In 1957, approval was given to break ground on a new hospital, the first built in England following the creation of the National Health Service.
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In 1924, the Earl of Lonsdale sold Whitehaven Castle to Mr H. Walker, who then donated the building to the people of Cumbria, along with monies to convert it into a hospital to replace the Victorian Whitehaven Hospital.
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