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' Hillcrest Hospital. Main entrance on Sparkenhoe Street just above Swain Street railway bridge. Originally built as Leicester Union Workhose, it later became a geriatric hospital. Demolished in 1977, the site is now houses Moat Community College Joseph Merrick, better known as the “Elephant Man”, was an inmate of the workhouse for 4 years from the age of 17. '





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