Russell Square
Russell Square is a large green space in Bloomsbury , London . The main building of the University of London and the British Museum are nearby . To the north is Woburn Place and to the southwest is Southampton Row . The subway station of the same name is in the northeast corner of the square.
history
The square is named after the surname of the Earl and Duke of Bedford , who expanded their family's land holdings in London in the 17th and 18th centuries, starting with Covent Garden (Bedford Street). Russell Square was created when streets were laid in the garden of the Duke's former country estate. Other names in the area also bear witness to the Dukes of Bedford, such as B. Bedford Square , Bedford Place, Bedford Avenue, Bedford Row and Bedford Way; Woburn Square and Woburn Place are named after Woburn Abbey , Tavistock Square , Tavistock Place and Tavistock Street after the Marquess of Tavistock . The lanterns in this area show the Bedford coat of arms.
Several terraced houses intended for middle class families were built in the square. Some of the original houses still exist today, especially on the southern and western sides. Those on the western side are occupied by the University of London . On the north side is a house in which TS Eliot worked for several years when he was editor at Faber & Faber . The building is now used by the School of Oriental and African Studies , a faculty at the University of London. Thomas Lawrence had a studio in house number 67 between 1805 and 1830. The imposing Hotel Russell from 1898 is on the east side. The “President Hotel” on the west side, built from concrete in the 1960s, looks like a foreign body.
Other personalities who lived in one of the houses on the square were Philip and Philip Charles Hardwick (father and son) at number 60. Since 2004, the two buildings 46 and 47 (the numbers are consecutive here) are on the south side through the Huron University USA in London in use. In 1998 the London Mathematical Society also moved its premises from Burlington House to De Morgan House (number 57-58) in order to cope with the growing number of employees.
In 2002 the park was redesigned in the style of the early nineteenth century by Humphry Repton (1752-1818). The café, which is located in the green area, has also been renewed. The heart of the redesign was the installation of a fountain.
Cabman's Shelter
The Cabmen's Shelter Fund was founded in 1875 to house the drivers of the cabs at the time. The Russell Square property is one of 13 remaining homes.
The bombings on July 7, 2005
Since the bomb attacks in July 2005 , the square has seen increased tourist interest. One of the bombs exploded was on a subway train going from King's Cross St. Pancras to Russell Square . Another bomb exploded nearby in Tavistock Square . A memorial south of the café commemorates the people killed in the attacks.
Other places nearby
Other places in the former Bedford estate in Bloomsbury
Web link
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cabman's shelters, London - Victorian survivors on London's streets , Urban75, April 2006
Coordinates: 51 ° 31 '18 " N , 0 ° 7' 33.8" W.