Losehill Hall, Castleton, Derbys.
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Losehill Hall, Castleton, Derbys.
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 2 Jan 2014
The main entrance into the grounds of the Losehill Hall Youth Hostel (YHA). The land behind the photographer - on the other side of the A6187 (Hope to Castleton) Road) - has an ecclesiastical history as the likely site of a medieval leper hospital (The Hospital of Saint Mary in the Peak). The hospital of the ‘Castle of the Peak’ was reputedly founded by the wife of one of the William Peverels prior to 1153, and its development is thought to have continued until the “Dissolution of the Monasteries” (1536-1541). Sheffield University’s Department of Archaeology and members of the Castleton Historical Society have apparently been involved in exploring the site opposite these gates for the past few years.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.346909
Longitude
-1.768486