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Torrington Square is a square in
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Torrington Square is a square in Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury is a district in the West End of London, part of the London Borough of Camden in England. It is considered a fashionable residential area, and is the location of numerous cultural institution, cultural, intellectual, and educational ...
, owned by the University of London
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, located in central London, England. Today, the square is largely non-residential since most of the houses have been demolished by the university. The southern end of the square is dominated by the University of London's Senate House. Birkbeck College
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and the School of Oriental and African Studies
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(SOAS) are also located here. To the southwest is Malet Street and to the southeast is Russell Square
Russell Square is a large garden square in Bloomsbury, in the London Borough of Camden, built predominantly by the firm of James Burton (property developer), James Burton. It is near the University of London's main buildings and the British Mus ...
. The square is the site of a weekly farmers' market, held on Thursdays.
Notable people
John Desmond Bernal
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lived in a flat at the top of no. 22. In November 1950, Pablo Picasso
Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, Ceramic art, ceramicist, and Scenic ...
, a fellow communist, en route to a Soviet-sponsored World Peace Congress in Sheffield created a mural in Bernal's flat. In 2007, this became part of the Wellcome Trust's collectionnight that Picasso was a little plastered''
The Times
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Christina Rossetti
Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894) was an English writer of romanticism, romantic, devotional and children's poems, including "Goblin Market" and "Remember". She also wrote the words of two Christmas carols well k ...
lived at 30 Torrington Square until her death here on 29 December 1894 from breast cancer.Bryson, Joh"Christina Rossetti English poet"
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Encyclopædia Britannica
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'', 7 September 2015. Retrieved on 24 March 2016.
See also
Other squares on the Bedford Estate in Bloomsbury included: *Bedford Square
Bedford Square is a garden square in the Bloomsbury district of the London Borough of Camden, Borough of Camden in London, England.
History
Built between 1775 and 1783 as an upper middle class residential area, the square has had many disti ...
*Bloomsbury Square
Bloomsbury Square is a garden square in Bloomsbury, in the London Borough of Camden, London. Developed in the late 17th century, it was initially known as Southampton Square and was one of the earliest London squares. By the early 19th century, Be ...
*Gordon Square
Gordon Square is a public park square in Bloomsbury, London, England. It is part of the Bedford Estate and was designed as one of a pair with the nearby Tavistock Square. It is owned by the University of London.
History and buildings
The sq ...
*Russell Square
Russell Square is a large garden square in Bloomsbury, in the London Borough of Camden, built predominantly by the firm of James Burton (property developer), James Burton. It is near the University of London's main buildings and the British Mus ...
* Tavistock Square
* Woburn Square
Bibliography
* Rasmussen, Sten Eiler. ''London: The Unique City''. London: Penguin (Pelican), 1960.References
External links
* Squares in the London Borough of Camden University of London Birkbeck, University of London SOAS University of London Bloomsbury {{London-geo-stub