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Marlow History

Marlow Local History Articles

Marlow Remembers World War 1

The Marlow local history articles have been sourced or created by 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

Marlow Institute - precursor of adult education

Marlow Schools - list and history

New Court - left to Marlow by Nesta Liston

Remnantz - forerunner of Sandhurst and family home

T S Eliot

The Old Fire Engine - its history and whereabouts

The Rookery - a gift Marlow did not want

Thomas Love Peacock

Thrift Cottages - the story of a typical terrace

Widmere - farm and medieval chapel

Marlow's Medieval Manor Hall

Old Trinity Church

Of Locks and Weirs

The Bombing of Marlow in WW2 (2) - The V1 Flying Bomb

The Bombing of Marlow in WW2 (3) - The First Attacks

Marlow Residents in History - 10 articles of research by Hugh Grice

Pascoe Grenfell - Businessman, MP for Gt Marlow and founder of a Dynasty

Marlow Remembers WW1 - a wide range of Displays, Articles, Resources and Publications collected and created as part of the 100 years commemoration of the First World War.

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

(pdf) Bisham Abbey - from Templar house to sports centre

(pdf) Court Garden and Higginson Park - a history

(pdf) Danesfield - from pre-history to the RAF

(pdf) Frank Smedley - a handicapped Victorian author

(pdf) General Sir George Higginson - Marlow's Crimean veteran

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

(pdf) Harleyford - ...and the Clayton family

(pdf) Horse racing at Marlow

(pdf) Jerome K Jerome - author of Three men in a boat

(pdf) The Market House - assembly room, fire station, pub and cook-shop!

(pdf) Marlow Place - the town's most flamboyant house

(pdf) Marlow Institute - precursor of adult education

(pdf) Marlow Schools - list and history

(pdf) New Court - left to Marlow by Nesta Liston

(pdf) Remnantz - forerunner of Sandhurst and family home

(pdf) T S Eliot

(pdf) The Old Fire Engine - its history and whereabouts

(pdf) The Rookery - a gift Marlow didn't want

(pdf) Thomas Love Peacock

(pdf) Thrift Cottages - the story of a typical terrace

(pdf) Widmere - farm and medieval chapel

(pdf) Marlow's Medieval Manor Hall ( 8Mb )

(pdf) Old Trinity Church

(pdf) Of Locks and Weirs

(pdf) The Bombing of Marlow in WW2 (2) - The V1 Flying Bomb

(pdf) The Bombing of Marlow in WW2 (3) - The First Attacks

(pdf) Pascoe Grenfell - Businessman, MP for Gt Marlow and founder of a Dynasty

The Marlow Historian - The Marlow Society has also published some of it's research in hard copy. You can view details of available material at Marlow Society Publications .

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