article_snippet.sent: It was used to bury London’s poor and religious non-conformists as well as patients from Bethlem Royal Hospital - the first dedicated psychiatric institution in Europe.
article_snippet.sent: The Bedlam burial ground spans a fascinating phase of London's history, including the transition from the Tudor-period city into cosmopolitan early-modern London. '
article_snippet.sent: Bedlam was used by a hugely diverse population from right across the social spectrum and from different areas of the Tudor-period city.'
article_snippet.sent: Bedlam hospital was a psychiatric asylum and patients who died while at Bedlam hospital were buried in a cemetery first established in the 16th century.