Updated October 2023.
Location most likely listed as Oxford Lane or Oxford Terrace in early records. Current address is Oxford Road. The building is now a private house.
1833 - John Boulter. Wife was Alice. May have been the man of this name who was one of the Marlow constables back in 1807. He was born circa 1775. He was the keeper of the cricket field for the Marlow Cricket Club in 1825 and an honorary member of the club because of that. The pitch was probably then at Almshouse Close off Oxford Road.
1844 - John Boulter. In 1843 a thief entered John's home and made off with some beef and "choice viands".
1853 - John Boulter
1864 - Thomas Hall? (also a carrier) See Clayton Arms. Seems mistaken identification of him as being at the Crown and Anchor as he definitely had the licence of the nearby Clayton Arms at this time and could not legally have had two licences at once.
1871 - James Jones (also bricklayer)
1879 - James Jones died, and licence transferred to his widow, Maria Jones "Crown and Anchor Beer House"
1880 - Maria Jones. 2. Alfred B Walker
1881 - Alfred B Walter
1883 - Alfred B Walter (also a carpenter)
1884 - Henry Lilywhite. Came to Marlow from Eton Wick.
1885. Henry Lilywhite. Financial difficulties for him that year.
1886 - Henry Lilywhite 2. Richard Goldswain. It's licence was threatened this year as it did not meet the minimum rateable value required for licenced premises. It's future was saved after it was agreed to incorporate a neighbouring cottage into the property. At first it was noted that a separate entrance and no interior communication not to mention a tenant still living in the cottage cast doubt on it's incorporation into the Crown and Anchor. But the cottages outer door was blocked up and an interior connecting door knocked through and the authorities were satisfied.
1891 - Richard Goldswain transfers premises to John Goodey.
1903 - John Goodly qv (should be Goodey)
1904 - John Goodey transfers premises to William H Cooper (hold over) then Charles J Kendall
1907 - 1. George Lewis 2. David Nash
1908 - David Nash transfers to Hugh Morrison
1910 - W H Pink 2. P W J Branning.
1915 - Joseph Jarvis
1939 - Arthur Lloyd Clement. Also a farmer. Functioning as a lodging house too then.
Written and researched by Charlotte Day and Kathryn Day.
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SELECTED SOURCES -
1833 Parochial Assessment. Original handwriting notebooks held by my family and transcribed by Charlotte Day.
1853 Mussons and Cravens Commercial Directory. University of Leicester Archives.
1864, 1883 Kelly's Post Office Directory by Kelly's Directories Limited.
1871,1881 Census transcribed from microfilm by Jane Pullinger.
Robson's Directory 1839
Licence Hearings.
Newspapers accessed via the BNA from the British Library archives March 2021:
Bucks Advertiser and Aylesbury News : 14 July 1860.
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