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Parish of Preston stretched from Nevill Road to the Race Hill in the 19th Century
When we lived in Downs Park we were told by an elderly local chap that Foredown Hospital was an isolation hospital.
Indeed it did. Preston Barracks, in Lewes Road, was in the parish of Preston, as was what is now Hove Park.Parish of Preston stretched from Nevill Road to the Race Hill in the 19th Century
There was a hospital at Preston Barracks - if that is any help.
When did she die?
I found this which claims it was in Preston Parish? Borough Sanatorium
Was it? If so, where was it located?
http://www.oldmaps.co.uk
The earliest large scale OS maps can be found on this site (1876 at 1:2500 scale). It may throw up something. As someone has already mentioned the old parish of Preston stretched from what is now Hove Park to Bear Road. If it was somewhere for contagious diseases then it may be worth looking for isolated buildings as the Victorians used to place them away from built up areas. Remember also that during that period all of health and education was in private hands, the state did not provide at all, meaning anybody could set up as a hospice if they had a little money behind them.
Also, it is highly unlikely she was a lunatic. I checked census records from 1871 (about a year before she died) and she was not a lunatic, or listed on there at least. She was still in her home in hove.