CS130 - Wiltshire Asylum (Roundway) Burials 1852-1961

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A4 paperback. 110pp

The Wiltshire County Asylum was opened on the 19 September 1851 and cared for its patients until its closure on the 25 October 1995.

Many of the patients who were treated remained there until their deaths and were then buried in the grounds of the Asylum. Burials ended on the 1 May 1966 when the available space had been used. Burials were then transferred to the Devizes Borough Cemetery.

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