UCL Bloomsbury Project (UK)

The Leverhulme-funded UCL Bloomsbury Project was established to investigate 19th-century Bloomsbury's development from swampy rubbish-dump to centre of intellectual life. Led by Professor Rosemary Ashton, with Dr Deborah Colville as Researcher, the Project has traced the origins, Bloomsbury locations, and reforming significance of hundreds of progressive and innovative institutions. Many of the extensive archival resources relating to these institutions have also been identified and examined by the Project, and Bloomsbury's developing streets and squares have been mapped and described. This website is a gateway to the information gathered and edited by Project members during the Project's lifetime, 1 October 2007–30 April 2011, with the co-operation of Bloomsbury's institutions, societies, and local residents