Letheren Place, Eastbourne, East Sussex
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Image: © Kevin Gordon Taken: 29 Mar 2008
The Eastbourne Workhouse stood on this site from 1834 to 1919. It later became St Mary's Hospital. The Head Nurse at the hospital between 1924 and 1948 was Miss Mary Letheren and when the hospital was demolished in 1990 this new road was named after her.