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|official_name= Marylebone
|latitude= 51.5177
|longitude= -0.1470
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|london_borough= Westminster
|post_town= LONDON
|postcode_area=W
|postcode_district=W1
|dial_code= 020
|constituency_westminster= [[Regent's Park and Kensington North (UK Parliament constituency)|Regent's Park and Kensington North]]
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'''Marylebone''' (sometimes written '''St. Marylebone''' or '''Mary-le-bone''', or in archaic use '''Marybone''') is an area of central [[London]], [[England]] in the [[City of Westminster]]. It can be pronounced as Marribun {{IPA|/ˈmærɪbn̩/}}<ref> Oxford Authors' & Printers' Dictionary, O.U.P, 1965</ref> or Mar(i)-lee-bone {{IPA|/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. Occasionally, this area is designated as "'''Marylebone Village'''". A broader definition of Marylebone is then used, which encompasses [[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. {{Fact|date=August 2007}}
Today the area is mostly residential, and since the opening of the [[Jubilee Line]] at [[Baker Street]] station (with its direct links to [[Canary Wharf]]), Marylebone - particularly Marylebone Village - has become a very sought-after area of Central London. It is also notable for the [[Arab]] population on its far western border around [[Edgware Road]].
==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 or [[Tyburn (stream)|Tyburn]], which used to run along what is now Marylebone Lane (before it was built over). 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.<ref>
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| last = Smith
| first = Thomas
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| title = A Topographical and Historical Account of the Parish of St. Mary-le-Bone
| publisher = John Smith
| date = 1833
| location = London
| pages = 3
| url = http://books.google.com/books?id=Xw4NAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=%22st+mary+at+the+bourne%22&source=web&ots=To45uiuZI_&sig=gCI4P0v5VIYpOWFhHygnHoerIb8&hl=en#PPA3,M1
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</ref>
It is a common misunderstanding that the name is a corruption of ''Marie la Bonne'' (French for "Marie/Mary the good").
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 the Howard de Walden Estate (see both [[Baron Howard de Walden|here]] and [[Harley Street|here]]). Both estates have aristocratic antecedents and are still run by members of the aforementioned 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 [[Duke of Portland|Dukes of Portland]] landholdings and Georgian-era developments there.
==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]].
==Places in Marylebone ==
* [[221B Baker Street]]
* [[All Souls Church, Langham Place]] (designed by [[John Nash]])
* [[Baker Street]]
* [[Broadcasting House]] ([[BBC]] headquarters)
* [[The Colomb Art Gallery]]
* [[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]] (which houses the [[London Zoo]])
* [[Selfridges]] Department Store
* [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]]
* [[Marybone Chapel]] (designed in 1722 by [[James Gibbs]])
* [[Wallace Collection]]
* [[Wigmore Hall]]
* [[Marble Arch]]
* [[Wigmore Street]]
==Famous Residents==
* [[Adam Ant]]
* [[Jane Asher]]
* [[Charles Babbage]]
* [[Elizabeth Barrett Browning]] (at 50 [[Wimpole Street]])
* [[Tyler Brule]]
* [[Lord Byron]] (baptised in Marylebone Chapel)
* [[Joe Cole]] lived in the Wilcove Estate, Lisson Grove as child
* Sir [[William Coldstream]]
* [[Charles Dickens]]
* [[Jacqueline du Pre]] (27 Upper Montagu Street)
* [[Sir Clement Freud]]
* [[Noel Gallagher]]
* [[Hughie Green]]
* [[Sherlock Holmes]] (fictional at [[221B Baker Street]])
* [[John Lennon]]
* [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]
* [[Sienna Miller]]
* [[Yoko Ono]]
* [[Pitt the Elder]]
* [[Stuart Price]]
* [[Patrick Procktor]]
* [[Wendy Richard]] (Upper Montagu Street)
* [[Guy Ritchie]]
* [[Stephen Spender]]
* [[Ringo Starr]] (at [[34 Montagu Square, Marylebone]])
* [[Paul McCartney]]
* [[H. G. Wells]]
* [[Barbara Windsor]]
* [[Dale Winton]]
* [[Norman Wisdom]] was born in Marylebone
* [[Keeley Hawes]] was also born in Marylebone
* [[Benedict Arnold]] (at [[62 Gloucester Place, Marylebone]])
* [[Jimi Hendrix]] (at [[43 Upper Berkeley Street, Marylebone]])
==Education==
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===Primary, secondary and vocational schools===
* [[St Marylebone School]] (comprehensive specialist school for girls founded in 1791)
* [[Sylvia Young Theatre School]] (fee paying performing arts school)
* St Vincent's RC Primary School (Catholic Voluntary Aided Mixed School)
===Higher Education===
* The [[Royal Academy of Music]] on Marylebone Road
* The [[University of Westminster]] headquarters, [[University of London]] on Marylebone Road
* [[Regent's College]], whose campus is within the grounds of Regent's Park, which houses:[[European Business School London]]; [[British American College London]]; [[Regent's Business School]]; School of Psychotherapy and Counselling; [[Webster Graduate School]]; Internexus, a provider of English language courses.
==Location in Context==
{| align="center"
|+'''Neighbouring areas of London.'''
|
{{compass-table|place=Marylebone
|N = [[St John's Wood]]
|NE= [[Regent's Park]]
|E = [[Fitzrovia]]
|SE= [[Soho]]
|S = [[Mayfair]]
|SW= [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]]
|W = [[Paddington]]
|NW= [[Lisson Grove]]
}}
|}
== Public Transport Infrastructure==
===Tube stations===
* [[Baker Street tube station|Baker Street]]
* [[Bond Street tube station|Bond Street]]
* [[Edgware Road tube station (Bakerloo Line)|Edgware Road (Bakerloo Line)]]
* [[Edgware Road tube station (Circle, District and Hammersmith & City Lines)|Edgware Road (Circle, District and Hammersmith & City Lines)]]
* [[Great Portland Street tube station|Great Portland Street]]
* [[Marble Arch tube station|Marble Arch]]
* [[Marylebone station|Marylebone]]
* [[Oxford Circus tube station|Oxford Circus]]
* [[Regent's Park tube station|Regent's Park]]
===Railway stations===
In Marylebone:
* [[Marylebone station|Marylebone]]
Nearby:
* [[Paddington station|Paddington]]
* [[Euston station|Euston]] to the north-east
==References==
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==See also==
*[[St Marylebone (UK Parliament constituency)]] (1918–1974)
==External links==
* [http://www.marylebonevillage.com/ Marylebone Village]
* [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=528500&y=181500&z=3&sv=marylebone&st=3&tl=Marylebone,City+of+Westminster&searchp=newsearch.srf&mapp=newmap.srf Map]
* [http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/MDX/StMarylebone/StMaryleboneHistory.html Description and history of St Marylebone from 1868 Gazetteer]
* [http://45.1911encyclopedia.org/S/ST/ST_MARYLEBONE.htm Description and history of St Marylebone from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica]
* [http://www.aiulondon.ac.uk American Intercontinental University]
* [http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/ Wigmore Hall]
* [http://www.stmarylebone-society.org The St Marylebone Society, an amenities society formed in 1948 for people who live and work in Marylebone]
* [http://www.marylebone.org/ The Marylebone Association, an amenities society formed in 1981 for people who live and work in Marylebone]
*[http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?StMarylebone/StMarylebone.shtml St Marylebone Workhouse]
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