What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Dr Edward Long Fox 1761-1835 pioneering psychiatrist. Created the therapeutic spa on Knightstone Island to help treat mental health patients Recorded plaque organisation: Weston Civic Society, Weston Town Council.
Edward Long Fox was a pioneering psychiatrist in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for establishing a therapeutic spa on Knightstone Island to innovatively treat mental health patients, thus contributing significantly to the field of psychiatric care.
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