Near Liverpool Street Railway Station: The priory of St Mary of Bethlehem was founded in Bishopsgate in 1247 by Simon Fitzmary, an Alderman and former Sheriff of the City of London. The names "Bethlem" and "Bedlam", by which it came to be known, are early variants of the word "Bethlehem"
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Near Liverpool Street Railway Station: The priory of St Mary of Bethlehem was founded in Bishopsgate in 1247 by Simon Fitzmary, an Alderman and former Sheriff of the City of London. The names "Bethlem" and "Bedlam", by which it came to be known, are early variants of the word "Bethlehem"
Picture date/time:  2008:02:16 13:54:25 GMT