900 years of St Bartholomew's Hospital

On 25th March 1123 a former courtier of Henry I, a man called Rahere, founded St Bartholomew’s Hospital. 


In this special episode to mark its 900th anniversary, Kate Jarman, Trust Archivist for Barts Health NHS Trust takes us on a journey through the archives and some of the most defining moments of the hospital’s incredible history. 



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