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Fishponds Asylum, Bristol
Fishponds Lunatic Asylum,
also known as Fishponds House, Mason's Madhouse (!) was in the area bounded
by Oldbury Court Road, Elfin Road, College Road, and Fishponds Road. This
was a private establishment, founded in about 1770 by Dr Joseph Mason. It
closed in 1850, and the patients were transferred to the new Borough Lunatic
Asylum (# 4 above). Demolished about 1880.
Source: Submitted by Marion in Wiltshire, UK |
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Fishponds House Asylum