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The facility has its origins in a small hospital for sick children established by a Mr and Mrs Tudor in a private house in
Brandon Road in 1878. The hospital moved to Salisbury Road as the Leyton, Walthamstow and Wanstead Hospital in 1880. After acquiring additional premises, known as "Holmcroft" in
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Walthamstow Local Board decided to demolish the earlier building and commission a new building on the site with
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Children's and General Hospital for Leyton, Leytonstone, Walthamstow and Wanstead in 1894. It was renamed the Connaught Hospital after its patron, the
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in 1929, it served as the town hall. It remained the main civic building in
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temple and the former pathology department became the
Waltham Forest Asian Centre, later the Waltham Forest Community Hub.
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