Old Track to Hospital Farm
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Old Track to Hospital Farm
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 30 Apr 2011
The hospital was constructed on land once farmed by Hurst Farm and in time the former came to own the latter in order to provide both provisions and work for the patients, all part of the Victorian drive for self sufficiency. This remained the case until 1970 when the law was changed forbidding hospitals using patients for employment and the farm was eventually sold in 1978. The track is private and no longer seems well used.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.989047
Longitude
-0.094285