Fairlawn, Leeholme, Bishop Auckland
Potential Voluntary Aid Detachment Hospital
Type: House
Property offered for use as a Voluntary Aid Detachment hospital, or convalescent hospital, by Mrs Margaret Hall, wife of Robert William Hall JP, manager of Leasingthorne Colliery. Fairlawn is the name of the house where the Halls lived. It is not clear from the correspondence (see supporting items) if this is the property they were offering, or another in their custody.
For further information:
Museum of the Order of St John http://museumstjohn.org.uk/research/st-john-archive/
VAD Hospitals in Northumberland and Durham 1914-1918 http://www.donmouth.co.uk/local_history/VAD/VAD_hospitals.html
Scarlet Finders http://www.scarletfinders.co.uk/181.html
Civil Parish: Coundon
Contributed by Durham County Record Office
