Moxon Street, W1U

Road in/near Marylebone

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JANUARY
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2000
Moxon Street once went by the name of Paradise Street, at odds with its appearance.

At the end of the eighteenth century, Paradise Street (now Moxon Street) provided ideal conditions for housing developments of the ’lowest class’. At that time, the area of Paradise Street had become a maze of courts, alleys and narrow streets, boxed in the small area in the angle of Paddington Street and Marylebone High Street.

This area became almost the worst concentration of bad housing, overcrowding and poverty in the parish. It was said, were some 120 houses whose inhabitants were sunk ‘in the lowest stages of moral and physical degradation’. The worst developments were courts shut off from the street by a wall with a common entrance door, lined with one-room deep houses without back yards or back windows, or any sanitation beyond shared privies with cesspits, and perhaps shared wash-houses and dust-holes for ash.

Much of the layout survives, although none of the original houses. The western boundary, alongside the graveyard, was Burying Ground Passage, renamed Ashland Place in 1886 when the burial ground was opened as a public garden - running through the middle was Grotto Passage. Along Grotto Passage was a series of impoverished courts. Harrison’s Place comprised seven two-room houses containing 47 people, who shared a couple of privies draining into another belonging to Grotto Place, a row of cottages to the north. In the ten houses comprising Eccleston’s (otherwise Eagleton’s) Buildings, 129 people occupied the 24 (out of 26) inhabited rooms, which relied on a single cesspit.

Only the little alley forming the north end of Grotto Passage has kept the name. The rest became known as Paradise Place, originally the name of a row of cottages behind gardens on the west side, with access from Paradise Street.


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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Allsop Farm Allsop Farm stood on the north side of Marylebone Road.
Baker Street Baker Street is one of the original stations of the Metropolitan Railway (MR), the world’s first underground railway, opened in 1863.
Home House Home House is a Georgian town house at 20 Portman Square.
Marylebone Town Hall Marylebone Town Hall is a municipal building on Marylebone Road and a Grade II listed building.
Montagu House Montagu House at 22 Portman Square was a historic London house.
Orchard Court Orchard Court is an apartment block off of Portman Square in London. Known in French as Le Verger, it was used during the Second World War as the London base of F section of the Special Operations Executive (SOE).

NEARBY STREETS
Accurist House, W1U Accurist House is a block on Baker Street (Marylebone)
Admiral Court, W1U Admiral Court is a road in the W1U postcode area (Marylebone)
Albert Mansions, W1U Albert Mansions is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Aldburgh Mews, W1U Aldburgh Mews is a road in the W1U postcode area (Marylebone)
Allsop Place, NW1 Allsop Place was named for Thomas Allsop of Allsop Farm (Baker Street)
Allsop Street, NW1 Allsop Mews became Allsop Street in 1898 (Baker Street)
Ambika House, W1B Ambika House is located on Portland Place (Oxford Circus)
Amisa House, W1U Amisa House is sited on York Street (Marylebone)
Ashland House, W1U Classified as a residential/commercial block (Marylebone)
Ashland Place, W1U Alongside the cemetery of Marylebone ran Burying Ground Passage which was renamed Ashland Place in 1886 (Marylebone)
Aybrook Street, W1U Aybrook Street roughly follows the path of the former Aye, or Eye Brook. (Marylebone)
Baker Street, NW1 The NW1 end of Baker Street was home to Sherlock Holmes (Baker Street)
Baker Street, W1U Baker Street was laid out in the 18th century by the builder William Baker, after whom it is named (Marylebone)
Baker’s Mews, W1H Baker’s Mews, like nearby Baker Street is named after Edward Baker, friend and business partner of the landowning Portman family (Marylebone)
Barker Street, NW1 Barker Street is a road in the SW10 postcode area (Marylebone)
Beaumont Mews, W1G Beaumont Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1G postal area (Marylebone)
Beaumont Street, W1G Beaumont Street is the location of the King Edward VII Hospital and the Marylebone Library (Marylebone)
Bentinck Mansions, W1U Bentinck Mansions is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Bentinck Mews, W1U Bentinck Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Bentinck Street, W1U Bentinck Street is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Berkeley Court, NW1 Berkeley Court is a block on Baker Street (Baker Street)
Bickenhall Mansions, W1U Bickenhall Mansions is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Bickenhall Street, W1U Bickenhall Street is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Blandford Street, W1U Blandford Street is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Bourne House, W1U Bourne House is sited on St Vincent Street (Marylebone)
Brendon House, W1U Brendon House is a building on Nottingham Place (Marylebone)
Broadstone Place, W1U Broadstone Place is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Brunswick Mews, W1H Brunswick Mews is a road in the W1H postcode area (Marylebone)
Bryanston Mews East, W1H Bryanston Mews East is one of the streets of London in the W1H postal area (Marylebone)
Bulstrode Place, W1U Bulstrode Place is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Bulstrode Street, W1U Bulstrode Street runs from Welbeck Street in the east to Thayer Street in the west (Marylebone)
Cashel House, W1U Cashel House is a building on Thayer Street (Marylebone)
Cavendish Square, W1G Cavendish Square was laid out in 1717–18 at the beginning of the transformation of Harley family lands in Marylebone (Marylebone)
Cavendish Street, W1G Cavendish Street is one of the streets of London in the W1G postal area (Marylebone)
Chagford Street, NW1 Chagford Street is named after the stannary town of Chagford, Devon. Edward Portman, 1st Viscount Portman - the former landowner - was Lord Warden of the Stannaries in 1865 (Marylebone)
Chalfont Court, NW1 Chalfont Court is a block on Baker Street (Marylebone)
Chandos Street, W1G Chandos Street is one of the streets of London in the W1G postal area (Oxford Circus)
Cheviot Court, W1 Cheviot Court is a block on Luxborough Street (Marylebone)
Chiltern Court, NW1 Chiltern Court is a street in Camden Town (Baker Street)
Chiltern Street, W1U Chiltern Street is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Clay Street, W1U Clay Street is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Clearwater Court, W1U Clearwater Court is a block on Marylebone High Street (Marylebone)
Clearwater House, W1U Clearwater House is a block on Nottingham Place (Marylebone)
Cornwall Terrace Mews, NW1 This is a street in the NW1 postcode area (Baker Street)
Cornwall Terrace, NW1 Cornwall Terrace is a street in Camden Town (Baker Street)
Crawford Street, W1U Crawford Street is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Creffield House, W1G Creffield House is a block on New Cavendish Street (Marylebone)
Cross Keys Close, W1U Cross Keys Close is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
David Mews, W1U David Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Dean’s Mews, W1G This is a street in the W1G postcode area (Marylebone)
Devonshire Close, W1G Devonshire Close is a road in the W1G postcode area (Marylebone)
Devonshire Mews South, W1G Devonshire Mews South is a road in the W1G postcode area (Marylebone)
Devonshire Mews West, W1G Devonshire Mews West is one of the streets of London in the W1G postal area (Marylebone)
Devonshire Place Mews, W1G Devonshire Place Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1G postal area (Marylebone)
Devonshire Place, W1G Devonshire Place is one of the streets of London in the W1G postal area (Marylebone)
Devonshire Row Mews, W1B Devonshire Row Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1W postal area (Marylebone)
Devonshire Street, W1G Devonshire Street is named after the Cavendish family which was the local landowner (Marylebone)
Dorset House, NW1 Dorset House is a residential block in Marylebone and a noted example of Art Deco architecture (Baker Street)
Dorset Street, W1U Dorset Street is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Duchess Mews, W1B Duchess Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1G postal area (Marylebone)
Duchess Street, W1B Duchess Street is a road in the W1B postcode area (Marylebone)
Dudley House, W1G Dudley House is located on Westmoreland Street (Marylebone)
Dukes Mews, W1U Dukes Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Dunstable Mews, W1G Dunstable Mews is a road in the W1G postcode area (Marylebone)
Durweston Mews, W1U Durweston Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Durweston Street, W1H Durweston Street is one of the streets of London in the W1H postal area (Marylebone)
Ellerton House, W1 Ellerton House can be found on Bryanston Square (Marylebone)
Elliott House, W1 Elliott House is a block on Devonshire Street (Marylebone)
Fair Road, W1B Fair Road is one of the streets of London in the W1B postal area (Marylebone)
Farley Court, NW1 Farley Court is a street in Camden Town (Baker Street)
Fitzhardinge House, W1H Residential block (Marylebone)
Fitzhardinge Street, W1U Fitzhardinge Street is one of the streets of London in the W1H postal area (Marylebone)
George Street, W1U George Street is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Glentworth Street, NW1 Glentworth Street is a street in Camden Town (Marylebone)
Gloucester Place, NW1 Gloucester Place is a street in Camden Town (Marylebone)
Gloucester Place, W1U Gloucester Place is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Grotto Passage, W1U Grotto Passage has kept its name amid a sea of renaming. (Marylebone)
Harcourt House, W1G Harcourt House is a block on Cavendish Square (Marylebone)
Harley House, NW1 Harley House is a block on Marylebone Road (Marylebone)
Harley Place, W1G Harley Place is one of the streets of London in the W1G postal area (Marylebone)
Harley Street, W1G Harley Street has, for a couple of centuries, offered private specialists ranging from cardiovascular care and mental health services to dentistry and nose reshaping (Marylebone)
Harmont House, W1G Residential block (Marylebone)
Heron House, W1G Heron House is a block on Bentinck Street (Marylebone)
Hertford House, W1U Residential block (Marylebone)
Hinde Mews, W1U Hinde Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Hinde Street, W1U Hinde Street was built from 1777 by Samuel Adams and named after Jacob Hinde who was the son-in-law of the landwoner Thomas Thayer (Marylebone)
Holmes Place, W1U Holmes Place is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Home House, W1H Home House is located on Portman Square (Marylebone)
Jacobs Well Mews, W1U Jacobs Well Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Jason Court, W1U Jason Court was part of the ancient village of Marylebone. (Marylebone)
Kathleen House, W1U Kathleen House is a building on Grotto Passage (Marylebone)
Kendall Place, W1U Kendall Place is a road in the W1U postcode area (Marylebone)
Kenrick Place, W1U Kenrick Place is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Lister House, W1 Lister House is a block on Wimpole Street (Marylebone)
Little George Street, W1H Little George Street was a former road in Marylebone (Marylebone)
Lowstock Road, W1U Lowstock Road is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Luxborough Street, W1U Luxborough Street is a road in the W1U postcode area (Marylebone)
Luxborough Tower, W1 Luxborough Tower is a block on Luxborough Street (Marylebone)
Luxborough Towers, W1U Luxborough Towers is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Mali Court, W1 Mali Court is sited on Paddington Street (Marylebone)
Manchester Mews, W1U Manchester Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Manchester Square, W1U Manchester Square is a small but well-preserved Georgian square in Marylebone. (Marylebone)
Manchester Street, W1U Manchester Street is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Mandeville Place, W1U Mandeville Place is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Mandeville Place, W1U Mandeville Place is a road in the E15 postcode area (Marylebone)
Mansfield Street, W1G Mansfield Street connects New Cavendish Street and Queen Anne Street (Marylebone)
Marathon House, NW1 Marathon House is a block on Marylebone Road (Marylebone)
Marylebone High Street, W1U Marylebone High Street is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Marylebone Lane, W1U Marylebone Lane is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Marylebone Mews, W1G Marylebone Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1G postal area (Marylebone)
Marylebone Road, NW1 Marylebone Road runs east–west from the Euston Road at Regent’s Park to the A40 Westway at Paddington (Baker Street)
Marylebone Street, W1G Marylebone Street is one of the streets of London in the W1G postal area (Marylebone)
Melcombe Street, NW1 Melcombe Street is a street in Camden Town (Baker Street)
Midori House, W1U Midori House is a block on Dorset Street (Marylebone)
Milford House, W1G Residential block (Marylebone)
Montagu Mansions, W1U Montagu Mansions is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Montagu Mews North, W1H Montagu Mews North is one of the streets of London in the W1H postal area (Marylebone)
Montagu Place, W1H Montagu Place is one of the streets of London in the W1H postal area (Marylebone)
Montagu Row, W1U Montagu Row is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Montagu Square, W1H Montagu Square was built as part of the Portman Estate between 1810 and 1815 (Marylebone)
Montagu Street, W1H This is a street in the W1H postcode area (Marylebone)
Moxon Street, W1U Moxon Street once went by the name of Paradise Street, at odds with its appearance (Marylebone)
Nelson House, W1G Nelson House is a block on New Cavendish Street (Marylebone)
New Cavendish Street, W1B New Cavendish Street is one of the streets of London in the W1 postal area (Marylebone)
New Cavendish Street, W1G New Cavendish Street is one of the streets of London in the W1G postal area (Marylebone)
Nottingham Place, W1U Nottingham Place is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Nottingham Street, W1U Nottingham Street is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Oldbury Place, W1U Oldbury Place is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Orbis House, W1G Orbis House is located on Mansfield Street (Marylebone)
Osborne House, W1U Osborne House is a block on Moxon Street (Marylebone)
Ossington Buildings, W1U Ossington Buildings runs north from Moxon Street (Marylebone)
Paddington Street, W1U Paddington Street was once a country track leading towards Paddington (Marylebone)
Park Crescent Mews East, W1G Park Crescent Mews East is a road in the W1B postcode area (Marylebone)
Park Crescent Mews West, W1G Park Crescent Mews West is a road in the W1G postcode area (Marylebone)
Park Crescent, W1B Park Crescent is one of the streets of London in the W1B postal area (Marylebone)
Porter Street, W1U Porter Street is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Portland Place, W1B Portland Place is one of the streets of London in the W1B postal area (Marylebone)
Portman Close, W1U Portman Close is a road in the W1U postcode area (Marylebone)
Portman Mansions, W1U Portman Mansions is a block opposite Baker Street station (Marylebone)
Queen Anne Mews, W1G Queen Anne Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1G postal area (Marylebone)
Queen Anne Street, W1G Queen Anne Street is one of the streets of London in the W1G postal area (Marylebone)
Regina House, W1G Regina House is a block on Wimpole Street (Marylebone)
RNS House, W1G RNS House is a block on Welbeck Street (Marylebone)
Robert Adam Street, W1H Robert Adam Street was renamed from Adam Street in 1938, itself renamed from Adam Street East in 1876 (Marylebone)
Rodmarton Street, W1U Rodmarton Street is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
rr, NW1 Siddons Lane is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Marylebone)
Salisbury Place, W1H Salisbury Place is one of the streets of London in the W1H postal area (Marylebone)
Samvo House, NW1 Samvo House can be found on Marylebone Road (Marylebone)
Sentosa House, W1H Sentosa House is located on Upper Montagu Street (Marylebone)
Seymour Mews, W1H Seymour Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1H postal area (Marylebone)
Sherlock House, W1U Sherlock House can be found on Kenrick Place (Marylebone)
Sherlock Mews, W1U Sherlock Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Spanish Place, W1U Spanish Place is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Speen House, W1U Speen House is a block on Porter Street (Marylebone)
St Andrews Mansions, W1U St Andrews Mansions is a road in the W1U postcode area (Marylebone)
St Vincent Street, W1U St Vincent Street leads west from Marylebone High Street (Marylebone)
St. Vincent Street, W1U St. Vincent Street is a location in London (Marylebone)
Station Approach, NW1 Station Approach is a street in Camden Town (Baker Street)
Thayer Street, W1U Thayer Street is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
The Arcade, NW1 The Arcade is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Baker Street)
Thornton Place, W1H Thornton Place is one of the streets of London in the W1H postal area (Marylebone)
Treborough House, W1U Treborough House is a block on Nottingham Street (Marylebone)
Upper Harley Street, W1G Upper Harley Street is a street in Camden Town (Marylebone)
Upper Montagu Street, W1H Upper Montagu Street is one of the streets of London in the W1H postal area (Marylebone)
Upper Wimpole Street, W1G Upper Wimpole Street is one of the streets of London in the W1G postal area (Marylebone)
Walden House, W1U Residential block (Marylebone)
Waverley Court, W1G Waverley Court is one of the streets of London in the W1G postal area (Marylebone)
Welbeck House, W1U Welbeck House is a block on Wigmore Street (Marylebone)
Welbeck Street, W1G Welbeck Street has historically been associated with the medical profession (Marylebone)
Welbeck Way, W1G Welbeck Way is one of the streets of London in the W1G postal area (Marylebone)
Wendover House, W1U Wendover House is a block on Chiltern Street (Marylebone)
Westmoreland Street, W1G Westmoreland Street is one of the streets of London in the W1G postal area (Marylebone)
Weymouth Mews, W1G Weymouth Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1G postal area (Marylebone)
Weymouth Street, W1B Weymouth Street is a road in the W1B postcode area (Marylebone)
Weymouth Street, W1G Weymouth Street is one of the streets of London in the W1G postal area (Marylebone)
Wheatley Street, W1G Wheatley Street is one of the streets of London in the W1G postal area (Marylebone)
Wigmore Place, W1U Wigmore Place is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Wigmore Street, W1U Wigmore Street is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
Wimpole House, W1G Wimpole House is a block on Wimpole Street (Marylebone)
Wimpole Mews, W1G Wimpole Mews is a road in the W1G postcode area (Marylebone)
Wimpole Street, W1G Wimpole Street is one of the streets of London in the W1G postal area (Marylebone)
Winsford House, W1 Winsford House is a block on Luxborough Street (Marylebone)
Woodstock Mews, W1G Woodstock Mews was a 1937 renaming of Little Woodstock Mews (Marylebone)
Woodward’s Mews, W1G Woodward’s Mews was a former side street (Marylebone)
Wyndham Mews, W1H Wyndham Mews is a road in the W1H postcode area (Marylebone)
York Gate, NW1 York Gate is a street in Camden Town (Marylebone)
York Street, W1U York Street is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area (Marylebone)
York Terrace Mews, NW1 York Terrace Mews is a former mews lying north of Marylebone Road (Baker Street)
York Terrace West, NW1 York Terrace West is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Baker Street)


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