Ever wonder how the streets around Russell Square get their name?

This Virtual Tour hosted on Zoom looks at the generations of the family that owned the land around Russell Square, starting with Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton , protégé to Thomas Cromwell who appears in Hilary Mantel’s “The Mirror and the Light”

The land has been owned by statesmen, reformers, poets, adventurers and a few who were not afraid of treachery. The street names record the different family members titles and land holdings and Rob will tell their stories.