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The Royal Albert Hospital was a hospital in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. It opened in 1870 as an institution for the care and education of children with learning problems. By 1909 there were 662 children in residence. Following new legislation in 1913, adults were also admitted. By the time of the introduction of the National Health Service ...
Edward Denis de Vitre (24 March 1806 – 4 October 1878) was an English physician, twice mayor of Lancaster, England, and one of the founders of the Royal Albert Hospital (originally The Royal Albert Asylum for Idiots and Imbeciles of the Northern Counties) in Lancaster. He was born at Irthington, near Carlisle and studied at the University of ...
Greaves Park. Coordinates: Greaves Park in 2012. Greaves House, now known as Greaves Park, is a Grade II listed house in Lancaster, England, now a pub and restaurant, and is also the name of the surrounding public park. [1] [2] [3] It was built in 1843 by the Reverend Samuel Simpson and was the residence of many notable people for the next century.
The Storey, formerly the Storey Institute, is a multi-purpose building located at the corner of Meeting House Lane and Castle Hill in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. Its main part is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building, [1] with its back entrance being listed separately, also at Grade II.
Ashton Memorial. / 54.04526; -2.78227. The Ashton Memorial is a folly in Williamson Park, Lancaster, Lancashire, England built between 1907 and 1909 by the millionaire industrialist Lord Ashton in memory of his second wife, Jessy, at a cost of £87,000 [1] (equivalent to £10.5 million in 2023). [2]
The museum was founded in 1923, and its collections illustrate the archaeology and history of the city and surrounding areas. Among its highlights is the Lancaster Roman Tombstone, a memorial dating from c. 100 AD which was found locally in 2005. It depicts a Roman soldier on horseback with a decapitated opponent at his feet, and is described ...
List of non-ecclesiastical works by E. G. Paley. E. G. Paley was an English architect who practised from an office in Lancaster, Lancashire in the 19th century. In 1838 he joined Edmund Sharpe as a pupil and became Sharpe's partner in 1845. The practice was then known as "Sharpe and Paley, Architects".
Jamea Al Kauthar is an independent academic girls' establishment located in the former Royal Albert Asylum in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, educating girls in a Muslim tradition over the age of 11. Jamea Al Kauthar started with 60 pupils in 1996 and now has the capacity to cater for up to 450 students. Jamea Al Kauthar adopted and converted ...