THE DOCTORS

Dr W S Upton
Dr S G T Watts
Dr J A Davenport
Dr D V Reid
Dr J J Markham

SURGERY OPENING TIMES
MONDAY to FRIDAY: 8.40am till 6.30pm

A SHORT HISTORY OF DORRIDGE PRACTICE

Dorridge did not really exist as a community until the mid-nineteenth century.
It was simply the name given to the 'ridge' of land running westwards from Knowle, and joining the top end of the present-day Grove Road and Dorridge Road.

Such few inhabitants as there were here would have consulted doctors from Knowle. The big turning point came in 1852 when the railway was built. Our station (now called Dorridge but originally called Knowle, and later Knowle and Dorridge) provided the impetus for a separate and rapidly growing community.

By 1866 Dr R N Foster of Knowle had made himself responsible for patients in the Dorridge area and in 1900 Dr J O Hollick thought it worthwhile to 'set up shop' here. The practice became fully independent in 1924.

Dr Hollick was a very colourful character, still remembered with great affection by a few of our older patients. He was a great man to hounds, and it was no good being ill if there was a local hunt in progress!

Since those early days Dorridge has, of course, grown very rapidly and is still doing so. The present building dates from the early 1960s and has already undergone three major extensions.

There is still, however, some order in the apparent chaos and we have not lost sight of our reason for being here, namely to help you.

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