Tywyn Hospital

The Towyn and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital was established on the outskirts of the town, on land known as Pen-y-bryn Mawr that was gifted by Thomas Corbett of Ynysymaengwyn. The foundation stone was laid by Dame Margaret Lloyd George on 11 August 1920 and the hospital was officially opened by Sir Osmond Williams on 17 August 1922. As indicated by its original name, the hospital was built to commemorate local soldiers who had died in the First World War. It originally had accommodation for eight beds and an operating theatre and cost £8,000 to build. A maternity unit was added in 1932 and, after it joined the National Health Service in 1948, a continuing care ward was opened by the…