St John's Hospital, Lincoln. A History

St John's Asylum, Lincolnshire in the East of England was built 1852. The building was known as Lindsey & Holland Counties & Lincoln & District Lunatic Asylum. The Asylum has also been known over the years as Lincolnshire County Pauper Lunatic Asylum . Finally it was given the name St John's during the early 1960's. It was originally built to house just 250 patients but by 1902 the asylum grounds covered 120 acres. The grounds of the asylum were cultivated by the inmates where they grew their own vegetables. Within the grounds was a cemetery for the hospital which covered 1.5 acres. St John's also had its own mortuary chapel.