Marylebone is a place of contrasts: Georgian terraces, the formal and 'wild' gardens of Regent's Park, and the gentrified chic of Marylebone High Street and Lane, leading south to the grand emporia of Oxford Street. To its north is the quieter district of Lisson Grove and Marylebone Station. Marylebone's history reveals London's place in the centre of a 19th century Empire.
The area contains many familiar landmarks, including the Langham Hotel (the first European style hotel in London), the Wallace Collection, Selfridge's and Broadcasting House and (that import from France) Madame Tussaud's. Some landmarks are gone.
On the darker side, Marylebone was once a place of public executions - Tyburn was notorious for public hangings until the later part of the 18th century, when sometimes vast crowds assembled near today's Marble Arch to hear the final words of the felons and witness their demise.
This volume is in the well-established 'Past' series format, introduced in 1989, of which there are now 60 in the range. The work is organized chronologically in themes.
245 x 185mm (hardback with 132 illustrations) 152 pages
Published 2007
