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Bethlem Royal Hospital (London, England)

LC control no.n 84121283
Descriptive conventionsrda
Corporate name headingBethlem Royal Hospital (London, England)
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Variant(s)Royal Hospital of Bethlem (London, England)
Hò‚pital royal de Bedlam (London, England)
Bethlem Hospital (London, England)
Hospital Beate Marie de Bethleem (London, England)
Bethlehem Hospital (London, England)
Bedlam (London, England)
Saint Mary of Bethlehem (London, England)
Bedleme (London, England)
Bedlame (London, England)
See alsoBethlem Royal Hospital and the Maudsley Hospital
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LocatedLondon (England)
Found inIts Standing rules and orders for the government of the Royal Hospitals of Bridewell and Bethlem, 1833.
InU/STC Wing files (usage: Hò‚pital royal de Bedlam; Bethlem Hospital; Hospital Beate Marie de Bethleem)
BM (London. Bethlehem Hospital; amalgamated in 1948 with Maudsley Hospital to form Bethlem Royal Hospital and Maudsley Hospital)
Enc. Brit., 1983 (Bedlam, formally Bethlehem Royal Hospital; first asylum for the insane in England; now part of national health service, it is known as the Bethlehem Royal Hospital and the Maudsley Hospital)
Enc. Amer., 1983 (Bedlam, popular name of hospital for the insane originally called Saint Mary of Bethlehem [no publs. in LC data base]; located in London)
Collier's enc., 1983 (Bedlam; name is a corruption of Bethlehem, which became Bethlem and in later variations Bedleme, Bedlame, and Bedlem; functions now as Royal Bethlem Hospital)
LC data base, 10/30/84 (hdg.: London. Bethlem Royal Hospital; usage: Bedlam)