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Marylebone Lane is one of the original streets of the

Marylebone Marylebone (usually , also , ) is a district in the West End of London, in the City of Westminster. Oxford Street, Europe's busiest shopping street, forms its southern boundary. An Civil parish#Ancient parishes, ancient parish and latterly a ...

district of the

City of Westminster The City of Westminster is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and London boroughs, borough in Inner London. It is the site of the United Kingdom's Houses of Parliament and much of the British government. It occupies a large area of cent ...

, London. It runs from

Oxford Street Oxford Street is a major road in the City of Westminster in the West End of London, running from Tottenham Court Road to Marble Arch via Oxford Circus. It is Europe's busiest shopping street, with around half a million daily visitors, and as ...

in the south to

Marylebone High Street Marylebone High Street is a shopping street in London, running sub-parallel to Baker Street and terminating at its northern end at the junction with Marylebone Road. Given its secluded location, the street has been described as "the hidden wond ...

in the north, its winding shape following the course of the

River Tyburn The River Tyburn was a stream (bourn) in London, its main successor sewers emulate its main courses but it resembled the Colne in its county of Middlesex in that it had many distributaries (inland mouths). It ran from South Hampstead, through M ...

that it once ran alongside and pre-dating the grid pattern of the other streets in the area. Today the lane is largely composed of small shops, cafes and restaurants with some small apartment blocks. There are some larger commercial buildings at the southern end near Oxford Street.

History

Marylebone Lane dates back to the original medieval village of

Tyburn Tyburn was a manor (estate) in the county of Middlesex, one of two which were served by the parish of Marylebone. The parish, probably therefore also the manor, was bounded by Roman roads to the west (modern Edgware Road) and south (modern Ox ...

, which stood at the south end of the lane near

where

Stratford Place Stratford Place is a small road in London, off Oxford Street, opposite Bond Street underground station. The road is a cul-de-sac. Stratford House Stratford House was built as the London town house of the Stratford family between 1770 and 177 ...

is now.''Conservation Area Audit Harley Street''
City of Westminster, London, 2007
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, which once ran south alongside it before crossing Oxford Street, giving the lane a narrow and winding character that is still preserved today"Marylebone Lane and High Street"
in and making what Tony Aldous called a "rustic diagonal".Aldous, Tony. (1980) ''The Illustrated London News Book of London's Villages''. London: Secker & Warburg. p. 87. The Tyburn has since been culverted and enclosed. and now runs entirely underground. The area became part of London after it was urbanised using a grid plan in the early 1700s.

Location

Marylebone Lane runs from Oxford Street in the south, where it is now pedestrianised, to the beginning of

in the north. The junction with Oxford Street was once split into two with a small group of buildings between the two entrances. In the south it is joined by

Henrietta Place Henrietta Place, originally known as Henrietta Street, is a street in Marylebone in the City of Westminster in central London that runs from Marylebone Lane in the east to Cavendish Square in the west. It is joined on the north side by Welbeck St ...

on its eastern side and crossed by

Wigmore Street Wigmore Street is a street in the City of Westminster, in the West End of London. The street runs for about 600 yards parallel and to the north of Oxford Street between Portman Square to the west and Cavendish Square to the east. It is named aft ...

halfway up. Jason Court and Hinde Mews join it on the western side above Wigmore Street and

Hinde Street Hinde Street is a street in the Marylebone district of the City of Westminster, London, that contains the Hinde Street Methodist Church and was home to the novelist Rose Macaulay until her death. Location Hinde Street runs from Manchester Squar ...

joins it on the west and continues eastwards as Bentinck Street. Bentinck Mews runs off Marylebone Lane on its eastern side and the street is crossed by

Bulstrode Street Bulstrode Street is a street in Marylebone in the City of Westminster that runs from Welbeck Street in the east to Thayer Street in the west. It is crossed only by Marylebone Lane. History Bulstrode Street was laid out when the Marylebone area wa ...

in the north. At its northern end, Bulstrode Place and Cross Keys Close join Marylebone Lane on its eastern side before the lane joins Marylebone High Street.

Character

Marylebone Lane is mostly made up of small shops, boutiques, cafes, restaurants and pubs, with some small apartment blocks. The

haberdashers In British English, a haberdasher is a business or person who sells small articles for sewing, dressmaking and knitting, such as buttons, ribbons, and zippers; in the United States, the term refers instead to a retailer who sells men's clothin ...

V.V. Rouleaux are at number 102 and The Ivy Cafe at the north end of the lane. Marylebone Lane has three

public houses A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was ...

: * The Golden Eagle, late Victorian, on the corner with Bulstrode Street. * The Coach Makers (formerly The Conduit of Tybourne) on the corner with Bentinck Street. * The Angel in the Fields on the corner with upper

Thayer Street Thayer Street in Providence, Rhode Island is a popular destination for students of the area's nearby schools of Brown University, Moses Brown School, Hope High School, Wheeler School, RISD, Providence College, Johnson & Wales University, and ...

. The southern part of the street includes some larger buildings, such as

Debenhams Debenhams plc was a British department store chain operating in the United Kingdom, Denmark and the Republic of Ireland. It was founded in 1778 as a single store in London and grew to 178 locations across those countries, also owning the Danish ...

department store, which borders the street, and the Radisson Blu Edwardian, Berkshire hotel. The entrance to the Welbeck Street Car Park is in the southern part of Marylebone Lane, adjacent to the London

Steinway Hall Steinway Hall (German: ) is the name of buildings housing concert halls, showrooms and sales departments for Steinway & Sons pianos. The first Steinway Hall was opened in 1866 in New York City. Today, Steinway Halls and are located in cities such ...

. The Marylebone Court House once stood at the south end of the street and was erected by the

Earl of Oxford Earl of Oxford is a dormant title in the Peerage of England, first created for Aubrey de Vere by the Empress Matilda in 1141. His family was to hold the title for more than five and a half centuries, until the death of the 20th Earl in 1703. ...

as a

manorial court The manorial courts were the lowest courts of law in England during the feudal period. They had a civil jurisdiction limited both in subject matter and geography. They dealt with matters over which the lord of the manor had jurisdiction, primarily ...

. It was demolished and rebuilt in 1825 but retained the same name. After no longer being used as a court it became

Marylebone Town Hall Marylebone Town Hall, also known as the Westminster Council House, is a municipal building on Marylebone Road in Marylebone, London. The complex includes the council chamber, the Westminster Register Office and an educational facility known as t ...

for a time and was also used as a hall for public speaking. Wright, Thomas. (1837
''The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and parts adjacent. Vol. V.''
London: George Virtue. p. 345.

Gallery

File:Part of a map of the City of Westminster and the immediate e Wellcome V0012879.jpg, Marylebone Lane (upper left) on a 1764 map when it was on the fringes of London File:The Coach Makers pub Marylebone Lane & Bentinck Street.jpg, The Coachmakers pub File:Welbeck Street Car Park 01.jpg, The Welbeck Street Car Park File:Debenhams from Marylebone Lane 05.jpg, Debenhams department store on the corner with Henrietta Place File:The Ivy Cafe, Marylebone Lane 01.jpg, The Ivy Cafe, November 2016

References

External links

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