 it was rebuilt, when it had 19 beds and a dispensary.

In 1911 it was replaced by a new Hospital with 40 beds in Mattock Lane.  It was opened by Queen Victoria's daughter, Helena (Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein by marriage), who declared that by command of King George V, it would be known as the King Edward Memorial Hospital in memory of King Edward VII who had died the year before.  

At the beginning of WW1 the Hospital reserved 10 of its beds for wounded and sick servicemen (later increased to 30).  By 1915 the new Hospital had been enlarged to 70 beds.

A further extension - the Queen Alexandra Wing -  built in honour of the late Queen at the cost of £25,000,  was officially opened in June 1927 by Princess Mary.  

The building was extended again in 1937, by which time it had 131 beds.  Several buildings nearby were also acquired, so that by 1945 the bed total had been raised to 160.

It joined the NHS in 1948 and was managed by the North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board.

It became incorporated with Clayponds Hospital to form the Ealing Hospital in 1973.

In 1979  the Accident and Emergency Department closed, followed soon after by the rest of the Hospital.  Services were transferred to the newly built Ealing Hospital nearby in Hanwell.

New housing on Mattock Lane.

The Mattock Lane Health Centre (above and below).

The Mattock Lane Health Centre is on the west side of the Hospital site. (Photograph obtained in May 2013.)

The Masonic Centre in Churchfield Road.

References (Accessed 28th November 2015)

(Author unstated) 1911 Reflections from a Board Room Mirror.  British Journal of Nursing, 22nd July, 72.

(Author unstated) 1927 King Edward Memorial Hospital, Ealing.  British Journal of Nursing (July), 171.

Fenn CR 1919 Middlesex to Wit.  London, St Catherine Press.

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