A Topographical and Historical Account of the Parish of St Mary-le-Bone

Comprising a Copious Description of its Public Buildings, Antiquities, Schools, Charitable Endowments, Sources of Public Amusement, etc. with Biographical Notices of Eminent Persons

Thomas Smith author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:18th Feb '21

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A Topographical and Historical Account of the Parish of St Mary-le-Bone cover

This 1833 illustrated book describes the parish of St Marylebone, and some of the famous people who had lived there.

Little is known about Thomas Smith, the author of this 1833 history of St Marylebone in London, where he was born and had lived for thirty-six years. The illustrated book describes the boundaries of the parish, its buildings, and some of the famous people who had lived in the district.Little is known about Thomas Smith, the author of this 1833 local history of the parish of St Marylebone in London, where, as he states in his preface, he was born and had lived for thirty-six years. His motive for writing the book, aside from 'an inherent affection for the place of his nativity', was an awareness that with the passing of the great Reform Act of 1832, by which Marylebone was designated a borough with its own Member of Parliament, the district was likely to grow rapidly, with both the loss of memories of earlier times, and a swiftly changing built environment. The illustrated book surveys the boundaries of the original parish, the etymology of its name, its churches, schools and hospitals, the new shopping district of Oxford Street and the ancient gallows at Tyburn, and some of the famous people who had lived in the parish.

ISBN: 9781108079037

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 445g

350 pages