Burnamwood
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Burnamwood
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough Taken: 19 Jan 2010
Boarded up building off Cumwhinton Drive, on the Carleton Clinic NHS site. The property was formerly part of Garlands Hospital, which was originally the Cumberland and Westmorland Lunatic Asylum. According to the website "County Asylums" http://www.countyasylums.com/mentalasylums/cumberland.htm this building was the isolation hospital, dating from 1896/7. Information update, January 2019 : since this photo was taken, the building has been demolished.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.875842
Longitude
-2.88251