The Old Hospital, Chapelfields, Cuckfield
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The Old Hospital, Chapelfields, Cuckfield
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 17 Feb 2015
Built in 1843 as a workhouse to replace Image it became a hospital between the wars being given over to the Canadian Army during the Second World War and became part of the National Health Service in 1947. The hospital closed in 1991 with all its services transferred to the Princess Royal in Haywards Heath. The main administrative block has now been converted into flats whilst Image and the old lodges fronting Ardingly Road have also survived, the rest, however, have been demolished and turned into a residential estate. Prior to the construction of the workhouse this was an open field called Old Meadow according to Cuckfield's 1843 tithe map.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.014995
Longitude
-0.136277