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Bedford House, Strand

Buildings and structures demolished in 1704Demolished buildings and structures in LondonFormer houses in the City of WestminsterRussell family

Bedford House was the Elizabethan and Jacobean London home of the Russell family, Earls of Bedford, situated on the Strand. Bedford House, also called Russell House was on the site of the present Southampton Street on the north side of the Strand. It was demolished in 1704 after the family had relocated to Bloomsbury. The site was on or adjacent to the lodging or Inn of the Bishops of Carlisle. John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford acquired the land, Longacre, in May 1552 at the fall of Protector Somerset. The Russell family already had a house on the south side of the Strand, with land running down to the Thames near Ivybridge Street. This property passed to Bridget Hussey, the widow of Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford, and was sold.

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Bedford House, Strand
Southampton Street, London Covent Garden

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Southampton Street 10
WC2E 7HG London, Covent Garden
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