Known as st Georges hospital to most,the County Asylum was open in 1818 and ran all the way through until 1946 where it became a st Georges hospital. Designed by Joseph Potter the building was designed to accommodate just over 100 patients.
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Stafford had two asylums from 1851, Coton Hill asylum was built by the rich, for the rich and was demolished in 1976 to make way for the District General Hospital
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