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The Portman Estate, covering 110 acres of Marylebone in London’s West End, was founded in 1532 when the land was first leased to Sir William Portman. [ 1 ] The Portman Estate also has two rural estates in Buckinghamshire and Herefordshire . [ 2 ]
The Beehive pub at 126 Crawford Street. Crawford Street is a street in the Marylebone district of the ... a property in Dorset owned by the Portman family who owned ...
Looking west down York Street. The Royal Oak pub. The York Street side of St Mary's Church.. York Street is a street in Marylebone in Central London. [1] Located in the City of Westminster, it runs west from Baker Street in a straight line until it begins curving when it becomes Harcourt Street towards the Old Marylebone Road.
It is now known as Crawford Place and there are several streets in the area named after Tarrant Crawford, a property in Dorset owned by the Portman family who owned much of the land in Marylebone. [2] The street is mostly within the City of Westminster's Molyneux Street Conservation Area. [3]
Portman Square is a garden square in Marylebone, central London, surrounded by townhouses. It was specifically for private housing let on long leases having a ground rent by the Portman Estate , which owns the private communal gardens.
At the southern end is the 1899 Grade II listed Chiltern Firehouse, formerly the Marylebone Fire Station and now converted into a restaurant. [3] In 1864 a Welsh Methodist Chapel was opened in the street. [4] A particular feature is the large redbrick Portman Mansions constructed in the 1890s at the northern end of the street. [5]
Marylebone has some Beatles heritage, with John Lennon's flat at 34 Montagu Square, and the original Apple Corps headquarters at 95 Wigmore Street. Bulstrode Street, small and charming, is named after a Portman family estate in Buckinghamshire, itself named after a local family there made-good in Tudor days.
Seymour Place is a street in Marylebone in Central London. Located in the City of Westminster, it runs north from Seymour Street until it meets Marylebone Road, where it becomes Lisson Grove. It is crossed by Crawford Street, George Street, and York Street and runs parallel to Gloucester Place, which lies to its east.