Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Brislington House
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1806: Brislington House, the first purpose-built...
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1806
Brislington House
, the first purpose-built lunatic asylum in England, designed for upper-class clients, three miles from Bristol, was completed for Edward Long Fox
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Scull, Andrew. The Most Solitary of Afflictions: Madness and Society in Britain, 1700-1900. Yale University Press, 1993.