Marlow History Articles

These articles have been sourced or created by the Local History Group.

Read more about the Local History Group.

 

If you have any questions about Marlow's history you can contact the group at:
tmslocalhistorygroup @marlowsociety.org.uk

 

 

Your stories of Marlow: We would love to hear your knowledge of Marlow's history and include it here. Please email anything you think would make interesting reading to
tmsheritage @marlowsociety.org.uk
In your email please advise if you are happy for it to be published on this website and, if yes, if you would like your name published as the author.

 

 

Articles:

 

Marlow and the Knights Templar

 

Marlow's Old Railway Station

 

Marlow's Members of Parliament

 

Marlow's Forgotten Industry

 

Marlow's Great Train Robbery

 

The Hatfield-Reading Turnpike

 

The Bombing of Marlow in WW2

 

Bisham Abbey - from Templar house to sports centre

 

Court Garden and Higginson Park - a history

 

Danesfield - from pre-history to the RAF

 

Frank Smedley - a handicapped Victorian author

 

General Sir George Higginson - Marlow's Crimean veteran

 

G P R James - a popular historical novelist in his time

 

Harleyford - ...and the Clayton family

 

Horse racing at Marlow

 

Jerome K Jerome - author of Three men in a boat

 

The Market House - assembly room, fire station, pub and cook-shop

 

Marlow Place - the towns most flamboyant house

 

The following articles can be viewed/downloaded as .pdf documents

 

 

Many of these articles can also be purchased as hard copy - please visit the Publications page for details.