A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
MARLOW (LITTLE), a parish in Wycombe district, Bucks; adjacent to the Thames, 2 miles WNW of Marlow-Road r. station and 4 S by E of High Wycombe. It has a post office under Marlow. Acres, 3,346. Real property, £5,488. Pop. in 1851,894; in 1 861,790. Houses, 172. The property is divided between two. Thc manor belonged to Edith, the Queen of the Confessor; passed to the Bishop of Baieux, the Marshalls, the Clarres, and the Borlases; and, with the Manor House, belongs now to J. P. Ellames, Esq. Westhorpe House is occupied by G. Jackson, Esq. A Benedictine nunuery was founded in the time of Henry II., at what is now a farm. Chalk is manufactured into lime. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £155.* Patron, S. Birch, Esq. The church is a plain edifice, with a tower; was recently restored; and contains the tommb of the builder of its chancel, Nicholas de Ledwick, 1430. There are a national school, and charities £30.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Little Marlow AP/CP Wycombe RegD/PLU Buckinghamshire AncC |
| Place names: | LITTLE MARLOW | MARLOW | MARLOW LITTLE |
| Place: | Little Marlow |
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