Interested in rural science and one of the chief patrons of the Bath and West Agricultural Society of which he was President at the time of his death.
His youngest politician brother, William (1767 – 1840) was murdered by his valet, at his Mayfair home in Norfolk Street (now Dunraven Street). Now demolished, along with all the houses on the east side.
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Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford
Inside the gates at each entrance to the square there is a modern information...
The Waterloo community's land planning group working with the community for more land for homes and essential amenities such as shops and open space.
Pioneering environmentalist, ornithologist and internationalist, a founder of the World Wildlife Fund, initiator of the Jubilee Walkway. Father of Piers Nicholson, sundial designer. Born Ireland a...
The Abercrombie Plan consists of the 1943 'County of London Plan' and the 1944 'Greater London Plan'. Devised by Sir Leslie Patrick Abercrombie and John Henry Forshaw in preparation for regeneratio...
Concept, Gardens / Agriculture, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare, Transport
The land was purchased by the Beckenham Local Board to provide a public open space which had been lacking since the loss of the Fair Field for housing in the 1870s. The site was part of open farmla...
An area roughly equivalent to modern-day Hyde Park. It was owned by Westminster Abbey, and its woods afforded both fire-wood and shelter for the monks and for their game and water-fowl.
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