Marylebone
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Marylebone (sometimes written St. Marylebone or Mary-le-bone) is an area in the City of Westminster North of Oxford Street and South of Regents Park. Edgware Road forms the Western boundary. Portland Place forms the Eastern boundary with the area known as Fitzrovia. It is commonly pronounced Mar(i)-lee-bone /ˈmæɹɪlɪbn̩/, however according to the local Marylebone Association the correct pronunciation is Mar'l-e-b'n /ˈmɑːləbn̩/.
Marylebone gets its name from a church, called "St Mary's" (now known as St Marylebone Parish Church), that 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.
The Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone was a metropolitan borough of the County of London between 1899 and 1965 when it was merged with the Metropolitan Borough of Paddington and the Metropolitan Borough of Westminster to form the London Borough of Westminster.
Such place-names in the neighborhood as Cavendish Square and Portland Place reflect the Dukes' of Portland landholdings and Georgian-era developments there.
Today the area is mostly residential. However, centred around Marylebone High Street and Marylebone Lane, Howard de Walden Estates Ltd is keeping an eye to maintain a mix of stylish and fashionable shops and restaurants of relevance to the locals, in what it calls the Marylebone Village. It is also notable for its Arab population on its far western border around Edgware Road.
Nearest places:
Nearest tube stations: Nearest railway station: Nearby places of interest:- Marylebone High Street
- Madame Tussaud's
- University of Westminster
- Royal Academy of Music
- Harley Street
- Regent's Park
- Hyde Park
- Lord's cricket ground
- Wallace Collection
- Ringo Starr
- John Lennon
- Yoko Ono
- Jacqueline du Pre
- Pitt the Elder
- H. G. Wells
- Sherlock Holmes
- Madonna
- Guy Ritchie
- Noel Gallagher
External links
- [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 Marylebone Association, The amenities society for residents of Marylebone]
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