1978/Heskett: St Audry's, death place of Edward Heskett
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DIGITAL IMAGE only. Date of postcard unknown.
Edward Heskett died here in 11 December 1978, having been suffering for some years from dementia, possibly brought on by a severe head injury sustained while on a cruise ship.
"The site and buildings of St Audry’s Hospital in Melton were formerly those of the House of Industry for the Loes and Wilford Hundred Incorporation formed in 1765. In 1827 the building became the Suffolk County Asylum. It received patients from across the whole of the county, including the West and North-East. In 1907 it became the Suffolk District Asylum. It was known as St Audry’s Hospital for Mental Diseases from 1916." {Suffolk Archives]
