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Bedford Square from the BT Tower in 1966 Bedford Square (2005) Panorama of Bedford Square. Built between 1775 and 1783 as an upper middle class residential area, the square has had many distinguished residents, including Lord Eldon, one of Britain's longest serving and most celebrated Lord Chancellors, who lived in the largest house in the square for many years. [1]
Bedford Square, Bloomsbury WC1B 3RA: House: 18th century: 24 October 1951: 1244548: Numbers 28–38 Bedford Square and attached railings: Numbers 40–54 Bedford Square and attached railings Bedford Square, Bloomsbury WC1B 3RA: Terrace: 1776–81: 24 October 1951
30 Torrington Square Bloomsbury WC1E 7JL c.1913 Erected by The Bedford Estate c1913. Adopted by Greater London Council 1974. Ram Mohan Roy (1772–1833) "Indian Scholar and Reformer lived here" 49 Bedford Square Bloomsbury WC1B 3DP 1985 Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) "Philosopher and Campaigner for Peace lived here in flat No.34 1911–1916"
Entrance to the Bedford Estate office in Montague Street Looking north across Bloomsbury Square on the Bedford Estate with Bedford House behind, c. 1725, London town house of the Dukes of Bedford Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford, statue by Richard Westmacott in Russell Square on the Bedford Estate John Norden's map of 1593 map, showing the Bedford Covent Garden Estate not long after it was ...
Coat of arms of the Laurie baronets of Bedford Square. The Bayley baronets of Updown House in the County of Kent, later Laurie baronetcy of Bedford Square in the County of Middlesex, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 15 March 1834 for John Bayley, a Judge of the Queen's Bench, Baron of the Exchequer and legal writer.
In 1917, it moved to its current location in Bedford Square, central London, and has since acquired additional London premises in John Street, a property on Morwell Street behind Bedford Square, [10] and a 350-acre (1.4 km 2) site at Hooke Park in Dorset.
Green plaque at Bedford Square, London. The college was founded by Elizabeth Jesser Reid (née Sturch) in 1849, a social reformer and anti-slavery activist, who had been left a private income by her late husband, Dr John Reid, which she used to patronise various philanthropic causes.
Donaldson was born in Bloomsbury Square, London, the eldest son of architect, James Donaldson. His maternal uncle was Thomas Leverton (1743–1824), [1] a distinguished architect sometimes credited with the south range of Bedford Square in London. [2]