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FLOOR SANDING IN BLOOMSBURY
The family names of Bedford, Tavistock, Russell and Woburn adorn the handsome squares, reflecting their ownership and development by the Russells, Dukes of Bedford.
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The name derives from when the Conqueror gave the borough to his vassal, Baron Blemonde. Bloomsbury Square of 1660 was the beginnings of the ‘little towne’ noted for its ‘good aire’ according to John Aubrey. By the 1860s, the squares had become far less fashionable but certainly respectable. Since 1932, there has been little relief from the presence of the 210 foot tower of London University’s Senate House. Designed by Charles Holden (responsible for so many simple yet elegant underground stations) this ‘vast whited sepulchre’ (to quote Max Beerbohm) seems to have mellowed into a wan gentleness, particularly on a grey winter’s day. Yet nostalgic comfort is at hand in one of the most delightful little streets in London. A coffee in Woburn Walk with its balconies, shop windows and air of Jane Austen is the perfect antidote to the melee swirling a few yards to the west and north. |
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