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Marlow History

Local History Articles

Marlow Local History Articles

Marlow Remembers World War 1

Marlow Remembers World War 1

 

The Marlow local history 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

 

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

 

WW2 - The Bombing of Marlow (1)

 

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

 

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

 

WW2 - All Saints memorial - Meg Hargrove

 

WW2 - All Saints memorial - John Wethered

 

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

 

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

 

Marlow Historian - Volume 1 - 10 Articles

 

Pauline Chase - Marlow's Peter Pan Connection

 

William Francis and the parliamentary borough of Great Marlow

 

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

 

 

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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To contact The Marlow Society:

Email: tmssecretary@ marlowsociety.org.uk

Post: The Marlow Society, 22 Rookery Court, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 3HR.

 

To contact The Local History Group:

Email: tmslocalhistorygroup @marlowsociety.org.uk

 

 

 

 

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