article_snippet: Used from 1569 until at least 1738, including during the Great Plague in 1665, the burial site - also known as Bethlehem and the New Churchyard - was opened after graveyards around London started to overflow.
article_snippet: These two adult skulls were among thousands uncovered at the Bedlam burial ground, which was used during the Great Plague in 1665.
article_snippet: 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: The Bedlam burial ground opened during
article_snippet: 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.
article_snippet: Bedlam burial ground was established in 1569 to help parishes cope with overcrowding during outbreaks of the plague and other epidemics.
article_snippet: The Bedlam burial ground, also known as the New Churchyard, was situated near the notorious Bethlem Royal Hospital which opened during London’s response to the plague crisis in the 16th Century.
article_snippet: Instead, the City’s parish churches recorded which of the City’s parish churches parishioners were buried at Bedlam in the City’s parish churches .