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24 unusual facts about St Bartholomew


Barts and the London RFC

The teams from Royal London Hospital and St Bartholomew's Hospital merged in 1995 following the union of St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College and the London Hospital Medical College with Queen Mary and Westfield College, now known as Queen Mary, University of London to form St Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry.

Burnley, Victoria

On 22 January 1885, St Bartholomew's Anglican Church was opened after land had been granted by the Victorian Government in 1870.

Castle Bravo

Sir Joseph Rotblat, working at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, demonstrated that the contamination caused by the fallout from the test was far greater than that stated officially.

Clapton F.C.

In 1888 the club moved to the Old Spotted Dog after it was vacated by St Bartholomew's Hospital.

Edward Treharne

Treharne was educated at Cowbridge Grammar School he later studied medicine ar St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College.

At the time of the game he was still a student at Cowbridge, and later became a medical student at St Bartholomew's Hospital.

Henry Stallard

As Ophthalmic Surgeon to St Bartholomew's Hospital and Moorfields Eye Hospital, he pioneered cobalt plaque radiotherapy for the treatment of ocular tumours, particularly in children.

Humphry Rolleston

After clinical training at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London he qualifiied MB (Cambridge) in 1888 and MD in 1892.

John Baptist Gaspars

The portrait of Charles II in the hall of the Painter-Stainers' Company, and that of the same king in the hall of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, were painted by him.

John Theophilus Jenkins

He was educated at the Central Academy in Charlottetown and at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London, England.

Lewin's Mead

The area was situated outside the medieval city walls and was partly occupied by the estate of St Bartholomew's Hospital and also by Greyfriars, Bristol.

The 13th century St Bartholomew's Hospital which became Bristol Grammar School in the 16th century is situated at the bottom of Christmas Steps.

Phyllis Wallbank

Phyllis was married to the Rev. Newell Eddius Wallbank, long time Rector of the Church of St Bartholomew at Smithfield, and musician of some renown.

Rahere

On his return to England, he adopted a religious calling, and in 1123 founded St Bartholomew's Hospital and the nearby church of St Bartholomew-the-Great, becoming prior of the church, a post he held until his death in 1144.

Raymond Etherington-Smith

Etherington-Smith trained in medicine and became a demonstrator of anatomy at St Bartholomew's Hospital, having held the residential appointments, including that of House Surgeon.

St Bartholomew's Church, Armley

The pulpit is of alabaster and marble, copied from that at the shrine of Sebaldus in St. Sebaldus Church, Nuremberg.

St Bartholomew's Church, Barbon

The stained glass in the west window was made in 1893 by Powell's to a design by Harrington Mann.

St Bartholomew's Church, Edgbaston

A memorial to physician and botanist Dr. William Withering, who pioneered the medical use of digitalis (derived from the foxglove), is situated on the south wall of the Lady Chapel, and features carvings of foxgloves and Witheringia solanaceae, a plant named in his honour.

St Bartholomew's Church, Welby

The Perpendicular "tall" south porch is surmounted by crocketed pinnacles on its gable canopy corners, which Pevsner describes as "oversized".

Thomas Horder, 1st Baron Horder

Horder began his career at St Bartholomew's Hospital and, when still quite young, successfully made a difficult diagnosis on King Edward VII which made his reputation.

William Valentine Mayneord

He entered the field of medical physics in 1924 at St Bart's Hospital in London.

William Withering

He was buried on 10 October 1799 in Edgbaston Old Church next to Edgbaston Hall, Edgbaston, Birmingham, although the exact site of his grave is unknown.

Wilmot Herringham

He started his medical career at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, and was appointed consultant physician in 1904; he held this post until 1919.

Wolverhampton Grammar School

John Abernethy, F.R.C.S. English surgeon - founder of the school of medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital


Abraham Pineo Gesner

He married Harriet Webster, the daughter of Kentville's Dr. Isaac Webster in 1824, then went to London to study medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital under Sir Astley Paston Cooper, then surgery at Guy's Hospital under John Abernethy.

Chipping, Lancashire

The village contains the Anglican Church of St Bartholomew and the Roman Catholic Chapel of St Mary, as well as a Congregational chapel.

Edward Cullinan

His Father, a doctor who served as senior physician at St Bartholomew's Hospital, had no great interest in the arts - though he was a brilliant amateur conjuror- but his mother (Slade-trained painter and daughter of the royal physician, Lord Horder) was an enthusiast for modern architecture and filled the nursery with Aalto furniture.

Giltspur Street

Giltspur Street is a street in Smithfield in the City of London, running north-south from the junction of Newgate Street, Holborn Viaduct and Old Bailey, up to West Smithfield, and it is bounded to the east by St Bartholomew's Hospital.

Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor

In 1962 the Society established its own Chapel in the Priory Church of St Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield, London; in 2005 this Chapel was moved to the Crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral, London.

Jock Marshall

He was Reader in zoology and comparative anatomy at St Bartholomew's Medical College, University of London, 1949–1960, and foundation professor of zoology and comparative physiology, then Dean of Science, at Monash University 1960-1967.

Mark Field

He has run local campaigns on business rates, St Bartholomew's Hospital, assisting the creative industries, the control of rickshaws in the West End, social housing rent rises, the independence of the City of London Police and in July 2011 successfully argued in Parliament for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport's continuing control of the Royal Parks.

Prince-Bishopric of Liège

He was first appointed deacon of church of St Bartholomew and finally retired at the monastery of Cluny.

Whittington Court

Adjacent to the house is the Whittington parish church which dates from the 12th century and is now dedicated to St Bartholomew.

William Dolben

He was (for about four months in 1623) the rector of St Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange before becoming rector of both Stanwick and Benefield in Northamptonshire on 8 November 1623.