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Bristol County and City Asylum, Fishponds, Stapleton, near Bristol: correspondence...
Catalogue reference: MH 83/234
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This record is about the Bristol County and City Asylum, Fishponds, Stapleton, near Bristol: correspondence... dating from 1890-1891 in the series Lunacy Commission and Board of Control: Building of Asylums and Hospitals, Correspondence.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MH 83/234
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1890-1891
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Description (What the record is about)
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Bristol County and City Asylum, Fishponds, Stapleton, near Bristol: correspondence about the purchase of Cotford Farm Estate, Bishops Lydeard, near Taunton for the purpose of building a second asylum.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Mental illness
- Farming
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1893232/
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MH 83
Lunacy Commission and Board of Control: Building of Asylums and Hospitals, Correspondence...
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