New housing on the west side of Wiggington Road
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Image: © Roger Templeman Taken: 3 Aug 2017
Ordnance Survey documents indicate that in 1956 a benchmark was levelled at 90.443m above Newlyn Datum at this location on St Editha's hospital. The building was originally (1859) a workhouse, later became St Editha's Hospital and closed in 1998, with many of the buildings demolished and the site developed for residential use