Derelict Church, Wakefield
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Derelict Church, Wakefield
Image: © Bill Henderson Taken: 12 Jan 2012
This is the former St Faith's Church, Stanley Royd Hospital. The Church was the chapel to Stanley Royd mental Hospital, which once was known as 'The West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum'. The church ceased to be used around 1995, when the mental hospital (now converted into apartments) closed. It is now for sale and falling into decay and dereliction.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.688949
Longitude
-1.488597