MARIBONE, (Middlesex) or ST.-MARY LA BONE, or rather BORNE, from the neighbouring brook, on the N. W. side of London, is
in old records called Tyburn. The manor appears to have belonged anciently to the Bishop of London; for Robert Braybroke
not only allowed the inh. to build a chapel, but pulled down the Ch. which was often robbed, and built another in a place
that was more secure. This Ch. was afterwards appropriated to the priory of St. Lawrence de Blackmore in Essex. The
rectory, after the Diss. was granted by Edward VI. to Will. Reeve and John Cotton, to hold of the manor of E. Greenwich in
soccage. The manor was granted by Q. Elizabeth to John Dixon for 31 years; and afterwards by K. James I. to Edw. Forcet,
whose heir carried it into the family of Austin. The Ch. is now a donative. The houses in this p. are about 500, including
the new chapel for the French, a ch. sc. and a workhouse. Here were 3 conduits erected about the year 1238, for supplying
the city of London with water; but anno 1703, when it was plentifully served by the New-River, the citizens let them out
at 700 l. a year, for 4-5 years. There were two for receiving its water, at the N. E. corner of the bridge on the r.
Tyborne, and over them stood the Ld.-mayor's banqueting-house, to which, the use of coaches being not then known, his Lp.
and the ald. used to ride on horseback, as their ladies did in waggons. This banqueting-house, after being many years
neglected, was taken down in 1737, and the cisrerns arched over.