Tavistock Square, WC1H

Road in/near Bloomsbury, existing between 1806 and now

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Tavistock Square was built by property developer James Burton and the master builder Thomas Cubitt for Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford.

Tavistock Square was laid out in 1806 but largely built in the 1820s. It takes its name from Marquess of Tavistock, a courtesy title given to the eldest sons of the Dukes of Bedford.

The garden was laid out in 1825. The railed enclosure was initially for the private use of residents. Now open to the public, its centre-piece is a statue of Mahatma Gandhi by Fredda Brilliant and installed in 1968. In 1967, a cherry tree was planted in memory of the victims of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and its colourful blossoms continue to burst forth each Spring.

In 1920 the Tavistock Clinic was founded in the square.

Tavistock Square was the scene of one of the four suicide bombings on 7 July 2005.


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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Fairyland During the period leading up to and during the First World War, 92 Tottenham Court Road was the location of a shooting range called Fairyland.
Foundling Hospital The Foundling Hospital in London was founded in 1741 by the philanthropic sea captain Thomas Coram.
Russell Square Russell Square station, now on London’s Piccadilly Line, was opened by the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway on 15 December 1906.
The Horse Hospital Built as stabling for the sick horses of cabbies, The Horse Hospital is now a unique Grade II listed arts venue in Bloomsbury.

NEARBY STREETS
Abbey Place, WC1H Abbey Place was in the centre of Bloomsbury, off what was originally the west side of Little Coram Street and directly behind the Russell Institution on Great Coram Street (Bloomsbury)
Alfred Mews, WC1E Alfred Mews is situated off Tottenham Court Road, running behind the gardens of North Crescent (Bloomsbury)
Argyle Street, WC1H Argyle Street, originally Manchester Street, was named after the former Argyle House (Bloomsbury)
Argyle Walk, WC1H Argyle Walk is named for Argyll in Scotland (Bloomsbury)
Arthur Tattersall House, WC1E Arthur Tattersall House is a block on Gower Street (Bloomsbury)
Barbon Close, WC1N Barbon Close lies off Great Ormond Street (Bloomsbury)
Barclay House, WC1N Barclay House is a building on Queen Square (Bloomsbury)
Bedford Way, WC1H Bedford Way is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Bentham House, WC1H Bentham House is sited on Endsleigh Gardens (Bloomsbury)
Bentley House, NW1 Bentley House is a block on Euston Road (Euston Square)
Bernard Street, WC1N Bernard Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Bidborough Street, NW1 Bidborough Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Boswell Street, WC1N Boswell Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Brook House, WC1E Brook House is a block on Torrington Place (Bloomsbury)
Brunswick Shopping Centre, WC1N Brunswick Shopping Centre is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Brunswick Square, WC1N Brunswick Square is the result of a sale of land by the Foundling Hospital (Bloomsbury)
Burleigh House, WC1H Burleigh House is a block on Sidmouth Street (Bloomsbury)
Burton Street, WC1H Burton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Byng Place, WC1E Byng Place is a road in the WC1E postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Cambria House, WC1H Cambria House is a block on Tavistock Place (Bloomsbury)
Capper Street, WC1E Capper Street was named after the Capper farmer, tenant farmers on this land in the 17th and 18th centuries (Bloomsbury)
Cartwright Gardens, WC1N Cartwright Gardens is a crescent-shaped park and street located in Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Central House, WC1H Central House can be found on Upper Woburn Place (Bloomsbury)
Chandler House, WC1N Chandler House is a block on Wakefield Street (Bloomsbury)
Charlwood House, WC1H Charlwood House is a block on Midhope Street (Bloomsbury)
Chenies Mews, WC1E Chenies Mews is a road in the WC1E postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Chenies Street, WC1E Chenies Street takes its name from the Buckinghamshire village where since 1556 members of the Russell family have been buried. (Bloomsbury)
Christopher Place, NW1 Christopher Place leads off Chalton Street (St Pancras)
Clare Court, WC1H Clare Court is a block on Judd Street (Bloomsbury)
Coach Road, W1T Coach Road is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Colonnade, WC1N Colonnade is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Compton Place, WC1H Compton Place is a road in the WC1H postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Coram Street, WC1N Coram Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Cosmo Place, WC1B Cosmo Place is a road in the WC1B postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Cromer Street, WC1H Cromer Street originally gave access from Gray’s Inn Road to Greenland Place and a bowling green (Bloomsbury)
Darwin Walk, WC1E Darwin Walk is a road in the WC1E postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Drayton House, WC1H Drayton House is sited on Gordon Street (Euston Square)
Duke’s Road, WC1H This is a street in the WC1H postcode area (St Pancras)
Egmont House, WC1H Egmont House is a block on Tavistock Place (Bloomsbury)
Endsleigh Gardens, WC1H Endsleigh Gardens is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Endsleigh Place, WC1H Endsleigh Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Endsleigh Street, WC1H Endsleigh Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Euston House, NW1 Euston House is a block on Eversholt Street (Euston)
Euston Road, NW1 Euston Road runs from Marylebone Road to King's Cross. The road is part of the London Inner Ring Road and forms part of the London congestion charge zone boundary (Euston Square)
Euston Square, NW1 This is a street in the NW1 postcode area (St Pancras)
Euston Street, NW1 Euston Street is a street in Camden Town (Euston Square)
Evergreen House, NW1 Evergreen House is a block on Euston Road (St Pancras)
Faber Building, WC1H Faber Building is a block on Russell Square (Russell Square)
Flaxman Terrace, WC1H Flaxman Terrace connects Burton Street with Cartwright Gardens (Bloomsbury)
Foundling Court, WC1N Foundling Court is sited on Marchmont Street (Bloomsbury)
Gideon Schreier House, WC1H Gideon Schreier House is a block on Endsleigh Street (Bloomsbury)
Gordon Mansions, WC1E Gordon Mansions is one of the streets of London in the WC1E postal area (Bloomsbury)
Gordon Square, WC1H The completion of Thomas Cubitt’s Gordon Square in 1860 marked the final development of Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Gordon Street, WC1H Gordon Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Gower Court, WC1E Gower Court is a road in the WC1E postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Gower Place, WC1E Gower Place runs from Gordon Street to Gower Street (Bloomsbury)
Gower Street, WC1E Gower Street is named after Gertrude Leveson-Gower, the wife of John Russell, the 4th Duke of Bedford (Bloomsbury)
Grafton Place, NW1 Grafton Place originally formed part of the Duke of Grafton’s FitzRoy Estate (Euston)
Great Ormond Street, WC1N Great Ormond Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Grenville Street, WC1N Grenville Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Guilford Street, WC1B Guilford Street is a road in the WC1B postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Guilford Street, WC1N Guilford Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Hamilton House, WC1H Residential block (Bloomsbury)
Handel Street, WC1N Handel Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Harrison Street, WC1H Harrison Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Hastings Street, WC1H Hastings Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Henrietta Mews, WC1N Henrietta Mews is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Herbrand Street, WC1N Herbrand Street is in the east of Bloomsbury, running south from Tavistock Place to Guilford Street (Bloomsbury)
Hunter House, WC1N Hunter House can be found on Hunter Street (Bloomsbury)
Hunter Street, WC1N Hunter Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Huntley Street, WC1E Huntley Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1E postal area (Bloomsbury)
Jenner House, WC1N Residential block (Bloomsbury)
Jessel House, WC1H Jessel House is a building on Judd Street (Bloomsbury)
John Dodgson House, WC1H John Dodgson House is sited on Bidborough Street (Bloomsbury)
Judd Street, WC1H Judd Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Kellet House, WC1H Kellet House is a block on Tankerton Street (Bloomsbury)
Kelvin House, WC1H Kelvin House is a block on Judd Street (Bloomsbury)
Kenton Street, WC1H Kenton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Keppel Street, WC1E Keppel Street links Store Street and Gower Street in the west to Malet Street in the east (Bloomsbury)
Kingsgate Est, WC1B A street within the WC1B postcode (Bloomsbury)
Knollys House, WC1H Knollys House is a block on Tavistock Place (Bloomsbury)
Lamp Office Court, WC1N Lamp Office Court is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Lancing Street, NW1 Lancing Street is a street in Camden Town (Euston)
Lansdowne Terrace, WC1N Lansdowne Terrace is a street located in Bloomsbury which stretches from south to north, connecting Guilford Street to Brunswick Square. (Bloomsbury)
Leigh Street, WC1H Leigh Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Little Guildford Street, WC1N Little Guildford Street was the middle part of what is now Herbrand Street, between Great Coram Street and Bernard Street, on the western edge of the Foundling estate (Bloomsbury)
Loxham House, WC1H Loxham House is a block on Argyle Walk (Bloomsbury)
Lynton House, WC1H Lynton House is a block on Tavistock Square (Bloomsbury)
Mabledon Place, WC1H After Mabledon in Kent - home county of local 16th-century landowner Andrew Judd (Bloomsbury)
Malet Place, WC1E Malet Place is a road in the WC1E postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Malet Street, WC1E Sir Edward Malet was married to Lady Ermyntrude Sackville Russell, daughter of Francis Russell who owned much of the surrounding area (Bloomsbury)
Marchmont Street, WC1N Marchmont Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Mary Ward House, WC1H Mary Ward House is a block on Tavistock Place (Bloomsbury)
Medway Court, WC1H Medway Court can be found on Leigh Street (Bloomsbury)
Melton Street, NW1 Melton Street is a street in Camden Town (Euston Square)
Midhope Street, WC1H Midhope Street was once known as Wood Street (Bloomsbury)
Minerva House, WC1E Minerva House is a block on North Crescent (Bloomsbury)
Mortimer Market, WC1E Mortimer Market is a road in the W1T postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Nicolas Cooper House, WC1E Nicolas Cooper House is a block on Chenies Street (Bloomsbury)
North Crescent, WC1E North Crescent is one of the streets of London in the WC1E postal area (Bloomsbury)
Odonnell Court, WC1N Odonnell Court is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Ormond Close, WC1N Ormond Close is a road in the WC1N postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Ormond Mews Ormond Mews - also Ormond Yard - was made up of two extensive rows of mews and was situated just south of Great Ormond Street. (Bloomsbury)
Paul O’Gorman Building, WC1E Paul O’Gorman Building is a building on Huntley Street (Bloomsbury)
Peabody Buildings, WC1N Peabody Buildings is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Powis Place, WC1N Powis Place was built on the former site of Powis House, built for William Herbert, 2nd Marquess of Powis, a prominent 17th/18th century Jacobite. (Bloomsbury)
Queen Annes Square, WC1N Queen Annes Square is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Queen Square, WC1N Queen Square was laid out by speculator Nicholas Barbon (Bloomsbury)
Queen’s Yard, W1T Queen’s Yard is a road in the W1T postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Regent Square, WC1H Regent Square was laid out from 1822, with houses being built up to circa 1829 (Bloomsbury)
Regnart Buildings, NW1 Regnart Buildings may date from the 1810s decade (Euston Square)
Ridgmount Gardens, WC1E Ridgmount Gardens is one of the streets of London in the WC1E postal area (Bloomsbury)
Roberts Engineering Building, WC1E Roberts Engineering Building is sited on Torrington Place (Bloomsbury)
Russell Court, WC1B Russell Court is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Russell Square House, WC1B Residential block (Russell Square)
Russell Square, WC1B Russell Square was laid out from 1800 by James Burton following the demolition of Bedford House, which originally stood on the site surrounded by gardens and fields (Russell Square)
Sandwich House, WC1H Sandwich House is a block on Sandwich Street (Bloomsbury)
Sandwich Street, WC1H Sandwich Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Seaford Street, WC1H Seaford Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Shropshire House, WC1E Shropshire House is a block on Capper Street (Bloomsbury)
Sinclair House, WC1H Residential block (Bloomsbury)
South Cloisters, WC1H South Cloisters is a road in the WC1H postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Speedy Place, WC1H Speedy Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
St Peter’s House, WC1H St Peter’s House is sited on Regent Square (Bloomsbury)
St. Georges Road, WC1H A street within the WC1H postcode (Bloomsbury)
Stewart House, WC1B Stewart House can be found on Russell Square (Russell Square)
Tailor House, WC1N Tailor House is a block on Colonnade (Bloomsbury)
Tankerton House, WC1H Tankerton House is a building on Tankerton Street (Bloomsbury)
Tankerton Street, WC1H Tankerton Street is a road in the WC1H postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Tavistock House North, WC1H Tavistock House North is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Tavistock House South, WC1H Tavistock House South is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Tavistock House, WC1H Residential block (Bloomsbury)
Tavistock Place, WC1H Tavistock Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Tavistock Square, WC1H Tavistock Square was built by property developer James Burton and the master builder Thomas Cubitt for Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford (Bloomsbury)
Taviton Street, WC1H Taviton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Thanet House, WC1H Thanet House is a block on Thanet Street (Bloomsbury)
Thanet Street, WC1H Thanet Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
The Cruciform Building, WC1E The Cruciform Building is a block on Gower Street (Bloomsbury)
The Wellcome Building, NW1 The Wellcome Building is a block on Euston Road (Bloomsbury)
Third Floor, WC1E Third Floor is one of the streets of London in the WC1E postal area (Bloomsbury)
Thornhaugh Street, WC1B Thornhaugh Street is a street in London (Russell Square)
Tiger House, WC1H Tiger House is a block on Burton Street (Bloomsbury)
Tonbridge Street, WC1H Tonbridge Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Torrington Place, WC1E Torrington Place was developed by James Sim in partnership with his two sons (Bloomsbury)
Torrington Square, WC1H Torrington Square was originally laid out as part of the Bedford Estate development in 1821-25 (Bloomsbury)
Tybalds Close, WC1N Tybalds Close is a location in London (Bloomsbury)
University Street, WC1E University Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1E postal area (Bloomsbury)
Upper Woburn Place, WC1H Woburn Abbey was the duke of Bedford’s primary estate - they were the most significant property owners in the vicinity (Bloomsbury)
Variety Club Building, WC1N Variety Club Building is a block on Powis Place (Bloomsbury)
Wakefield Mews, WC1H Wakefield Mews derives ultimately from a former local pub: ’The Pindar of Wakefield’. (Bloomsbury)
Wakefield Street, WC1N Wakefield Street - after a former local pub, ’The Pindar of Wakefield’ (Bloomsbury)
Wellesley House, NW1 Wellesley House can be found on Wellesley Place (Euston)
Whidborne Street, WC1H Whidborne Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Witley Court, WC1H Witley Court is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Woburn House, WC1H Woburn House is a block on Tavistock Square (Bloomsbury)
Woburn Mews, WC1H Woburn Mews ran parallel between Woburn Place and Upper Bedford Place to the west of Woburn Place (Bloomsbury)
Woburn Place, WC1H Woburn Place is situated on the Bedford estate, running north from the east of Russell Square to the east of Tavistock Square (Bloomsbury)
Woburn Square, WC1H Woburn Square is just north of the centre of Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Woburn Walk, WC1H Woburn Walk was also known as Woburn Buildings (Bloomsbury)
Woolf Mews, WC1H Woolf Mews is a road in the WC1H postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Yeomanry House, WC1N Yeomanry House is a building on Handel Street (Bloomsbury)


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