Tyburnia, a part of

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, originally developed following an 1824 masterplan drawn up by

Samuel Pepys Cockerell Samuel Pepys Cockerell (1753–1827) was an English architect. He was a son of John Cockerell, of Bishop's Hull, Somerset, and the elder brother of Sir Charles Cockerell, 1st Baronet, for whom he designed the house he is best known for, Sezinc ...

(1753-1827) to redevelop the historic lands of the

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, known as the

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 O ...

Estate, into a residential area to rival

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. Tyburnia was the first part of Paddington to be developed.

Area

Samuel Pepys Cockerell by George Dance 1793

The area called Tyburnia has varied over time and it was never finished according to the original plan but it is certainly bounded by

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in the east and

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and Hyde Park Place in the south. The northern boundary is generally regarded as Craven Road and

Praed Street Praed Street () is a street in Paddington, west London, in the City of Westminster, most notable for being the location of London Paddington station. It runs south-westerly, straight from Edgware Road to Craven Road, Spring Street and Eastbo ...

, while the western boundary is generally regarded as Gloucester Terrace.

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provides the main axis of the area, off which other streets run.

History

The district formed the centrepiece of an 1824 masterplan by Samuel Pepys Cockerell to redevelop the historic lands of the Bishop of London, known as the Tyburn Estate, into a residential area to rival

. It was the first part of Paddington to be developed. The area was laid out in the mid-1800s when grand squares and cream-

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terraces started to fill the acres between Paddington station and Hyde Park; however, the plans were never realised in full. The author

William Makepeace Thackeray William Makepeace Thackeray (; 18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863) was a British novelist, author and illustrator. He is known for his satirical works, particularly his 1848 novel ''Vanity Fair'', a panoramic portrait of British society, and t ...

described the district as "the elegant, the prosperous, the polite Tyburnia, the most respectable district of the habitable globe."

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