History of the Beaumont Sainsbury Animal Hospital
The Royal Veterinary College has stood in Camden since 1791. Originally most of the animals treated were horses and livestock, but some companion animals have always been seen (during 1828 for example sixteen dogs were admitted for treatment). As the years passed, domestic companion animals became increasingly important in society and the university widened this aspect of its curriculum. Accordingly they started building The Beaumont Animals' Hospital in 1932.
The hospital was completed and opened in 1933 as an undergraduate teaching hospital. £25,000 came from the will of a wealthy Yorkshire lady - Mrs Sarah Martin Grove-Grady, the daughter of J Beaumont of Huddersfield. She had helped establish the first horse ambulance service in London.
It has remained open ever since and like the Windmill theatre was kept open during the Second World War when the rest of the college was evacuated. The small animal referral and equine work moved to the Potters Bar site in 1958. 
The Beaumont remained in Camden as the RVC's general practice.
We are still deeply committed to providing a high quality, approachable, professional and caring service to the pet owners of North London. The Beaumont Sainsbury Animal Hospital is able to demonstrate to the students through its city centre location a much more mixed client base than would be seen elsewhere and to attract animals for them each year to neuter.