St John's Hospital Cemetery
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St John's Hospital Cemetery

Bracebridge Heath, North Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England

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    Coordinates: 53.19415, -0.53102
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Situated on the east side of the A15, this cemetery was used between 1855 - 1957 for patients of St John's Hospital, Bracebridge Heath. The hospital was originally known as Lincolnshire County Lunatic Asylum and given various names over the years until being named St John's from 1961.


The Asylum was built in 1852 and enlarged on several subsequent occasions. It was originally established jointly by Lindsey, Kesteven, Holland, Lincoln, Grimsby and Stamford, and managed by a Board of Visitors appointed by the contributing authorities. Kesteven and Grantham withdrew from the arrangement when the contract of Union expired in 1893 (eventually establishing the Kesteven County Asylum at South Rauceby, 1897). The hospital was set in grounds of 120 acres which included gardens, farmland and a burial ground. In 1940 female patients were transferred to other hospitals, mainly Storthes Hall near Huddersfield, to make space for an Emergency Hospital, and many did not return until well after the end of the War. Administration of the hospital passed to the National Health Service in 1948. By the early 1960s it was known by its final name of St John's Hospital. Patients were admitted from Harmston Hall Hospital when that hospital closed. St John's Hospital itself was closed in December 1989 with the remaining patients transferred to other establishments. The site was sold for housing and most of the buildings apart from the central block were demolished.


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Today there are no headstones or grave markers. Photos show the site of the chapel here, only a few yew trees remain.

Situated on the east side of the A15, this cemetery was used between 1855 - 1957 for patients of St John's Hospital, Bracebridge Heath. The hospital was originally known as Lincolnshire County Lunatic Asylum and given various names over the years until being named St John's from 1961.


The Asylum was built in 1852 and enlarged on several subsequent occasions. It was originally established jointly by Lindsey, Kesteven, Holland, Lincoln, Grimsby and Stamford, and managed by a Board of Visitors appointed by the contributing authorities. Kesteven and Grantham withdrew from the arrangement when the contract of Union expired in 1893 (eventually establishing the Kesteven County Asylum at South Rauceby, 1897). The hospital was set in grounds of 120 acres which included gardens, farmland and a burial ground. In 1940 female patients were transferred to other hospitals, mainly Storthes Hall near Huddersfield, to make space for an Emergency Hospital, and many did not return until well after the end of the War. Administration of the hospital passed to the National Health Service in 1948. By the early 1960s it was known by its final name of St John's Hospital. Patients were admitted from Harmston Hall Hospital when that hospital closed. St John's Hospital itself was closed in December 1989 with the remaining patients transferred to other establishments. The site was sold for housing and most of the buildings apart from the central block were demolished.


Source National Archives


Today there are no headstones or grave markers. Photos show the site of the chapel here, only a few yew trees remain.

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