Bedlam, North Yorkshire Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:54.0498°N -1.5926°W
Official Name:Bedlam
Static Image Name:Bedlam - geograph.org.uk - 7655.jpg
Static Image Width:250
Static Image Caption:Approach to Bedlam
Civil Parish:Clint cum Hamlets
Unitary England:North Yorkshire
Lieutenancy England:North Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Post Town:HARROGATE
Postcode District:HG3
Postcode Area:HG
Os Grid Reference:SE267616

Bedlam is a small village in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England situated north of Harrogate.[1] [2]

Its name most likely came from Old English (æt) Botlum = "at the buildings" (with a dative plural case ending), or its Old Norse equivalent, and not the same origin as Bedlam insane asylum. There is also a Bedlam, Shropshire.

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Notes and References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 99 Northallerton & Ripon (Pateley Bridge & Leyburn). 9780319231593 . Ordnance Survey. 2013.
  2. Web site: Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer. csv (download). 1 January 2016. Ordnance Survey. www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. 30 January 2016.