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St Bartholomew's Hospital, also known simply as Barts and later more formally as The Royal Hospital of St Bartholomew, is a hospital located at Smithfield in London.
It is the oldest hospital in Europe, having been founded in 1123.
Today it forms part of Barts Health NHS Trust.
Barts was founded in 1123 by Rahere (died 1144, and entombed in the nearby Priory Church of St Bartholomew the Great), a favourite courtier of King Henry I. The Dissolution of the Monasteries did not affect the running of Barts as a hospital, but left it in a precarious position by removing its income. It was refounded by King Henry VIII in December 1546, on the signing of an agreement granting the hospital to the Corporation of London, which was reaffirmed by Letters Patent of January 1547 endowing it with properties and income entitlements. The hospital became legally styled as the "House of the Poore in West Smithfield in the suburbs of the City of London of Henry VIII's Foundation", although the title was never used by the general public. The first Superintendent of the hospital was Thomas Vicary, sergeant-surgeon to King Henry, and an early writer on anatomy.
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Explore the history of Britain's oldest hospital - St Bartholomew's Hospital in the City of London. Founded in 1123, today it is a specialist heart and cancer centre and part of east London's Barts Health NHS Trust.
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St Bartholomew's Hospital, also known simply as Barts and later more formally as The Royal Hospital of St Bartholomew, is a hospital located at Smithfield in London.
It is the oldest hospital in Europe, having been founded in 1123.
Today it forms part of Barts Health NHS Trust.
Barts was founded in 1123 by Rahere (died 1144, and entombed in the nearby Priory Church of St Bartholomew the Great), a favourite courtier of King Henry I. The Dissolution of the Monasteries did not affect the running of Barts as a hospital, but left it in a precarious position by removing its income. It was refounded by King Henry VIII in December 1546, on the signing of an agreement granting the hospital to the Corporation of London, which was reaffirmed by Letters Patent of January 1547 endowing it with properties and income entitlements. The hospital became legally styled as the "House of the Poore in West Smithfield in the suburbs of the City of London of Henry VIII's Foundation", although the title was never used by the general public. The first Superintendent of the hospital was Thomas Vicary, sergeant-surgeon to King Henry, and an early writer on anatomy.
Here I sit alone
On the pointless throne
Hiding from the light
Shadows freeing none
I become undone
This life no longer fun
The poison bittersweet
It's all I need to taste
Believing it's the pain
You cannot go far
Carrying the weight of who you are
I have tried so long
To be a part of all that's going on
When the ceiling falls
Can't support the wall
You cry into the night
Laugh from all your fears
Crying you just might
Go black from lack of sight
Emptiness abounds
There's nowhere I can turn
I think I'm gonna drown
You cannot go far
Carrying the weight of who you are
I have tried so long
To be a part of all that's going on
Tragic as it seems
I've lost my only dream
Just as it had broke
My grip had gave its hold
All is gone I see
There's no one left but me
And I am not for long
You'll miss me when I'm gone
Sleep will last so long
You cannot go far
Carrying the weight of who you are
I have tried so long
To be a part of all that's going on
You cannot go far
Carrying the weight of who you are
I have tried so long
To be a part of all that's going on