How was the London hospital 'St Mary Bethlehem' better known?
Bethlem Royal Hospital Bethlem Royal Hospital Bethlem Royal Hospital, also known as St Mary Bethlehem, Bethlehem Hospital and Bedlam, is a psychiatric hospital in London. Its famous history has inspired several horror books, films and TV series, most notably "Bedlam", a 1946 film with Boris Karloff. The hospital is closely associated with King's College London and, in partnership with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, is a major centre for psychiatric research. It is part of the King's Health Partners academic health science centre and the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health. Originally the hospital was near Bishopsgate just outside the
St Mary Abbot's Hospital the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in Fulham Road in 1992. Although the hospital has been demolished the hospital's gate posts, railings and gatehouse survive at the entrance to a gated complex known as St Mary Close. St Mary Abbot's Hospital St Mary Abbot's Hospital operated as a hospital at Marloes Road in Kensington from 1871 to 1992. The hospital, which was designed by Alfred Williams as a workhouse infirmary and built by John T. Chappell, was completed in 1871. It became the Kensington Infirmary in 1912 and St Mary Abbot's Hospital in 1923. The hospital was badly bombed during the