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The Whole Hog Bar and Restaurant can be found at the top of Malmesbury High Street, near to the Market Cross. The building originally was built and operated as Malmesbury Cottage Hospital from 1897 to 1925.
We’ve found more than 50 articles that help paint a fascinating history of the hospital in Malmesbury. You can explore them as an interactive map, or listen to them as a totally free-of-charge audiobook (there aren’t any catches!)
Browse the articles
We’ve found more than 50 articles, and that means there’s a lot to explore! We’ve provided a list of what we think are the best, or most interesting in some way, shape or form, below. Alternatively, further down the page you’ll find a full, chronologically-ordered list.
The best articles
If you only have time to browse a few articles, the following list helps you get to the interesting bits.
- 1898 – Ellen Cousins murdered her husband and then committed suicide using strychnine.
- 1900 – Mr. Torrence and Mr. Large crashed through the window of Mr. Pitt’s china shop (The Wild Food Co.)
- 1901 – A seven year-old girl was treated for gunshot wounds.
- 1901 – Joseph Long was treated after explosives detonated in his face.
- 1901 – An unnamed man was treated for injuries after disembarking a moving train.
- 1903 – Harry Gardener was blown into a threshing machine, which amputated his leg.
- 1905 – Harry Bailey was run over by a pony and trap driven by a 9 year old girl.
- 1908 – Jane Freegard was beaten so viciously by her husband that the police found her tooth in a hedge.
- 1912 – Eva Davis died from burns that extended two-thirds beneath the surface.
- 1913 – Seven year-old Arthur Vizor’s right hand was amputated by a lawnmower.
- 1914 – Arthur Garlick died after fracturing his skull against the Market Cross
- 1914 – Private Rosebottom lost a foot after stepping out of the path of one train, into the path of another.
- 1916 – Two-and-a-half year-old Phyllis Edwards drowned whilst her father was held prisoner of war in Germany.
- 1917 – A plane crashed in Charlton Park, in front of a wedding party. In the absence of an ambulance, onlookers carried the pilots.
- 1924 – Thirteen is unlucky for some – for Francis Joseph Henry Rice, he died on the twelfth operation.
Chronologically
If you’re looking for a specific time period, or a specific name, we’ve got you covered.
- 1898 – Arthur and Ellen Cousins
- 1899 – George Ponting
- 1899 – Nathaniel Payne
- 1899 – Joseph Matthew
- 1899 – Superintendent Webb
- 1900 – James Wakefield
- 1900 – Mr. J. Large and Mr. Torrence
- 1900 – William Hale
- 1901 – An unnamed girl
- 1901 – Joseph Long
- 1901 – ? Butter
- 1901 – An unnamed drover
- 1902 – Thomas Hewlands
- 1903 – Harry Gardener
- 1905 – Harry Bailey
- 1906 – William Taylor
- 1907 – Arthur Barnes
- 1908 – Jack Taylor
- 1908 – Jane Freegard
- 1908 – Irene Annie Clark
- 1909 – Phyllis Beatrice Wood
- 1909 – Queenie Kathleen Irene Cove
- 1910 – Tom Griffin
- 1910 – Emma Grahame
- 1911 – Herbert Mills
- 1912 – Mrs. Archer Shee
- 1912 – Eva Davis
- 1912 – Mrs. Wheal
- 1913 – Walter Barnes
- 1913 – Arthur Vizor
- 1913 – Willie Clark
- 1914 – Arthur Garlick
- 1914 – Private Rosebottom
- 1915 – Samuel William John Jones
- 1916 – Fred Fishlock
- 1916 – James Hatton
- 1916 – Miss Gwynne-Davies
- 1916 – Phyllis Edwards
- 1917 – 2nd Lieut. C. B. Fenton and 2nd Lieut. B. F. Parsons
- 1917 – Lieut. Finney
- 1918 – Red Cross Hospital
- 1918 – Marjorie Ratcliffe
- 1918 – Private Percy Musgrove
- 1918 – Miss J. Hanks
- 1920 – Violet Ellen Wilcox
- 1920 – Joseph Major
- 1920 – Rev. John Charles Ramsay
- 1920 – William Jones
- 1920 – Mrs. Haig Giffard
- 1921 – Henry James Ponting
- 1924 – Capt. Peter Jeoffrey Cropper
- 1924 – Capt. B. Fuller
- 1924 – Francis Joseph Henry Rice
- 1924 – Miss Mary Anne Blance Drummond
- 1924 – Tom Cox
- 1925 – Cecil Pegler and Arthur Harding
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