This is a list of the etymology of many street names in the London district of Lisson Grove most broadly defined which has the occasionally contested limits of St John's Wood Road: north, Park Road and Baker Street: east, Marylebone Road: south and Edgware Road/Maida Vale: west. This is alternatively the northern half of Marylebone, excluding the long dissociated St John's Wood, especially in station-centric terms common in the 21st century. Well within these borders is Marylebone station.
In oldest terms Marylebone was the medieval parish, see map at Ossulstone. It forms six ecclesiastical (Anglican) parishes today - two cover this area.
| Name | Origin | Whether personal/owner-based | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen Place | land formerly owned by Harrow School; this street was named for the Earl of Aberdeen, a governor of the school in the 1820s | yes | |
| Alpha Close | after the Greek letter, and Alpha Road (now Lilestone Street) the first street to be developed in the first major phase (in 1799) | no | |
| Ashbridge Street | after Arthur Ashbridge, District Surveyor for Marylebone 1884–1918; formerly Exeter Street | yes | |
| Ashmill Street | land formerly owned by the Portman estate; this street is named for Ash Mill in Devon where they owned land; it was Devonshire Street, but was later changed to avoid confusion with similarly named streets | yes | |
| after Edward Baker, friend and business partner of the Portman family | yes | ||
| Balcombe Street | maybe an early corruption of Batcombe, Dorset, in line with other Dorset-linked street names | yes | |
| Bell Street | formerly Bell Lane, it runs through the former Bell Field, possibly named for a former inn of this name on Edgware Road | no | |
| Bendall Mews | after Sir Talbot Hastings Bendall Baker, brother of Edward Baker, friend and business partner of the Portman family | yes | |
| Bernhardt Crescent | unknown | ||
| Blandford Square | after Blandford Forum, Dorset, where the local Portman family had a seat | yes | |
| Boldero Place | as this area was formerly home to the warehouses of the firm Spencer, Turner & Boldero | yes | |
| Boscobel Street | after a former inn here called The Royal Oak, by association with Charles II who hid from Parliamentary forces in the Royal Oak at Boscobel House | no | |
| Boston Place | the land here was formerly called Boston Field | yes | |
| Broadley Street and Broadley Terrace | this land was formerly owned by the Portman estate; this street is named for Broadley Wood, Dorset where they owned land; it was Earl Street | yes | |
| Burne Street | after one Mr Burne, who purchased land here in 1792 | yes | |
| Capland Street | land formerly owned by the Portman estate; this street is named for Capland, Somerset where they owned land | yes | |
| Casey Close | unknown | ||
| Chagford Street | after the stannary town Chagford, Devon; this land was formerly owned by the Portman estate and Edward Portman, 1st Viscount Portman was Lord Warden of the Stannaries 1865–88 | yes | |
| after the nearby St Mary on Paddington Green Church | no | ||
| Clifton Court | possibly after Clifton, Bristol | ||
| Corlett Street | probably after Hubert C Corlette, Victorian-era artist and local resident | yes | |
| Cosway Street | after Richard Cosway, Regency-era painter | yes | |
| Cunningham Place | this land was formerly owned by Harrow School; this street was named for Reverend John William Cunningham, a governor of the school in the 1810s | yes | |
| Daventry Street | South was Union Street; north was William Street. unknown | ||
| this land was formerly owned by the Portman estate; this street is named for Dorset where they owned land | yes | ||
| as it leads to Edgware, Middlesex | no | ||
| Fisherton Street | Broadley Street near here was formerly Earl Street, and the surrounding streets were given earldom-related names in the early 19th century; this was named after Fisherton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, by association with the Earls of Salisbury | yes | |
| Frampton Street | after the sculptor and local resident George Frampton | yes | |
| Gateforth Street | almost certainly for Gateforth in Yorkshire, why so named (in 1914) in unknown | ||
| George Peabody Court | after George Peabody, American philanthropist | yes | |
| Glentworth Street | after Edmund Pery, 1st Earl of Limerick (Lord Glentworth), 18th and 19th century politician and local resident | yes | |
| Great Central Street | after the adjacent Marylebone railway station, originally the terminus of the Great Central Railway | no | |
| Grendon Street | this land was in Medieval times owned by the Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem; the street is named for Walter Grendon, Grand Prior 1400–16 | yes | |
| Grove Gardens | after Lisson Grove | no | |
| Harewood Avenue and Harewood Row | this land was formerly owned by the Portman estate; this street is named for Emma Portman, Viscountess Portman, daughter of Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood, wife of Edward Portman, 1st Viscount Portman | yes | |
| Harrow Street | land formerly owned by Harrow School | yes | |
| Hatton Row and Hatton Street | thought to be after a local builder of this name | yes | |
| Hayes Place | after the developer of this street Francis Hay, who lived in Hayes, Middlesex | yes | |
| Henderson Drive | unknown, made for Wharncliffe Gardens Estate | ||
| Highworth Street | |||
| Huntsworth Mews | this land was formerly owned by the Portman estate; this street is named for Huntsworth, Somerset where they owned land | yes | |
| Ivor Place | unknown; formerly Upper Park Place | ||
| Jerome Crescent | unknown, medieval ownership was shared with Grendon Street | ||
| Lilestone Street | after the former manor of Lilestone which covered this area | no | |
| Linhope Street | unknown | ||
| Lisson Grove and Lisson Street | corruption of Lilestone, the former manor which covered this area, which may mean li(tt)le-ton (manor/estate) for being the lesser in the parish | no (probably) | |
| Lodge Road | as it leads to the Hanover Lodge in Regent's Park | no | |
| Lorne Close | after the John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (the Marquess of Lorne), husband of Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, daughter of Queen Victoria | yes | |
| Luton Street | unknown | ||
| Lyons Place | this land was formerly owned by Harrow School; this street was named for the school's founder John Lyon | yes | |
| took its name from a public house named after John Stuart, Count of Maida, which opened on the Edgware Road soon after the Battle of Maida in 1806[1] [2] | yes, indirectly | ||
| Mallory Street | land in Medieval times owned by the Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem; the street is named Robert Mallory, Grand Prior 1433–40 | yes | |
| Melcombe Place and Melcombe Street | this land was formerly owned by the Portman estate; this street is named for Melcombe, Somerset where they owned land | yes | |
| Miles Place/Miles Buildings | unknown | ||
| Mulready Street | after 18th and 19th century artist William Mulready | yes | |
| North Bank | after a former crescent of villas of this name, demolished to build the adjacent railway lines in the 1890s | no | |
| Northwick Close and Northwick Terrace | this land was formerly owned by Harrow School; this street was named for John Rushout, 2nd Baron Northwick, a governor of the school in the 1800s | yes | |
| Oak Tree Road | after former land nearby called Oak Tree Field | no | |
| Orchardson Street | after Victorian era artist and local resident William Quiller Orchardson | yes | |
| Palgrave Gardens | unknown, street post-dates 1900 | ||
| Park Road | after the adjacent Regent's Park | no | |
| Paveley Street | this land was in Medieval times owned by the Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem; the street is named either for Richard de Paveley (Grand Prior 1315–21) or John de Paveley (Grand Prior 1358–71) | yes | |
| Penfold Place and Penfold Street | after Rev. George Penfold, vicar of several local churches in the early 1800s | yes | |
| Plympton Place and Plympton Street | after Plympton, a stannary town. Formerly Little Grove Street and formerly owned by the Portman estate and Edward Portman, 1st Viscount Portman was Lord Warden of the Stannaries 1865–88 | yes | |
| Pollitt Drive | unknown, street post-dates 1900 | ||
| Portman Gate | land formerly owned by the Portman estate | yes | |
| Ranston Street | for the Baker family, assistants of local landowners the Portmans, who owned land in Ranston, Dorset | yes | |
| Rossmore Close and Rossmore Road | this land was formerly owned by the Portman estate; they owned a property called Rossmore | yes | |
| St John's Wood Road | this land was in Medieval times owned by the Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem | yes | |
| Salisbury Street | Broadley Street near here was formerly Earl Street, and the surrounding streets were given earldom-related names in the early 19th century; this was named for the Earls of Salisbury | yes | |
| Samford Street | unknown | ||
| Shroton Street | for the Baker family, assistants of local landowners the Portmans, who owned land in Shroton, Dorset | yes | |
| Siddons Lane | after 19th century actress Sarah Siddons, who lived nearby at Clarence Gate | yes | |
| Stalbridge Street | for the Baker family, assistants of local landowners the Portmans, who owned land in Stalbridge, Dorset | yes | |
| Swain Street | unknown, street post-dates 1900 | ||
| Taunton Mews and Taunton Place | this land was formerly owned by the Portman estate; this street is named for Taunton, Somerset where they owned land | yes | |
| Tresham Crescent | land in Medieval times owned by the Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem; the street is named for Thomas Tresham, Grand Prior 1557–59 | yes | |
| Venables Street | named for Revered Edward Veneable, vicar of the nearby Christ Church, Bell Street | yes | |
| Victoria Passage | likely after Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom | yes | |
| Whitehaven Street | Broadley Street near here was formerly Earl Street, and the surrounding streets were given earldom-related names in the early 19th century; this was named for the Earls of Carlisle and was originally Little Carlisle Street, later changed after Whitehaven, Cumberland | yes |
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