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Woburn Square is the smallest of theBloomsbury squares and owned by theUniversity of London. Designed byThomas Cubitt and built between 1829 and 1847,[1] it is named afterWoburn Abbey, the main country seat of theDukes of Bedford,[2] who developed much of Bloomsbury.
The original construction was of 41 houses,[3] smaller than those of adjoiningGordon Square and hence with lower rents. The square was built on the boundary between the parishes ofSt. Pancras andHolborn and the boundary marker stones are still visible[4] in the gardens. The two squares were built to improve land that was originally marshland.
This narrow square was longer, extending down towardsRussell Square, before the southern half and Christ Church (Lewis Vulliamy, 1833)[5] were demolished in the 1970s to make space for new buildings for theSchool of Oriental and African Studies and theInstitute of Education.
Other squares on theBedford Estate inBloomsbury included:
additionally places of interest
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