UPDATED BY CHARLOTTE NOVEMBER 2025
Historic list of landlords for the Jolly Cricketers AKA the Cricketer's Arms Bovingdon Green near Great Marlow.
Gathered from adverts, censuses, wills, court cases etc.
For more on this pub and it's people see my post Bovingdon Green in the 1800s here.
Other Bovingdon Green linked posts are indexed here
1843-44 James Jones.
1853-55 William Davis. Possibly already there 1851. There was a man in Marlow of this name who was a beer seller in 1831. Could be the same man in different premises.
1861-83 Hannah Davis, wife of above. Read about William & Hannah's son in law here.
1883-88 George Robinson.
1888- 1901 Frederick Coleshill, who had moved from the Sadler's Arms, West Street Marlow. Wife Lottie also served behind the bar.
1902 briefly widow Lottie Coleshill then Thomas Willis.
1905-15 Francis William Styles. In 1905 Francis assaulted by two troublesome customers who entered the pub without his permission and then refused to leave. Francis was one of those who gave evidence when the nearby landlord of the Royal Oak killed his brother in a fight. For this case see here.
1917- 33 Walter Simmons.
1933-34 Richard Arthur Milliard.
1934 pub force to close by local authorities who were trying to dramatically cut the number of licensed premises. A protest petition by a large number of Bovingdon Green residents demanding the pub be spared was ignored. Landlord Richard Millard had hoped to live out his days there. He said the pub might not do a huge amount of trade (this was the key excuse officials made to shut down a pub) but it was enough for him so why did they have to interfere? Remember he would be losing his home and his business in one go. He would receive compensation but not a huge amount.
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