BRI - Bridewell and Bethlem Hospitals - Catalogue of the records held at Bethlem Museum of the Mind

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BRI - Bridewell and Bethlem Hospitals

Date Range	1574 - 1948
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Controlled	Bridewell Hospital (1556 - ) [1574 - 948] Bethlem Royal Hospital (1247 - ) [1574 - 1948]
Details 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.
Series	ALB Letter book containing outgoing copy correspondence of Edward Richards Adams, Bridewell Hospital's accountant 1841 - 1848 BAR Annual reports 1825 - 1948 BCB Minutes of the Court of Governors 1559 - 1971 BCV Survey books and reports concerning hospital land 1764 - 1949 BLB Letter books containing clerk's outgoing copy correspondence concerning Bridewell Hospital 1816 - 1857 BMO Building records of hospital at Monks Orchard c. 1923 - c. 1962 BPC Press cuttings in custody of Bursar and Clerk to the Governors 1899 - 1935 BRB Rental books 1705 - 1844 BSC Rough minutes of Select Committee and other committees 1822 - 1828 CAR Committee of auditor's annual reports 1793 - 1802 CCC Correspondence with the Charity Commission, Bank of England and others regarding the hospitals' investments in stocks, bonds and loans 1919 - 1939 CLB Letter books and files containing clerk's correspondence concerning Bethlem Royal and Bridewell Hospitals c. 1799 - 1929 COZ Microfilmed minutes of the Court of Governors 1559 - 1948 CSC Minutes of the Criminal Lunatic Sub-Committee 1816 - 1825 DLB Letter books containing incoming and copy outgoing general correspondence concerning Bethlem Royal Hospital and convalescent establishment 1902 - 1948 ESC Minutes of the Estates Sub-Committee 1818 - 1951 GCP Papers of the General Committee 1846 - 1868 GCR General Committee members' attendance statistics 1833 - 1848 GEN Minutes of the General Committee 1738 - 1952 HBH Hospital histories 1700 - 2005 HCM Minutes of the Hospital Committee and predecessors 1709 - 1976 IFR Report on property and funds for support of incurable patients 1848 - 1893 JBS Sermons and religious instructions relating to the hospital c. 1673 - 1851 JCA Bethlem Chaplain Committee rough minute book 1817 JCB Bethlem Chaplain Committee papers and correspondence 1817 - 1831 LEB Bills and acts of Parliament concerning the hospital, and related material 1781 - 2012 LEG Papers concerning patient complaints and legal actions c. 1770 - c. 1995 LGB Legacy books and related records 1738 - 1955 LHG Lists of hospital Governors, officers and members of committees 1677 - 1959 LLB Lincolnshire estates account and ledger books 1846 - 1921 MCA Minutes of Bethlem Medical Sub-Committee 1911 - 1939 MUN Muniment schedules 1553 - 1951 NBC Minutes of New Bethlem Sub-Committee 1814 - 1818 NEW Newspapers and journals, or extracts therefrom, collected by the hospitals 1642 - 1995 NPS Nursing and Hospital Officers pension scheme 1918 - 1937 RCM Rough minutes of the Court of Governors 1666 - 1781 RSM Rough minutes of Bethlem Sub-Committee 1814 - 1873 SRO Standing rules and orders 1778 - 1935 XAP Specifications, maps, plans and sketches of buildings, estates and land in Wainfleet St Mary, and other land belonging to Bethlem in Lincolnshire 1764 - 1914

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BRI - Bridewell and Bethlem Hospitals