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Elm Road, REDHILL, RH1 6AJ

The area now covered by Ranelagh Road and its neighbours, Shrewsbury Road and Brownlow Road, was formerly Waterslade Farm, which was bought for development in 1869 by the United Land Company. The line of the road appears, without housing, in the 1871 large scale map, with building presumably starting soon after.

Looking south from its junction with Hatchlands Road

Late 1980s development of flats in 5 blocks in Elm Road, replacing 4 detached Edwardian houses used as nurses' accommodation.

Late Victorian housing in Shrewsbury Road.

Looking along Shrewsbury Road, with part of Shrewsbury Court Independent Hospital on the right.

Late Victorian housing in Shrewsbury Road.

The Shrewsbury Road frontage of Shrewsbury Court Independent Hospital, a private hospital on Whitepost Hill, providing psychiatric rehabilitation services for patients suffering from long term mental illness. The first building on the site (not seen in this photo) dates from 1871, when the Reigate Cottage Hospital moved here from Albert Road North (see Image) and was renamed the Reigate and Redhill Cottage Hospital. A wing was added in 1907 with the extension along Shrewsbury Road (seen here) being added in 1923. Over the years, the name changed a number of times, initially to the Reigate and Redhill Hospital, then the Reigate and Redhill General Hospital and from 1923 the East Surrey Hospital. From 1980, its role began to transfer to Redhill General Hospital, with total closure in 1983, with the building subsequently taking on its current role.

The route of a former farm track, linking Linkfield Street and Whitepost Hill (the latter seen in the background). On the right, behind the second wooden post, is Waterslade Spring (see Image).

Foundation stone on the Shrewsbury Road frontage of Shrewsbury Court Independent Hospital, a private hospital on Whitepost Hill, providing psychiatric rehabilitation services for patients suffering from long term mental illness. The first building on the site dates from 1871, when the Reigate Cottage Hospital moved here from Albert Road North (see Image) and was renamed the Reigate and Redhill Cottage Hospital. A wing was added in 1907 with the extension along Shrewsbury Road (the one for which this foundation stone was laid) being added in 1923. Over the years, the name changed a number of times, initially to the Reigate and Redhill Hospital, then the Reigate and Redhill General Hospital and from 1923 the East Surrey Hospital. From 1980, its role began to transfer to Redhill General Hospital, with total closure in 1983, with the building subsequently taking on its current role. The stone reads: "This stone was laid by the Right Hon Lord Ashcombe CB Lord Lieutenant of Surrey on Nov 10 1923 to commemorate the enlargement of the East Surrey Hospital". For a wider view of this wing, see Image, with the stone visible to the left of the entrance.

One of a number of springs around Redhill Common - see Image for another one. Although its accompanying pool is obvious, it has been largely dry for some years. The white brick above the arch originally carried the words Waterslade Spring. The name derives from the farm that used to be here, Waterslade Farm, before it was developed in the 1870s. For a wider view, see Image