London’s Alleys: Oldbury Place, W1

This is a quiet set of low-rise mews houses and offices that can be found just off bustling Marylebone. Originally part of the Manor of Marylebone, the land was bought by John Holles, the Duke of Newcastle in 1708, and it was his daughter and her husband, Edward Harley who started early property development in the area a decade later, initially just along what is today Marylebone High Street.The area around the mews was largely developed by the  1750s. It shows up on Horwood’s map of