Victoria and the hospital
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Victoria and the hospital
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 10 May 2024
Devizes Community Hospital grew from rather smaller beginnings in the late nineteenth century. This tablet in one of the original buildings mark the fiftieth year of Queen Victoria's reign (opposite is Victoria Road, incidentally). Although the site expanded and more buildings were added over time, the whole site is now closed and the doctors moved to the new £11 million facilities in the southeast of town. It seems the old hospital will be redeveloped into housing, but it is to be decided if this original will survive.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.354464
Longitude
-1.992914