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• Postal district: WC1
• Local Government authority: London Borough of Camden

The name is a corruption of the original name of Blemundsbury, after William de Blemund, who was the landowner there from 1201.

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• Streetmap centered on Bloomsbury

History and Places of Interest

• British Museum
• History of the London Borough of Camden, from the borough website
• The CAMRA North London newsletter, issue 12 has a short piece on the history of the area and one of its pubs, the Museum Tavern
• London Women's History Network notes for a Bloomsbury walk
• MyVillage on the history of the area and the Bloomsbury Group
• Observer Magazine article on the Brunswick Centre

Pubs

• grubstreet recommendations:
  • Calthorpe Arms, Grays Inn Road -- CAMRA North London pub of the year 2001, good Youngs beers. --Kake
  • Plough, WC1A 1LH -- nothing special, but has been known to not be crowded on a Friday night; something of a rarity around here. --Kake
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Restaurants

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Sandwich Shops

• grubstreet recommendations:
  • Coffee Matters is just across the road from Holborn station, and does a range of Fairtrade coffees (soya milk available), freshly-squeezed juices and interesting sandwiches.
  • Alara Wholefoods on Marchmont Street is a vegetarian sandwich shop/takeaway/cafe/wholefood shop a minute or two's walk from Russell Square station
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Photos

• Saul's photos of the Brunswick Centre — taken from "the residents' courtyard above the supermarket and in the corridor of O'Donnell Court".

Neighbouring locales: Fitzrovia / Holborn / Soho / Clerkenwell / St Pancras