The former King Edward VII Hospital, Sheffield
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The former King Edward VII Hospital, Sheffield
Image: © Neil Theasby Taken: 13 Feb 2014
The King Edward VII Orthopaedic Hospital apparently owed its existence to the fondness that the people of Sheffield had for King Edward VII who died in 1910. On his death, a fund was set up and the population of the City raised £18,000 in his memory - with the organisers expressing a desire that the money should be used to build a hospital school for crippled children. Later it became the city's main orthopedic hospital but closed in 1992 and has since been converted into residential housing units.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.383345
Longitude
-1.556911