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Bridle Path, Dresden,
Longton
Russell Street
Russell Street was named after Sir John
Russell, (also see the
Sir John
Russell public house in Trentham Road)
Russell, John, 1st Earl Russell of Kingston Russell (1792-1878),
British prime minister and liberal reformer. Son of the 6th Duke of
Bedford, Russell was born in London on August 8, 1792, and was
educated at Westminster School and the University of Edinburgh. He
entered Parliament in 1813, and during the 1820s he was a persistent
advocate of extending the franchise and granting political equality to
Roman Catholics. During his first premiership (1846-1852), he helped
pass legislation limiting working hours in factories (1847) and
establishing a public health system (1848).
The line of the bridle path as it
crosses Russell Street.
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