Lisson Property, History & Transport
The western half of St Marylebone was, in Saxon times, the Manor of Lileston. The name had been corrupted into Lisson by 1723 when the area began to be built over.
The area never had the social cachet of its neighbours, and when the Great Central Railway was driven through it in 1899 it took a turn for the worse.
hen Professor Higgins meets Eliza Doolittle in Shaw’s Pygmalion, he detects from her accent that she comes from Lisson Grove, and asks why she left. She replies “It wasn’t fit for a pig to live in.”
As a final blow, the northern part was flattened in the blitz and rebuilt in concrete.
En conséquence, la région possède aujourd'hui la plus grande concentration de l'autorité locale ou de logement autorité ex-local dans le domaine de Sandford. Mais Lisson Grove peut être sur le chemin - certains développements de luxe fermée ont été construits récemment et à faible prix de l'immobilier combiné avec une bonne communication dans le West End et City ont attiré l'intérêt des investisseurs.
