De la Pole Hospital
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De la Pole Hospital
Image: © Paul Glazzard Taken: 30 Jul 2007
Former staff residences of the De la Pole Hospital off Willerby Low Road in the southwest corner of Cottingham Parish. The hospital was originally called the Kingston upon Hull Borough Asylum, founded in 1881 and built in 1883 by architects Smith and Brodrick of Hull. The name was changed to Kingston upon Hull Mental Hospital in 1917, then to Hull City Mental Hospital in 1924 and finally to De la Pole Hospital in 1939. The hospital closed in 1998.
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Image Location
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53.771404
Longitude
-0.440963