Marylebone

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Marylebone
Location on map of Greater London
Location
OS grid reference: TQ285815
Latitude: 51.517743°
Longitude: -0.147065°
Administration
London borough: Westminster
County level: Greater London
Region: London
Constituent country: England
Sovereign state: United Kingdom
Other
Ceremonial county: Greater London
Historic county: Middlesex
Services
Police force: Metropolitan Police
Fire brigade: London Fire Brigade
Ambulance service: London Ambulance
Post office and telephone
Post town: LONDON
Postal district: W1
Dialling code: 020
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UK Parliament:
London Assembly: West Central
European Parliament: London
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Marylebone (sometimes written St. Marylebone or Mary-le-bone) is an area of West London, England in the City of Westminster. It is commonly pronounced as Mar(i)-lee-bone /ˈmæɹɪlɪbn̩/, however according to the local Marylebone Association the correct pronunciation is Mar'l-e-b'n /ˈmɑːləbn̩/ [citation needed].

Marylebone is roughly defined as the area north of Oxford Street, south of Regent's Park, east of Edgware Road and west of Portland Place (or alternatively Great Portland Street). However the St Marylebone Society includes Regent's Park within its definition as well as the area north of Marylebone Road that includes Marylebone Station, the original site of the Marylebone Cricket Club in Dorset Square and the area known as Lisson Grove.

Today the area is mostly residential. It is notable for the Arab population on its far western border around Edgware Road.

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Marylebone gets its name from a church called "St Mary's" (now known as St Marylebone Parish Church) which was built on the bank of a small stream or "bourne", called the Tybourne, in an area named after the stream, Tyburn. The church and the surrounding area later became known as St Mary at the Bourne, which over time became shortened to its present form, Marylebone. It is a common misunderstanding that the name is a corruption of Marie la Bonne.

The Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone was a metropolitan borough of the County of London between 1899 and 1965 after which it was merged with the Metropolitan Borough of Paddington and the Metropolitan Borough of Westminster to form the London Borough of Westminster.

Such place names in the neighborhood as Cavendish Square and Portland Place reflect the Dukes' of Portland landholdings and Georgian-era developments there.

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