Note 29 — No. 203. [Steele. From Tuesday, July 25, to Thursday, July 27, 1710.
Reading edition
In 1728 we hear of persons arriving in London "from their country-houses in Marylebone" (cf. No. 18). Marylebone Gardens, a favourite place of entertainment, had in the centre a bowling-green, "112 paces one way, 88 another," where persons of quality often played.