MarkKelleher

By MarkKelleher

Church of St Marylebone, London

The area of London called Marylebone (pronounced 'Marleybun') is named after a this church.

It was originally simply called St Mary's and was on the banks of the River Tyburn. An old English name for river is bourne, so it became known as St-Mary-on-the-Bourne, which changed over time to Mary-le-bone.

Built in 1817 to a design by Thomas Hardwick, that's a Corinthian portico on the front of it with eight columns.

Poets Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett were married here in 1846 and the church was used in the film of their lives The Barrett's of Wimpole Street in 1957.

He wrote "Oh, to be in England, now that April's here." and she wrote "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways."

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