Ward 4 awaiting demolition
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Ward 4 awaiting demolition by Gerald England as part of the Geograph project.
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Ward 4 awaiting demolition
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 10 Nov 2012
Hyde Hospital was built in 1886 as a "Fever Hospital". By 1929 it was known as Hyde Infectious Diseases Hospital. From 1948-1955 it was known again as Hyde Isolation Hospital. In the late 1980s, wards 1 to 3 were converted into Hyde Nursing Home Image operated by Meridian Healthcare Ltd http://www.meridiancare.co.uk/site/scripts/documents.php?categoryID=200145 Ward 4 known as the TB ward continued to be used by some ancillary service until 1996. It is now being demolished.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.44527
Longitude
-2.064099