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Bedlam.

A hamlet in Clint cum Hamlets parish, Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2661).

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name/ˈbɛdləm/
  1. A hamlet in Clint cum Hamlets parish, Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2661).

  2. A hamlet in Bitterley parish, south Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5877).

  3. A hamlet in Great Elm parish, Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7549).

  4. Bethlem Royal Hospital, a famous psychiatric hospital, now located in Bromley, South London.

    informal
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