Boundary wall
Introduction
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Boundary wall
Image: © Mike Kirby Taken: 24 Sep 2008
This wall is all that remains of the workhouse, Workhouse Fold, that once existed in Stanley. Build date unknown but records go back as far as 1803. Converted into houses in 1847, they were demolished in the 1940s and social housing now occupies the site.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.71291
Longitude
-1.479822