Bushey Hall was a historic house built in 1428 for

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. It was also the home of

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. By 1883 Bushey Hall hosted a hydrotherapeutic institute in its 250 acres of parkland. The establishment boasted

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and pine baths while treatments included

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. The manor house was demolished in the nineteenth century, and a nearby Bushey Hall, built on a different site, was demolished after World War II.Genealogy in Hertfordshire
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