About Bloomsbury
History
The earliest record of Bloomsbury is the 1086 Domesday Book, which records that the area had vineyards and "wood for 100 pigs". But it was not until 1201 that the name Bloomsbury is first noted, when William de Blemond, acquired the land. At the end of the 14th century Edward III acquired Blemond's manor, and passed it on to the Carthusian monks of the London Charterhouse, who kept the area mostly rural. In the 16th century, with the Dissolution of the Monasteries, Henry VIII took the land back into the possession of the Crown, and granted it to Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton.
Today Bloomsbury is a vibrant district made famous by a group of turn-of-the-century writers that included Virginia Woolf and EM Forster. Bloomsbury is also the location of the British Museum, the British Library, the campus of University College London and numerous historic homes, parks, and buildings.
Location
Bloomsbury is close to popular areas of London including Soho, Marylebone and Regents Park. It is also close to London's West End. Bloomsbury is one of London's best areas for green space, most of which have beautiful statues and gardens.
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