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Leavesden

Leavesden Mental Hospital was founded in 1870 on the outskirts of Abbots Langley. The hospital closed in 1997 and the hospital has been converted into a private housing estate, Leavesden Court. A charity is operating from the building previously used as the on-site chapel.

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