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Brislington House
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Date: | 1839-1969 |
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Functions, occupations and activities: | Health and social care > Hospitals |
Name authority reference: | GB/NNAF/C308047 |
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1839 - 1960s: papers incl deeds and documents, corresp and photographs of staff and the Fox Family
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Bristol Archives
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46167
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See Annual Return 2018
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Brislington House, established by Edward Long Fox (1760 - 1835), psychiatrist, in 1806, was one of the first purpose built private asylums for the insane. The asylum continued to be owned and run by physicians from the Fox family until the Second World War.
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proprietors of Brislington House
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