Melton War Memorial Hospital Leicestershire ( 2009)

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In 1852 Col Wyndham was made Governor of the Tower of London and vacated Melton to his regret. In 1869 the house was rented by William Chaplin, who subsequently purchased it in 1870. Chaplin preferred the location to the building, and had the entire house rebuilt in Wartnaby stone by R. Winter Johnson of Melton, in 1874. Chaplin lived in the house for some 30 years.

The house and 15 acres of parkland were purchased by Col Richard Dalgleish in 1920, as a gift to the town, to become Melton & District Cottage Hospital. At the time, the local authority was looking for a suitable memorial to honour those who had fallen during the Great War, so in 1921 Wyndham Lodge finally became Melton & District War Memorial Hospital.


Being a Melton girl I have been to this hospital whilst it was in use for an Xray and dentist as a child. Security patrols often and live on site. Luckily we got in before it came on top. Pictures are not too good as it was very dark. I have to say this was the creepiest hospital I have been in winning over St Johns!


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