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Hales Hospital was originally the Heckingham Workhouse built in 1765, and could house up to 400 inmates.
Extensions and alterations were carried out in the autumn of 1835, in accordance with the requirements for classification and segregation under the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act.
The workhouse was closed in 1927 and converted into an institution for "mental defectives". Control passed to the Norfolk County Council in the 1930's and the building was renamed Heckingham Institution. After the creation of the National Heatlth Service, the institution became part of the NHS and renamed again, this time as Hales Hospital. The hospital closed closed around 1990.
There are plans for redevelopment.........
Lifted most info from
www.neilfellowes.co.uk
This belongs in the pit, I'm having a HDD clear out, and I cant put it directly in but someone may find it interesting perhaps.........
I drove past this recently and nothing has changed.
Main Gate
Boiler House
Small basement area, lots of nooks and crannies down there
Typical trashed corridor. the whole inside has been wrecked.
Entry to lift equipment
lift gear
A bit of attic, funny how the attic has not been trashed?
from the water tower
As you do.
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