Catalogue description Bridewell and Bethlem Hospitals

This record is held by Bethlem Museum of the Mind

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Reference: BRI
Title: Bridewell and Bethlem Hospitals
Date: 1559 - 1952
Arrangement:

These records are arranged in the Australian Records Series System, and the catalogue has been adapted for display on Discovery. There may be some slight differences in description between this entry and the initial cataloguing work.
Held by: Bethlem Museum of the Mind, not available at The National Archives
Creator:

Bridewell and Bethlem Hospitals
Access conditions:

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Unpublished finding aids:

Full catalogue available at http://archives.museumofthemind.org.uk/brha.htm

Administrative / biographical background:

By 1574 (and possibly earlier) Bridewell and Bethlem Hospitals were jointly administered by a Court of Governors. This arrangement between the two institutions (and, in the case of Bridewell, its sucessor King Edward's School) until the advent of the National Health Service in 1948. The chief administrative officers of the Hospitals were based at New Bridge Street throughout.

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