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Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury (Greater London)
Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury shown within Greater London
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London borough Camden
Ceremonial county Greater London
Region London
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town LONDON
Postcode district WC1
Dialling code 020
Police Metropolitan
Fire London
Ambulance London
European Parliament London
UK Parliament Holborn and St Pancras
London Assembly Barnet and Camden
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Coordinates: 51°31′34″N 0°07′04″W / 51.5262, -0.1178

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Bloomsbury is an area of central London in the south of the London Borough of Camden, developed by the Russell family in the 17th and 18th centuries into a fashionable residential area. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The London Borough of Camden ( is a borough of London, England, which forms part of Inner London. It is notable for its array of gardened squares,[1] its literary connections (exemplified by the Bloomsbury Group), and its numerous hospitals and academic institutions. London has had a long history with squares. Of London 's squares a few such as Trafalgar Square, were built as public open spaces like the City squares The Bloomsbury Group was an English collectivity of loving friends and relatives who lived in or near London during the first half of the twentieth century

While Bloomsbury was not the first area of London to acquire a formal square, Southampton Square (now named Bloomsbury Square), which was laid out by Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton in 1660, was the first square to actually be named as such. Bloomsbury Square is a garden square in Bloomsbury, Camden, London. Thomas Wriothesley 4th Earl of Southampton KG ( 10 March, 1607 &ndash 16 May 1667) styled Lord Wriothesley before [2]

Bloomsbury is home to the British Museum, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, the British Medical Association, the University of London's Senate House Library and its colleges ( University College London, Birkbeck, Institute of Education, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, School of Pharmacy, School of Oriental and African Studies and the Royal Veterinary College). The British Museum is a Museum of human history and culture in London. The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ( RADA) in Bloomsbury, London, is generally regarded as one of the most prestigious Drama schools in the world History The BMA founded in 1832 by Charles Hastings was originally known as the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association (PMSA the first meeting of which was held in the boardroom The University of London is a university based primarily in London, England, UK. University College London ( UCL) is a multi-faculty university institution based in the United Kingdom and a constituent college of the University of London Birkbeck University of London, sometimes referred to by its former (and still legal name Birkbeck College or by the abbreviation BBK, is a constituent college The Institute of Education ( IoE) is a constituent college of the University of London, dedicated to Postgraduate study and research in the field of The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM or the "London School" is a constituent college of the University of London, specialising in The School of Pharmacy is a constituent college of the University of London. The School of Oriental and African Studies (commonly abbreviated to " SOAS " pronounced (so as or (so az is a constituent college of the University of The Royal Veterinary College is a constituent college of the University of London.

Notable hospitals include Great Ormond Street Hospital, the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and University College Hospital. The Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH is a medical institution specialising in the care of children The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery ( NHNN) was the first hospital of its kind in England, being dedicated exclusively to treating the diseases University College Hospital is a Teaching hospital in London, England, part of the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [3]

Bloomsbury was formerly home to the British Library, housed within the British Museum; the Library moved in 1997 to larger premises at a nearby location next to St Pancras railway station in Somers Town. The British Library ( BL) is the National library of the United Kingdom. St Pancras railway station is a major railway station situated in the St Pancras area of Central London between the British Library and King's Cross Somers Town, named after the Somers family who owned the land is an area of London south of Camden Town.

Contents

History

Queens Square, Bloomsbury in 1787. The fields to the north reach as far as Hampstead.
Queens Square, Bloomsbury in 1787. The fields to the north reach as far as Hampstead. Hampstead is an area of London, England, located north-west of Charing Cross.

The earliest record of what would become Bloomsbury is the 1086 Domesday Book, which records that the area had vineyards and "wood for 100 pigs". The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey [2] But it is not until 1201 that the name Bloomsbury is first noted, when William de Blemond, a Norman landowner, acquired the land. [4] The name Bloomsbury is a development from Blemondisberi - the bury, or manor, of Blemond. An 1878 publication, Old and New London: Volume 4, mentions the idea that the area was named after a village called "Lomesbury" which formerly stood where Bloomsbury Square is now,[5] though this piece of folk etymology is now discredited.

At the end of the 14th century Edward III acquired Blemond's manor, and passed it on to the Carthusian monks of the London Charterhouse, who kept the area mostly rural. Edward III (13 November 1312 &ndash 21 June 1377 was one of the most successful English monarchs of the Middle Ages. The Carthusian Order, also called the Order of St Bruno, is a Roman Catholic religious order of enclosed monastics. The London Charterhouse is a former Carthusian monastery in London, England, to the north of what is now Charterhouse Square.

In the 16th century, with the Dissolution of the Monasteries, King Henry VIII took the land back into the possession of the Crown, and granted it to Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton. The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the formal process between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded Henry VIII (28 June 1491 &ndash 28 January 1547 was King of England and Lord of Ireland, later King of Ireland and claimant to the Kingdom of Thomas Wriothesley 1st Earl of Southampton KG ( 21 December, 1505 &ndash July 30, 1550) (pronounced "Risly" was a

In the early 1660s, the Earl of Southampton constructed what was eventually to become Bloomsbury Square. The title of Earl of Southampton was created three times in the Peerage of England (in 1537, 1544, and 1670) Bloomsbury Square is a garden square in Bloomsbury, Camden, London. However the area was laid out mainly in the 18th century, largely by landowners like Wriothesley Russell, 3rd Duke of Bedford, who built Bloomsbury Market, which opened in 1730. Wriothesley Russell 3rd Duke of Bedford ( May 25 1708 &ndash October 23 1732) was the son of Wriothesley Russell 2nd Duke of Bedford The major development of the squares that we see today started in about 1800 when Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford removed Bedford House and developed the land to the north with Russell Square as its centre piece. Francis Russell 5th Duke of Bedford (1765-1802 eldest son of Francis Russell Marquess of Tavistock (died 1767 by his wife Elizabeth (died 1768 daughter of William Russell Square is a large garden square in Bloomsbury, in the London Borough of Camden.

Geography

Bloomsbury has no official boundaries, but can be roughly defined as the square bounded by Tottenham Court Road to the west, Euston Road to the north, Gray's Inn Road to the east, and either High Holborn or the thoroughfare formed by New Oxford Street, Bloomsbury Way and Theobald's Road to the south. Tottenham Court Road is a road in Central London, England, running from St Giles' Circus (the junction of Oxford Street and Charing Cross Euston Road is an important thoroughfare in central London, England and forms part of the A501. Gray's Inn Road is a major road in central London, in the London Borough of Camden. High Holborn is a road in Holborn in central London, England. Oxford Street is a major thoroughfare in London, England in the City of Westminster. [6]. [2] Bloomsbury merges gradually with Holborn in the south, and with St Pancras in the north-east and Clerkenwell in the south-east. Holborn (ˈhoʊbɚn or /ˈhoʊbɝːn/ "ho bun" is an area of Central London, England St Pancras is an area of London. Historically the name has been used for various officially designated areas but today it is only an informal term and is rarely used Clerkenwell is an area of central London in the London Borough of Islington.

The area is bisected north to south by the main Southampton Row-Woburn Place thoroughfare, which contains several large tourist hotels and links Tavistock Square and Russell Square - the central points of Bloomsbury. The road runs from Euston and Somers Town in the north to Holborn in the south. Somers Town, named after the Somers family who owned the land is an area of London south of Camden Town. Torrington Place is close to University College London and has a pub called the Marlborough Arms which has a wooden man propped by the window on the 1st floor to welcome drinkers. University College London ( UCL) is a multi-faculty university institution based in the United Kingdom and a constituent college of the University of London

To the east of the busy Southampton Row-Woburn Place main road Bloomsbury is mainly residential. This half contains the Brunswick shopping centre and cinema,[7] and Coram's Fields recreation area. The Brunswick Centre is a grade II listed residential and shopping centre in Bloomsbury, Camden, London, England, located between The area to the north of Coram's Fields consists of tenements and is generally considered part of St Pancras[8] or King's Cross[9] rather than north-eastern Bloomsbury. St Pancras is an area of London. Historically the name has been used for various officially designated areas but today it is only an informal term and is rarely used Kings Cross is an area of London partly in the London Borough of Camden and partly in the London Borough of Islington. The area to the south is slightly less residential, containing several hospitals, including Great Ormond Street, and gradually becomes more commercial in character as it approaches the boundary with Holborn at Theobald's Road.

The west of Woburn Place-Southampton Row is notable for its concentration of academic establishments, museums, teaching hospitals and formal squares. It is this side that contains the British Museum and the University of London. The most prominent road is Gower Street which is a one way road running south from Euston Road towards Shaftesbury Avenue in Covent Garden, becoming Bloomsbury Street when it passes to the west of the British Museum. Gower Street is a street in Bloomsbury, Central London, England, running between Euston Road to the north and Montague Place For the racehorse see Shaftesbury Avenue (horse Shaftesbury Avenue is a major street in London, England, Covent Garden (Pronunciation kɒvʌnt is a district in London, England, located on the easternmost parts of the City of Westminster and the southwest

Location in context

Neighbouring areas of London.
North-West:
Regent's Park		 North:
Somers Town		 North-East:
St Pancras
West:
Fitzrovia		 Bloomsbury East:
Clerkenwell
South-West:
Soho		 South:
Covent Garden		 South-East:
Holborn

Parks and squares

Bloomsbury contains some of London's finest parks and buildings, and is particularly known for its formal squares. For other meanings see Regent's Park (disambiguation Regent's Park (officially The Regent's Park) is one of the Royal Parks Somers Town, named after the Somers family who owned the land is an area of London south of Camden Town. St Pancras is an area of London. Historically the name has been used for various officially designated areas but today it is only an informal term and is rarely used Fitzrovia is an area of Central London, near London's West End. Clerkenwell is an area of central London in the London Borough of Islington. This article is about an area of Manhattan, New York City. For the area in London UK see Soho. Covent Garden (Pronunciation kɒvʌnt is a district in London, England, located on the easternmost parts of the City of Westminster and the southwest Holborn (ˈhoʊbɚn or /ˈhoʊbɝːn/ "ho bun" is an area of Central London, England These include:

Tavistock Square.
Tavistock Square.

Arts, university, museums and medicine

Queen Square.
Queen Square. Brunswick Square is a public garden in Bloomsbury, in the London Borough of Camden. The School of Pharmacy is a constituent college of the University of London. The Foundling Museum in London tells the story of the Foundling Hospital and houses the nationally important Foundling Hospital Art Collection

Historically, Bloomsbury is associated with the arts, education and medicine. The area gives its name to the Bloomsbury Group (also Bloomsbury Set) of artists, the most famous of whom was Virginia Woolf, who met in private homes in the area in the early 1900s, and to the lesser known Bloomsbury Gang of Whigs formed in 1765 by John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford. The Bloomsbury Group was an English collectivity of loving friends and relatives who lived in or near London during the first half of the twentieth century The Bloomsbury gang, also known as the Bedford party, was a Political party formed in the United Kingdom in 1765 by John Russell 4th Duke of Bedford The Whigs (with the Tories) are often described as one of two political parties in England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to John Russell 4th Duke of Bedford KG, PC, FRS ( 30 September 1710 &ndash 5 January 1771) was an 18th century The publisher Faber & Faber is in Queen Square, though at the time when T. S. Eliot was editor the offices were in Tavistock Square. Faber and Faber, often abbreviated to Faber, is an independent publishing house in the UK, notable in particular for publishing Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26 1888 – January 4 1965 was a poet Dramatist, and Literary critic. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was founded in John Millais's parents' house on Gower Street in 1848.

Educational institutions

Bloomsbury is home to Senate House and the main library of the University of London, The Bloomsbury Colleges (Birkbeck, University of London, Institute of Education, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, School of Pharmacy, School of Oriental and African Studies and the Royal Veterinary College) and the University College London (with the Slade School of Fine Art), the College of Law, London Contemporary Dance School, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and Goodenough College. The University of London is a university based primarily in London, England, UK. Birkbeck University of London, sometimes referred to by its former (and still legal name Birkbeck College or by the abbreviation BBK, is a constituent college The Institute of Education ( IoE) is a constituent college of the University of London, dedicated to Postgraduate study and research in the field of The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM or the "London School" is a constituent college of the University of London, specialising in The School of Pharmacy is a constituent college of the University of London. The School of Oriental and African Studies (commonly abbreviated to " SOAS " pronounced (so as or (so az is a constituent college of the University of The Royal Veterinary College is a constituent college of the University of London. University College London ( UCL) is a multi-faculty university institution based in the United Kingdom and a constituent college of the University of London Slade School of Fine Art is the art school of University College London, UK The London Contemporary Dance School is a school in the United Kingdom for the teaching of contemporary Dance. The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ( RADA) in Bloomsbury, London, is generally regarded as one of the most prestigious Drama schools in the world Other colleges in the area include the School of Advanced Study, the Architectural Association, and several London campuses of American colleges including the University of Delaware London Centre, Huron University, University of Florida, and the Syracuse University London Facility. The School of Advanced Study is a listed organisation of the University of London. Former students Will Alsop Herbert Baker Geoffrey Bawa Ben van Berkel The University of Delaware ( UD) is the largest University in the U The University of Florida ( Florida or UF) is a public land-grant, sea-grant, space-grant major Research Syracuse University (SU is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York.


Hospitals

Great Ormond Street Hospital for children, is located just off Queen Square, which itself is home to the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (formerly the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases) and the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital. The Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH is a medical institution specialising in the care of children Queen Square is a square in the Bloomsbury district of the Borough of Camden in London, England. The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery ( NHNN) was the first hospital of its kind in England, being dedicated exclusively to treating the diseases Bloomsbury is also the location of University College Hospital, which re-opened in 2005 in new buildings on Euston Road, built under the government’s Private Finance Initiative (PFI). University College Hospital is a Teaching hospital in London, England, part of the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust The Eastman Dental Hospital is located on Gray’s Inn Road close to the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital administered by the Royal Free Hospital. The Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital (RNTNEH is a Hospital located on the Gray's Inn Road, London in the United Kingdom. The Royal Free Hospital is a large Teaching hospital in London, England.

Museums

The British Museum, which first opened to the public in 1759 in Montagu House, is at the heart of Bloomsbury. The British Museum is a Museum of human history and culture in London. At the centre of the museum around the former British Library Reading Room (where Karl Marx was a reader), the space formerly filled with the concrete storage bunkers of the British Library is today the Great Court, an indoor square with a glass roof designed by British architect Norman Foster. The British Library ( BL) is the National library of the United Kingdom. Norman Robert Foster Baron Foster of Thames Bank, OM, FRIBA, RDI, (born 1 June 1935) is a British architect whose company It houses displays, a cinema, a shop, a cafe and a restaurant. The British Library now has a new purpose-built home just outside the northern edge of Bloomsbury, on Euston Road. Euston Road is an important thoroughfare in central London, England and forms part of the A501.

Also in Bloomsbury is the Foundling Museum close to Brunswick Square, which tells the story of the Foundling Hospital opened by Thomas Coram, for unwanted children (foundlings) in Georgian London. The Foundling Museum in London tells the story of the Foundling Hospital and houses the nationally important Foundling Hospital Art Collection Brunswick Square is a public garden in Bloomsbury, in the London Borough of Camden. Captain Thomas Coram (c 1668 &ndash March 29, 1751) was born in Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK The hospital, now demolished but for the Georgian colonnade, is today a playground and outdoor sports field for children, called Coram’s Fields; adults are only admitted with a child. It is also home to a small number of sheep. The nearby Lamb’s Conduit Street is a pleasant thoroughfare with independent shops, cafes and restaurants.

There is also the Dickens Museum in Doughty Street, and the Petrie_Museum and the Grant Museum of Zoology at University College London in Gower Street. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology in London, England, is run by the Institute of Archaeology, which is part of University College University College London ( UCL) is a multi-faculty university institution based in the United Kingdom and a constituent college of the University of London The Museum Mile, London is a route covering many of the museums in Bloomsbury.

Churches

Church of Christ the King
Church of Christ the King

Bloomsbury contains three notable churches. St. George's Church, located on Bloomsbury Way in the south of the area, was built by Nicholas Hawksmoor between 1716 and 1731. St George's Church Bloomsbury is a church in Bloomsbury in central London, England. Nicholas Hawksmoor (probably 1661 - 25 March 1736) was a British Architect born to a humble family in Nottinghamshire It has a deep Roman porch with six huge Corinthian columns, and is notable for its steeple based on the Tomb of Mausolus at Halicarnassus and for the statue of King George I on the top. The Corinthian order is one of the Classical orders of Greek and Roman Architecture, characterized The Tomb of Mausolus, Mausoleum of Mausolus or Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (in Greek,) was a tomb built between 353 and 350 BC at Halicarnassus Halicarnassus (Άλικαρνᾱσσός &mdash Halikarnassós or Ἁλικαρνασσός &mdash Alikarnassós Halikarnas modern George II (George Augustus 10 November 1683 &ndash 25 October 1760 was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (

The second is the Early English Neo-Gothic Church of Christ the King on Gordon Square. The Church of Christ the King is an Anglican Church situated on Gordon Square, Bloomsbury, London, beside the Dr Williams's Gordon Square is in Bloomsbury, in the London Borough of Camden, London, England (postal district WC1) It was designed for the Irvingites[10] by Raphael Brandon in 1853. The term Catholic Apostolic Church belongs to the entire community of Christians (cf Catholic) quoting the last sentence of the Nicene Creed. Since June 10, 1954 it has been a Grade I listed building. Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) A listed building in the United Kingdom is a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural historical or cultural significance

The third is St Pancras New Church on the northern boundary, near Euston station. For the Saint after whom this church is named see Saint Pancras. This church was completed in 1822, and is notable for the caryatids on north and south which are based on the "porch of the maidens" from the Temple of the Erechtheum. Origins The origins of the term are unclear It is first recorded in the Latin form caryatides by the Roman architect Vitruvius. The Erechtheum (Έρέχθειον Erechtheion) is an ancient Greek temple on the north side of the Acropolis of Athens in Greece

The church of St George the Martyr in Queen Square was built 1703-1706,[11] and was where Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath married on Bloomsday in 1956[12]

Transport

The area surrounding Bloomsbury is served by numerous London Underground stations, although only two of these (Russell Square and Euston Square) have entrances in Bloomsbury itself. St George the Martyr Holborn is an Anglican church dedicated to Saint George, located at the south end of Queen Square, Holborn. Edward James Hughes OM ( 17 August 1930 &ndash 28 October 1998) was an English Poet and children's Sylvia Plath (October 27 1932 &ndash February 11 1963 was an American Poet, Novelist and Short story Writer. Bloomsday is a commemoration observed annually on 16 June in Dublin and elsewhere to celebrate the life of Irish Writer James Joyce The London Underground is a Metro system serving a large part of Greater London and neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire Russell Square is a London Underground station on Bernard Street Bloomsbury in the London Borough of Camden. Euston Square is a London Underground station at the corner of Euston Road and Gower Street, just north of University College London (not to The other stations, located on the fringes of Bloomsbury, are Euston, Goodge Street, Warren Street, Tottenham Court Road, Holborn, Chancery Lane and King's Cross St. Pancras. Euston tube station is a London Underground station served by the Victoria Line and both branches of the Northern Line (not to be confused with nearby Goodge Street is a London Underground station on Tottenham Court Road. Warren Street tube station is a London Underground station It is on the Charing Cross branch of the Northern Line, between Goodge Street and Tottenham Court Road is a station on the London Underground, serving as an interchange between the Central Line and the Charing Cross branch of the Holborn is a station of the London Underground in Holborn in London, located at the junction of High Holborn and Kingsway. Chancery Lane is a London Underground station in central London. King's Cross St Pancras is a tube station in the London Borough of Camden, on the London Underground network serving both King's Cross and St

The mainline rail stations Euston, King's Cross and St. Pancras are all located just outside the northern edge of Bloomsbury. Euston station (official name London Euston) is a major Railway station to the north of central London in the London Borough of Camden King's Cross station is a major railway terminus opened in 1852 St Pancras railway station is a major railway station situated in the St Pancras area of Central London between the British Library and King's Cross Since Wednesday, November 14, 2007 (2007-11-14), Eurostar services have relocated to St Pancras, promising shorter journey times to Paris and Brussels and better connections to the rest of the UK. Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

Bloomsbury is also home to the disused British Museum tube station. British Museum tube station was a station on the London Underground 's Central Line, located on Bury Place close to the British Museum in central London

It is well served by buses, with over 12 different routes running south down Gower Street, and both north and south past Russell Square. [13] Route 7 goes along Great Russell Street, past the British Museum, and on to Russell Square.

There is one of the 13 surviving taxi driver's shelters on Russell Square[14] where drivers will stop for a meal and a drink.

Notable residents

Gallery

The British Museum

Statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Tavistock Square Gardens

Gordon Square

The UCL Main Building

Bloomsbury Square from the south

Bloomsbury Square from the north

Tower of St. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ( Gujarati: મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી moɦən̪d̪äs kəɾəmʧən̪d̪ gän̪d̪ʱi (2 October 1869 – 30 January George Bloomsbury with lion, unicorn and George I on the steeple

Bedford Square, Central Gardens.

See also

External links

References

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  2. ^ a b c The London Encyclopaedia, Edited by Ben Weinreb and Christopher Hibbert. St Pancras is an area of London. Historically the name has been used for various officially designated areas but today it is only an informal term and is rarely used Holborn (ˈhoʊbɚn or /ˈhoʊbɝːn/ "ho bun" is an area of Central London, England The London Borough of Camden ( is a borough of London, England, which forms part of Inner London. Sir Walter Besant ( August 14, 1836, Portsmouth - June 9, 1901, London) was a Novelist and Historian Project Gutenberg, abbreviated as PG, is a volunteer effort to Digitize, archive and distribute Cultural works The London Encyclopaedia, first published in 1983 and revised in 1993 and 1995 is a 1007 page historical reference work on England 's capital city London Macmillan London Ltd 1983
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