Old and new, Pinderfields Hospital
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Old and new, Pinderfields Hospital
Image: © John Goldsmith Taken: 26 Dec 2011
Most of Wakefield's famous Pinderfields Hospital has been demolished and rebuilt in the last few years. Here one old part continues, alongside newer neighbours. The road leads to a car park on the map but in reality now ends at a fence. The photograph was taken from a footpath. Anyone know what double red lines mean? Behind the photographer is the space actually known as Pinder Field. The ancient word 'pinder' means a person authorised to impound animals, presumably those found straying. Maybe it should have been the prison that was built on this site!
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Image Location
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53.692646
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-1.49143