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Bethlem Royal Hospital

Bethlem Royal Hospital, also known as St Mary Bethlehem, Bethlehem Hospital and Bedlam, is a psychiatric hospital in Bromley, London. Its famous history has inspired several horror books, films, and television series, most notably Bedlam, a 1946 film with Boris Karloff.

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Founded
1247 as priory 1330 as hospital
Location
Monks Orchard Road, Beckenham, London, England
Beds
Approx 350
Care system
National Health Service
Emergency department
No
Lists
Hospitals in England

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Bethlem Royal Hospital

Nodes216
Edges215
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Avg. degree1.99
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Bethlem Royal Hospital

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related to Fatal restraints · 17
Bethlem Royal Hospital → Ajibola Lewis, At, Bethlem, It, Lewis, Lewis's, Look, Maudsley Hospital, Neither, Olaseni Lewis, Olaseni Lewis's, On, Police, Seni, She, The, They
related to External links · 12
Bethlem Royal Hospital → Album Archived, Archival, BedlamHistorical, Bethlem In Monks Orchard, Catholic Encyclopedia, May, NHS, Official, Quality Commission, Royal Hospital, UK National Archives, Wayback Machine
related to Recent developments · 9
Bethlem Royal Hospital → Bethlem Gallery, Camberwell, In, Lambeth, Lewisham, Maudsley Hospital, Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, SLaM, South London
Beds · 1
Bethlem Royal Hospital → Approx 350
Care system · 1
Bethlem Royal Hospital → National Health Service
Emergency department · 1
Bethlem Royal Hospital → No
Founded · 1
Bethlem Royal Hospital → 1247 as priory 1330 as hospital
Lists · 1
Bethlem Royal Hospital → Hospitals in England
Location · 1
Bethlem Royal Hospital → Monks Orchard Road, Beckenham, London, England
Speciality · 1
Bethlem Royal Hospital → Psychiatric hospital

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Bethlem Royal HospitalBedsApprox 3501.00infobox
Bethlem Royal HospitalCare systemNational Health Service1.00infobox
Bethlem Royal HospitalEmergency departmentNo1.00infobox
Bethlem Royal HospitalFounded1247 as priory 1330 as hospital1.00infobox
Bethlem Royal HospitalListsHospitals in England1.00infobox
Bethlem Royal HospitalLocationMonks Orchard Road, Beckenham, London, England1.00infobox
Bethlem Royal HospitalSpecialityPsychiatric hospital1.00infobox
Bethlem Royal HospitalTypeSpecialist1.00infobox
Bethlem Royal HospitalWebsiteslam.nhs.uk/bethlem-royal-hospital1.00infobox
Epicœneinstance ofThis dramatic interest in Bedlam is also evident in references to it in early seventeenth-century plays0.80text
or The Silent Womaninstance ofThis dramatic interest in Bedlam is also evident in references to it in early seventeenth-century plays0.80text
that provided by Donald Lupton in the 1630s who described theinstance ofTypically the hospital appears to have been a receptacle for the very disturbed and troublesome and this fact lends some credence to accounts0.80text

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