Bloomin' Bloomsbury:
Bloomsbury Square viewed north towards Bedford House, 1787
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Bloomsbury Square, 1800s
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Watermen in Bloomsbury Square, June 1828 - by George Scharf
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Postcard view of Bloomsbury Square, east side, c.1906. This terrace was lost in 1921-34 when the Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society replaced it with the grandiose Victoria House - B. Girling
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Trenches under construction during World War II
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Bloomsbury Square underground car park under construction c.1964-5 photo by C.W.F. Holmes, RIBA Library
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Early photograph of the now faded commemorative stone
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View from the gardens of the north terrace town houses built by James Burton when he developed the Bedford Estate from 1800. He could never have envisioned the children's playground.
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South terrace of Bloomsbury Square, numbered from left to right 43-47 and 1-4A, reflecting different eras in the life of the square.
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The sculptures in the Victoria House pediment , by Herbert William Palliser, represent the bounty of nature.
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View north from the centre of Bloomsbury Square, June 2019
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Charles James Fox
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7.6.2019
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Charles James Fox gazes upon the statue of the Duke of Bedford in Russell Square Gardens, at the opposite end of Bedford Way
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West terrace, Bloomsbury Square
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Isaac D'Israeli's plaque at his former home - 6 Bloomsbury Square. He was the father of Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli.
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This grand building on the NW corner of the square was designed by John Nash for The Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, incorporated 1843. The Society relocated to Brunswick Square in 1939.
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Dr Robert Willan's plaque at White Hall
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View north 27.3.2020
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Grade II listed K6 telephone kiosk, adjacent to garden railings, SE corner Bloomsbury Square. Designed by Giles Gilbert Scott in 1935, the K6 is a major landmark of industrial design.
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Nepeta officianalis aka Catmint and the purple flowering Salvia nemorosa Amethyst have proved their worth in the central beds
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PS304 references the use of the basement of 21 Bedford Square as a Public Shelter during the WWII air raids (as were Nos. 4 and 27)
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View south, 9.2.2021
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Hellebore mound
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Ipheon uniflorum close-up
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Ipheon uniflorum display Bloomsbury Square Gardens
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Spring has sprung 24.4.2021
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The 2018 central beds planting scheme is looking good three years on 10.6.2021
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Methinks I may have bitten off more than I can chew...
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Echinanea and Verbena Boariensis in full bloom in the central beds - August 2021
