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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.
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 Members of Parliament
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
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
The Old Fire Engine - its history and whereabouts
The Rookery - a gift Marlow did not want
Thrift Cottages - the story of a typical terrace
Widmere - farm and medieval chapel
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
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) 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) The Old Fire Engine - its history and whereabouts
(pdf) The Rookery - a gift Marlow didn't want
(pdf) Thrift Cottages - the story of a typical terrace
(pdf) Widmere - farm and medieval chapel
(pdf) Marlow's Medieval Manor Hall ( 8Mb )
(pdf) WW2 - The Bombing of Marlow(1)
(pdf) WW2 - The Bombing of Marlow(2) - The V1 Flying Bomb
(pdf) WW2 - The Bombing of Marlow (3) - The First Attacks
(pdf) WW2 - All Saints memorial - Meg Hargrove
(pdf) WW2 - All Saints memorial - John Wethered
(pdf) Pascoe Grenfell - Businessman, MP for Gt Marlow and founder of a Dynasty
(pdf) Pauline Chase - Marlow's Peter Pan Connection
(pdf) William Francis - and the parliamentary borough of Great Marlow ( 6Mb )
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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