Definition of bedlams:
(n) :
A place or situation of chaotic uproar, and where confusion prevails.
(n) :
(obsolete) An insane person; a lunatic; a madman.
(n) :
(obsolete) A lunatic asylum; a madhouse.
(n) :
(informal) Bethlem Royal Hospital, a famous psychiatric hospital, now located in Bromley, South London.
(n) :
A hamlet in Clint cum Hamlets parish, Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2661).
(n) :
A hamlet in Bitterley parish, south Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5877).