British History/Bethlem Asylum

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Expert: - 12/6/2008


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Do you know of any drawings of the original Bethlem Hospital/Asylum (not the victorian or later rebuild, but the original that would have been constructed in the 1200s)?

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Hello Tyson.
I can't find any. the Museum has it's own website, but there doesn't appear to be much information from Mediaeval times on it.
The best thing to do would be to do an internet search or a book search on Mediaeval London, there ought to be something about it somewhere.
Mark

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Mark Smith

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I have a good basic knowledge of British political history, but my speciality is the Kings and Queens of England and Scotland from 927 AD. Please no social history questions, it's not my strong point and I'm unlikely to answer them.

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"A" level in History.

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