Bedford Estate
The Bedford Estate is an estate in
History
In 1669, the Bloomsbury Estate came into ownership of the Russell family when William, son of
The development of Bloomsbury was continued by Francis Russell's brother,
The Bedford Estates
The British Museum and the University of London replaced large parts of the estate and the remnants are owned by The Bedford Estates,[5] mainly residential property that has been converted for office and hotel use, together with private residential property.[2] The company is the largest private landowner in Bloomsbury and is managed from the Bedford Office in Montague Street, within the estate.[5]
Geography
The main Bedford Estate originally extended between
Garden squares in the main Bedford Estate include:
- Bedford Square
- Bloomsbury Square
- Gordon Square
- Russell Square
- Tavistock Square
- Torrington Square
- Woburn Square
In the northern separate part of the Bedford Estate is Harrington Square. The neighbouring Ampthill Square Estate is built on what was previously another garden square, Ampthill Square.
See also
- Covent Garden Estate
Other large privately owned historic estates in London include:
- Cadogan Estates
- Portman Estate
- Grosvenor Estate
- Howard de Walden Estate
- Langham Estate
- Smith's Charity Estate (South Kensington, SW7)
- Pettiward Estate (West Brompton, SW10)
- Peabody Trust (1862, charity)
- Ilchester Estate, Kensington (see Holland House)
- Naru Estate
References
- ^ "The Bedford Estate - Covent Garden and the seven acres in Long Acre". British History Online. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
- ^ a b c d History Archived 2010-06-16 at the Wayback Machine, The Bedford Estates, Bloomsbury, London, UK.
- ^ "The Bedford Estate – The Sale of the Estate". British History Online. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- ^ English heritage, 1970.
- ^ a b What we do Archived 2010-08-28 at the Wayback Machine, The Bedford Estates, Bloomsbury, London, UK.
External links
- The Bedford Estates website
- "UCL Bloomsbury Project". University College London.