Marylebone High Street
History
Nestled between Marylebone Road which is heavy with traffic and Oxford Street which is overflowing with shoppers, Marylebone is an oasis of relative calm where there is plenty to look at and buy.
The area consisted of two manors, Lileston (Lisson) and Tyburn, named after the river that ran through there and supplied London with water. The name Marylebone derives from a medieval church constructed on the banks of the Tyburn and called St. Mary-by-the-Bourne, later Maryburne.
The manor house was converted into a hunting lodge by Henry VIII, and Marylebone Gardens, ajoining the manor house, was a centre for spectacles, sporting events, and concerts from the mid-17th century until 1778.
In fact, it was not until 1745 that the construction of houses began on the north side of Oxford Street. Estates and terraced houses were characteristic of development in the area until the 20th Century when blocks of flats (apartments) followed.
Modern Marylebone forms an integral part of London's West End with a mix of business, residential, educational, cultural and historical interests. Marylebone High Street (aka Marylebone Village) and the surrounding area with its wide range of shops are at the centre of this.
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