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Tag: bloomsbury

Tavistock Place, WC1N

3 September 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Laid out over the extensive lands of the former Bloomsbury town house of the dukes of Bedford. The…

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Filed under: Bedford Estate, bloomsbury, Camden, Dissolution of the monasteries, Duke of Bedford, streets named after Cambridge graduates, streets named after places in Devon, streets named after religious houses, streets named after Westminster School connection

Tottenham Street, W1T

24 October 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name After nearby Tottenham Court Road, which took its name from the former manor of Tottenham (Tottenhall) which stood…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, bloomsbury, Camden, Tottenham Court Road

Tottenham Mews, W1T

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Place Name After nearby Tottenham Court Road, which took its name from the former manor of Tottenham (Tottenhall) which stood…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, bloomsbury, Camden, streets named after buildings

Gresse Street, W1T

22 October 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Peter Gaspard Gresse (1715 – 1771), described as a Gentleman of Saint Pancras, is thought to have been…

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Filed under: bloomsbury, Camden, streets named after a Swiss connection

Bedford Square, WC1B

3 September 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

PLACE NAME Named after the Dukes of Bedford, on whose land the garden was built between 1775 and 1780. The…

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Filed under: Bedford Estate, bloomsbury, Camden, Georgian

Bedford Place, WC1B

31 August 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

PLACE NAME Connects Bloomsbury Square with Russell Square and was built between 1801 and 1805. Named after landowners, the Dukes…

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Filed under: Bedford Estate, bloomsbury, Camden

Emerald Court, WC1N

27 August 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place name London’s narrowest alleyway, a mere 67cm (26.5in) at its narrowest point, it appears on John Rocque’s 1746 map…

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Filed under: bloomsbury, Camden, name change, streets named after colours

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