Marylebone
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Marylebone (sometimes written St. Marylebone or Mary-le-bone, or in archaic use Marybone) is an area of central London in the City of Westminster. It can be pronounced as Marribun /ˈmærɪbn̩/[1] or Mar(i)-lee-bone /ˈmæɹɪlɪbn̩/. Not to be confused with St. Mary-le-Bow.
Marylebone can be roughly defined as the area bounded by Oxford Street to the south, Marylebone Road to the north, Edgware Road to the west and Portland Place (or alternatively Great Portland Street) to the east. A broader definition includes Regent's Park and the area immediately north of Marylebone Road, containing Marylebone Station, the original site of the Marylebone Cricket Club at Dorset Square, and the neighbourhood known as Lisson Grove to the border with St John's Wood. The west side of the Fitzrovia area up to Cleveland Street was also previously considered to be part of Marylebone. [citation needed]
Today the area is mostly residential. It is notable for the Arab population on its far western border around Edgware Road.
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[edit] History
Marylebone gets its name from a church called "St Mary's" (now known as St Marylebone Parish Church) which was built on the bank of a small stream or "bourne", called the Tybourne, in an area named after the stream, Tyburn. The church and the surrounding area later became known as St Mary at the Bourne which, over time, became shortened to its present form, Marylebone. It is a common misunderstanding that the name is a corruption of Marie la Bonne.
A large part of the area was constructed by the Portman family and is known as the Portman Estate. Another significant portion of the area, including Marylebone High Street, is comprised of the Howard de Walden Estate (see both here and here). Both estates have aristocratic antecedents and are still run by members of the families.
The Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone was a metropolitan borough of the County of London between 1899 and 1965, after which it was merged with the Metropolitan Borough of Paddington and the Metropolitan Borough of Westminster to form the City of Westminster.
Such place names in the neighbourhood as Cavendish Square and Portland Place reflect the Dukes of Portland landholdings and Georgian-era developments there.
[edit] Former places in Marylebone
- Egton House, studio of BBC Radio 1, demolished
- Queen's Hall, classical music concert venue destroyed by fire in World War II
- Marylebone Gardens a former pleasure ground and venue for concerts, closed in 1778
- St. George's Hall (London), a theatre built in 1867, demolished 1966.
- Yorkshire Stingo, a public house on Marylebone Road.
[edit] Places in Marylebone
- 221B Baker Street
- All Souls Church, Langham Place (designed by John Nash)
- Baker Street
- Broadcasting House (BBC headquarters)
- Duke Street, Marylebone
- Holy Trinity Church Marylebone (designed by Sir John Soane)
- Langham Hotel, London (built in the 1860s)
- Marylebone High Street
- Madame Tussaud's
- Manchester Square (Georgian square)
- Montagu Square (Regency square)
- University of Westminster
- Royal Academy of Music
- Royal Institute of British Architects
- Harley Street
- Regent's Park
- Hyde Park
- Marybone Chapel (designed in 1722 by James Gibbs)
- Wallace Collection
- Wigmore Hall
- Marble Arch
- Wigmore Street
[edit] Famous Residents
- Adam Ant
- Jane Asher
- Charles Babbage
- Joe Cole lived in the Wilcove Estate, Lisson Grove as child
- Sir William Coldstream
- Jacqueline du Pre
- Sir Clement Freud
- Noel Gallagher
- Hughie Green
- Sherlock Holmes (fictional at 221B Baker Street)
- John Lennon
- Madonna
- Sienna Miller
- Yoko Ono
- Pitt the Elder
- Patrick Procktor
- Guy Ritchie
- Ringo Starr (at 34 Montagu Square, Marylebone)
- Paul McCartney
- H. G. Wells
- Barbara Windsor
- Dale Winton
- Norman Wisdom was born in Marylebone
[edit] Education
- St Marylebone School (comprehensive academy school for girls founded in 1791)
- Sylvia Young Theatre School (fee paying performing arts school)
- For further education information for Marylebone and the surrounding area see the main City of Westminster article.
[edit] Nearby
[edit] Nearest places
- Mayfair to the south
- Soho to the south-east
- Fitzrovia to the east
- Euston to the north-east
- St John's Wood and Lisson Grove to the north
- Paddington to the west
- Hyde Park to the south-west
[edit] Nearest tube stations
- Baker Street
- Bond Street
- Edgware Road (Bakerloo Line)
- Edgware Road (Circle, District and Hammersmith & City Lines)
- Great Portland Street
- Marble Arch
- Marylebone
- Oxford Circus
- Regent's Park
[edit] Nearest railway stations
[edit] References
- ^ Oxford Authors' & Printers' Dictionary, O.U.P, 1965
[edit] See also
- St Marylebone (UK Parliament constituency) (1918–1974)
[edit] External links
- Marylebone Village
- Map
- Description and history of St Marylebone from 1868 Gazetteer
- Description and history of St Marylebone from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica
- American Intercontinental University
- Wigmore Hall
- The St Marylebone Society, an amenities society formed in 1948 for people who live and work in Marylebone
- The Marylebone Association, an amenities society formed in 1981 for people who live and work in Marylebone
- St Marylebone Workhouse
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