Thomas Allsop built a farm on Marylebone Road soon after its construction in 1757. He was described as a `cow-keeper’, and a cow-yard is still shown on maps of the 1830s, but by that time his grazing land was covered by Allsop’s Buildings, Allsop’s Mews and Allsop’s Place. Only the Place now remains.
The Allsop Arms in Gloucester Place was also built on part of the farm.
