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Stoke Park Hospital
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<p>Stoke Park Hospital, was a large hospital for the <a href="/facts/Learning_disability/HJoAq92N">mental handicapped</a>, closed circa 1997, situated on the <a href="/facts/North_Fringe_of_Bristol/XQpxP0Lu">north-east edge of Bristol</a>, England, just within <a href="/facts/South_Gloucestershire/4vPEnphN">South Gloucestershire</a>. Most patients were long-term residents, both adults and children of all ages. A school was on-site. Prior to 1950, it was known as the Stoke Park Colony, which was founded in 1909. </p><p>The Burden Neurological Institute, opened in 1939, was co-located at the hospital, and outlasted the hospital on the site to 2000. The associated Burden Neurological Hospital was formed in 1969. The Institute later operated at <a href="/facts/Frenchay_Hospital/8eC5V1JM">Frenchay Hospital</a> as a charity, and later as a research grant giving trust. </p>