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Street-by-Street: Marylebone

South of Regent’s Park lies the medieval village of
Marylebone (originally Maryburne, the stream by St Mary’s
church). Until the 18th century it was surrounded by fields,
but these were built over as fashionable London drifted west.
In the mid-19th century, professional people, especially
doctors, used the spacious houses to receive wealthy clients.
The area has maintained both its medical connections and its
elegance. Marylebone High Street is full of interesting, high-
quality food and clothes shops, bookshops and cafés.
2 . Regent’s Park
John Nash laid out the royal
park in 1812 as a setting for
The Royal Academy of classically designed villas
Music, England’s first and terraces.
music academy, was
founded in 1774. The
present brick building,
with its own concert
hall, is from 1911.

1 . Madame Tussauds
This waxworks museum has been in To Regent’s U P P E R H A R L E Y S T
business since 1835 and remains one of Park
Y O R K T E R R A C E E A S T R O A
London’s most popular attractions. It
moved to its present location in 1884. C I R C L E D

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Parish Church P
Poets Robert Browning L U L S T
and Elizabeth Barrett X A C R
married in this church. B O E E E
Baker Street R N O T T I N G H A M S T R E E T T
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Marylebone High Street is lined with G H S
attractive shops. At No. 83 is Daunt Books T
with its galleried interior. On the corner R E
of Marylebone Lane, V V Rouleaux is a E T
gloriously colourful haberdashery shop.
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