Exploring Historic Marylebone & Sherlock Holmes’ Baker Street (4K)

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London walking tour around the ancient district of Marylebone, made famous by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories. The fictional detective lived at 221b Baker Street and we visit the address, now home to the Sherlock Holmes museum. But our historic London walk starts The Langham where Conan Doyle dined with Oscar Wilde in 1889. We then turn into Wigmore Street and pick up Marylebone Lane where the buried river Tyburn runs beneath the street. This ancient thoroughfare recalls the time when Marylebone was owned by the Knights Templar. The name is derived from the presence of the river and the church of St Mary - St. Mary-a-le-Bourne or St.Mary by the Tyburn. It was developed in the 1700s and gained a reputation as a medical area around the famous Harley Street & Wimpole Street. One such medical practitioner was the osteopath Dr Stephen Ward who lived in Wimpole Mews with Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies. The Profumo Affair that involved Ward, Keeler and John Profumo MP became the biggest British political scandal of the 20th Century. Our walking tour also takes in Manchester Square and the Wallace Collection, Marylebone High Street, Daunt Books, Paddington Street Garden and Marylebone Station. Related videos: Walking the Tyburn https://youtu.be/cujgtk91z00?si=-oV7xMm5Aks24OnN Fitzrovia Walking Tour https://youtu.be/0R2OrXlaJ1w?si=sTdv_MMhzSXyhtKc Music Decision to Leave - Anna Landstrom Winter's Veil - Eva Hummingbird Minor Emotions - Megan Wofford https://share.epidemicsound.com/ftphix (affiliate link) Over the Meadow, Over the Stream - Alan Rogers Thanks to my supporters on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/JohnRogers Please subscribe for regular videos: http://bit.ly/1EJjIB8 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk1qvhkPMbF703QHR8qj8og/join #londonwalk #londonhistory Maps: Open Street Map “© OpenStreetMap contributors” using data available under the Open Database Licence _________________________________________________________________________________ Patreon https://www.patreon.com/JohnRogers My shop: https://teespring.com/stores/the-lost-byway My Books: Welcome to New London https://amzn.to/3LTK9Rv This Other London http://amzn.to/2zbFmTd Audiobook & Kindle: http://amzn.to/2xLGb8s Blog: The Lost Byway: http://thelostbyway.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/fugueur Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thelostbyway/ Make a donation to help support the channel https://paypal.me/JohnRogersLondon - many thanks! Shot in 4K on a Olympus OM-D EM-1 mark 2 with audio recorded with a Rode Wireless GO My Walking kit (amazon affiliate link - I earn a small commission on purchases) https://amzn.to/2Xky2UA