Ware, Ware Park Sanatorium 1925
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Ware Park, rebuilt in the 1880s by William Parker, is located about three-quarters of a mile north-west of Bengeo on the outskirts of Hertford. After the Great War, it was used as a sanatorium for TB sufferers; it closed in the 1970s, when it was converted to private residences. In the 1600s, the gardens in the park were renowned as being amongst the most tasteful in England. Sir Henry Wotton, in 1624, said that the scene was 'without parallel among foreign Nationes ... in the Garden of Sir Henry Fanshawe at his seat in Ware-Parke'. In September 1941 a landmine landed in the park, and was examined by the Royal Navy bomb disposal team. It was reported to be safe, but when it arrived in Ware for display, it was found to be warm and ticking. It was quickly taken to the Watton Road Gravel pits and detonated.
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