EPW051617 ENGLAND (1936). Leybourne Grange Colony during construction, 1936. This image has been produced from a print.

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Pennawd [EPW051617] Leybourne Grange Colony during construction, 1936. This image has been produced from a print.
Cyfeirnod EPW051617
Dyddiad August-1936
Dolen
Enw lle LEYBOURNE
Plwyf LEYBOURNE
Ardal
Gwlad ENGLAND
Dwyreiniad / Gogleddiad 567907, 159505
Hydred / Lledred 0.40931355106976, 51.309349095163
Cyfeirnod Grid Cenedlaethol TQ679595

Pinnau

Leybourne Grange mansion

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Tuesday 6th of January 2015 02:09:38 PM
Birling Wood

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Sunday 2nd of November 2014 02:31:19 PM
Leybourne Grange Colony. Former Kent County Council "Colony for Mental Defectives"

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Sunday 2nd of November 2014 02:29:32 PM
All Saints' Church, Birling

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Sunday 2nd of November 2014 02:27:14 PM

Cyfraniadau Grŵp

Leybourne Grange Colony, Kent.



Opened in 1936, Leybourne Grange Colony housed patients termed 'mentally defective' i.e. persons with severe learning difficulties. The hospital housed up to 1,200 patients, both children and adults. The buildings were centred around Leybourne Grange, a Victorian mansion originally built for Sir John Hawley.



Other buildings included dormitories, a main hall that doubled as a church on Sundays, a nurses’ home and a hospital wing.



The hospital closed in 1996 and the site is now occupied by the Leybourne Chase housing development with the Manor House, clock tower and a few outbuildings being retained.

Dan Gregory
Tuesday 6th of January 2015 02:08:38 PM