By Ricci de Freitas

This lavishly illustrated the development of the Duke of Bedford's Bloomsbury estate from 1776 to the present day, centred on Bedford Square, the only intact 18th century square remaining in London, and Gower Street, which retains one of London's longest sets of unbroken Georgian terraces. Devised as a guided walk from Great Russell Street in the south to Euston Road in the north, with a circuit of Bedford Square, it reveals the eclectic range of notable former residents, institutions and organisations who have shaped the reputation and character of this unique segment of Bloomsbury over the past 250 years.