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  • Brockhall Hospital Cemetery

    Brockhall Hospital Cemetery

    Following the sale of Brockhall Hospital to the developer Gerald Hitman, in 1993 a memorial was erected on the site ...
  • Brockhall Hospital Cemetery Memorial Inscription

    Brockhall Hospital Cemetery Memorial Inscription

    The words inscribed on the plaque on top of the memorial read: ‘In an isolated institution located to the north east ...
  • Calderstones Cemetery

    Calderstones Cemetery

    Around 1200 individuals who lived in Calderstones were buried in the cemetery. When the long-stay institution was largely demolished around 2000, ...
  • Calderstones Cemetery Campaign - More Information

    Calderstones Cemetery Campaign - More Information

    Please go to Calderstones Cemetery Campaign – Overview for a short summary of the campaign which has grown up around ...
  • Calderstones Cemetery Campaign - Overview

    Calderstones Cemetery Campaign - Overview

    Calderstones Cemetery was sold off by the health authority in 2000, since when for many years there were only a ...
  • Finding Uncle Tony

    Finding Uncle Tony

    In the 2000s, to her surprise, Sue Jarvis found out that she had an uncle, about whom she knew nothing. Here ...
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