Stirling Maternity Home, 1958

[northern_rose]

I have just received a birth certificate for July 1958 where the place of birth simply states "Maternity Home, Stirling".


Would this have been Airthrey castle or somewhere else?

[MonicaL]

It could also be the Maternity Unit at the Lennox Castle Hospital in Stirling.

The Hospital was also a mental health hospital.

https://historic-hospitals.com/2015/05/01/lennox-castle/

Monica

[northern_rose]

Monica - Many thanks for the link - a very interesting site.

For the purpose of birth certificates I would have thought the birth place would have been more specific! "Maternity Home, Stirling" is a little vague.

I think I can make out the fathers address as Killin so they were a long way from either place.

[SandyMcJ]

Just checked my own birth cert and I was born at the Maternity Home, Stirling in 1953. I always understood it was part of Stirling Royal Infirmary.

Sandy

[northern_rose]

Just checked my own birth cert and I was born at the Maternity Home, Stirling in 1953. I always understood it was part of Stirling Royal Infirmary.

Sandy

Thank you!

[Robneve]

Lennox. Castle Hospital was NOT in Stirling. It was in Lennoxtown, about 4 miles west of Kilsyth. In 1958 it was a hospital for the mentally ill.

[MonicaL]

You are right on location, sorry about that!

Whilst it was known mainly as a mental health hospital, It did however open a maternity unit in 1941 in one of the blocks on the grounds.

Monica

[northern_rose]

Would the maternity unit have served the local population? Don’t imagine there would have been enough in-patients requiring maternity services!!

I am aware from reading the links already posted that there was a massive shortage of maternity services in the area.

[Isabel H]

My husband was born in Airthrey Castle, and his birth certificate simply says Maternity Home, Stirling.