Bedlam

·adj Belonging to, or fit for, a madhouse.

II. Bedlam ·noun An insane person; a lunatic; a madman.

III. Bedlam ·noun Any place where uproar and confusion prevail.

IV. Bedlam ·noun A place appropriated to the confinement and care of the insane; a madhouse.

Tom o' Bedlam
·add. ·- Formerly, a wandering mendicant discharged as incurable from Bethlehem Hospitel, ·Eng.; hen...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Old Bedlam Court
In Old Bethlehem (Dodsley, 1761). No further reference. Not named in the maps. ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Old Bedlam Lane
See Old Bethlem, Street. ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
tom of bedlam
The same as Abram man. otherwise an Abram Man. A rogue that counterfeits madness. CANT. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose