Balcombe Street is possibly a corruption of Batcombe, Dorset, in line with other Dorset-related street names in the area.
Category: Marylebone
Baker Street, W1U
Baker Street was laid out in the 18th century by the builder William Baker, after whom it is named.
Beaumont Street, W1G
Beaumont Street is the location of the King Edward VII Hospital and the Marylebone Library.
Marylebone
Marylebone is an area in the City of Westminster North of Oxford Street and South of Regents Park. Edgware Road forms the western boundary and Portland Place forms the eastern boundary with the area known as Fitzrovia. Marylebone gets its name from a church, called St Mary’s, that was built on the bank of a …
The Fascination of Marylebone
The derivation of this name is simple. Lysons says: “The name of this place was anciently called Tiburn, from its situation near a small bourn or rivulet formerly called Aye-brook or Eye-brook, and now Tybourn Brook. When the site of the church was altered to another spot, near the same brook, it became St. Mary …
The Harley Estate of Marylebone
The Harley Street Conservation Area is situated within the boundaries of the ancient Manor of St Marylebone. The history of the Manor can be traced back to the Domesday Book in the 11th century, when the area was divided into two manors: Lilestone and Tyburn. Much of the area was covered with forest and marshland and formed part of thegreat forest of …
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