[1] The facility was founded by the Rev Thomas Talbot who launched a subscription to fund a hospital in 1775.

[2] A hospital opened in a temporary building in Eign Street in 1776.

[2] The permanent hospital was built on land donated by the Earl of Oxford and was designed by William Parker.

[4] An asylum, designed by John Nash, was added in the 1790s with 20 cells.

[2] It became known as the Hereford General Hospital in 1900 and an additional building, known as the Hewat Pavilion, which operated as an orthopedic ward, opened in 1927.