Marylebone
Marylebone, by contrast, is a Parliamentary borough. Expensive houses in the Clarendon and Beaufort Terraces, line Edgware Road, with huge gardens that stretch into the Harrow School Estate. The grazing land – what little there is left – is still revenue to that famed school. The houses and squares that comprise the southern portion of the district, bounded on the south by Oxford Street and on the north by Regent's Park, is full of expensive villas and well-manicured squares. The area is fashionable with the newly well-to-do, as well as the older, landed families of England. The St. Mary-le-Bone & St. George Burying Ground is here – a graveyard for the rich and fashionable. The church which gave it's name to the district is just north of the Graveyard, on The New Road, and has it's accompanying workhouse nearby. Additionally, there is a St. Mary-le-Bone Jew Chruch, just a block away on The New Road.
Among the fashionable address here are Portman Square on Berkeley Street, Montagne and Bryanstone Square, just a block away, as well as Dorset and Blandford Squares in the north. This area – the western portion of Marylebone, is owned by the 7th Viscount of Portman; the 250 acre parcel runs from Oxford Street to Aberdeen Place, and stops at Edgware Road. To the east of it is the property of the 5th Duke of Portland, and the rents from the area provide considerable income. The Portland Estate is on Great Portland Street. Also part of the original estate is Cavendish Square, a circular park with elegant walkways which, when viewed from above, create a pleasing design. Just south of Portland Place is All Soul's Church, a fine example of Georgian era architecture. Marylebone is also home to the National Hospital for Disease of the Heart and Middlesex Hsopital, a fine private hospital that caters mostly to the wealthy.
The greatest element of Marylebone is Regent's Park. The park is royal lands, but it open to the public. There is a zoological park, designed by Nash in 1834, as well as the library and clubs for the Taxonomical Society. A massive circular area provides home to the Royal Nursery, where many of the plants for the Park are grown. A huge lake occupies the western portion of the Park and is popular as a place to boat and picnic. The zoo is in the northern portion of the park, and is open to the public during the day; there are reduced fares on Saturday for the workingmen and their families.
Just to the east of the park are the Cavalry Barracks across the street from Clarence Terrace. The barracks and attendant grounds are attached to the Regent's Park Haymarket, which is open to the public, as well as the army.
Rich
Dominant Social Class
Upper and middle-class
Crime
Low
Police Presence
Heavy
Dominant Profession or Industry
Shops, servant work.
Places to stay
- Hebditch's Hotel, Great Portland Street (8s./night, poor quality)
- Durrant's, on Portman Square (11s./night, good quality)
- Langham Hotel, Portland Square (14s.6d./night, very high quality)
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