Hospital of the Holy Innocents
English medieval hospitals and almshousesHospitals established in the 12th centuryLeper hospitalsOrder of Saint Lazarus
The Hospital of the Holy Innocents, or the Melandry was a Leper Hospital on South Park common in Lincoln, England. It was founded in the late 11th or early 12th century either by Bishop Remigius or Henry I. It was possibly the first Leper Hospital to be founded in England. In 1422 the confraternity of Burton Lazars was granted the Hospital of the Holy Innocents. At the time of Dissolution of the Monasteries, the Hospital, together with the Burton Lazars hospital were purchased by William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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South Park, Lincoln Boultham
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N 53.214598 ° | E -0.543955 ° |
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Queen's Park Community Hub Futures Café
South Park
LN5 8EN Lincoln, Boultham
England, United Kingdom
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