Recreated 1830s Trade Directory Part Four Occupations S-Z

*updated December 2023*

See Part One here for an introduction. Part Two of this directory here and Part Three here.

This is Part Four - 

School proprietors (private).

Elizabeth Barnes. West Street. See here

George Cole. Day school for boys. Chapel Street. Pre 1830s to his death in 1834.

Samuel Field Cooper. See here

William Faulkner. See here

James Field. High Street. Also post office.

Matilda and Elizabeth Field. See here

Mary Gower. Oxford Road. See here

Mary Garland Lovegrove and Harriet Lovegrove. West Street. Her will here.

Eleanor Lord. West Street. 1833+. More here.

Misses Robinson. High Street. These may be the daughters of Nicholas Robinson whose will is on the blog here.

Misses Rolls. High Street. 

John Sharp. West Street. Also Boot and Shoe maker. 1833 to at least 1852.

Jane Simes. High Street. See here

William Faulkner. Prospect House, Glade Road. See here.

Seedsmen

John Brown. West Street. 1839.

Shoemakers - See in  Part One Boot and Shoe Makers

Silversmiths

Mr Greyson. See under Jewellers.

Skewer Makers

Charles Bowles. 1839.

Thomas Bowles. 1839.

Thomas Frith. 1839. 

Solicitors (see also Attorneys)

George Leeds. 1831. 

Ralph Spicer. West Street. Biography here. Throughout period.

Messrs Wright and Ward (William Lakin Ward.) Throughout period.

Stationers

John Winch Burnham. West Street. 1833+ Originally from Maidenhead. Exact premises known. Was also the Baptist minister.

George Cannon. Market Square. Premises known. Also bookseller. See under booksellers in the directory Part One for a link to more info.

John Salier. West Street. 1839. Also toy dealer.

Surgeons and Doctors. All described as surgeons unless stated.

Thomas Evans Brinsden. In partnership with Hickman below.

Robert Colbourne.

John Creighton. From at least 1829. 

Michael Field. Quoiting Square. Doctor. Died 1834.

Arthur Hammond, 1834. Married to Rev Gower's (of the Blue coats school/Borlase) daughter Mary. West Street. 

George Hickman. High Street. Pre 1830s to at least 1838.

William Hickman. Partnered with Brinsden above. He lived West Street.

Surveyors

Thomas Rumble, Chapel Street. 1833.

Tailors

Mr Allum, Sen. Died 1830. 

William Allum. High Street. For decades. To after period.

Ralph Clark. 1835.

Samuel Clark. 1832.

Joseph Grey. High Street. Pre 1830s +

Edward Griffiths. High Street. 1832,33.

George Newberry. Probably employee. Lived St Peter's Street from at least 1833.

Richard Oxlade. St Peter's Street. See under beersellers in Part One of the trade directory for more on him.

Joseph Phipps. Oxford Road. 1832.

William Smith. High Street. 1832 -39 Also milliner and habit maker. Appears to be more on the Causeway.

William Stockbury. Common Slough 1839-47.

Tallow chandlers 

John Gibbons. West Street. Also grocer and spirit seller. See here.

Edward Tyler. Also gardener. In prison for debt London, 1834.

Timber Merchant 

James Lee. 1837. 

Tin Plate

William Harper. Pre 1820s to at least 1833. West Street.

James MacLean. High Street. And Brazier. More on him and his wife here.

Toy Dealers

John Salier. West Street. Also stationer.

Turners

Robert Kingshott. 1832. Chair industry.

Thomas Gill. Throughout decade. 

Umbrella Makers

Henry Frewin. Oxford Road.

Vets

George Greenwood. West Street 1839. In practice by 1836. Married Elizabeth Bannester 1833.

John Greenwood. Died 1831. Age 66. Wife Sarah survived him.

Mr Meakes. 

Watchmakers

William George Ellson. 1834+. West Street. Also clockmaker.

James Coster 1835.

Samuel Washbourne. West Street. 1839. Not obviously the same man as the baby linen manufacturer above. Committed suicide by hanging himself in the woodhouse at the rear of the premises in 1843.

Wheelwrights

Joseph Cox. Lived Quoiting Place. Wheelright by mid 1820s. Probably worked for Thomas below as doesn't seem to have own premises.

Thomas Cox. Quoiting Square, large premises. No longer there as burnt down. There was also a fishmonger in town with this name. Married Jane Harvey.

Stephen East. 1837.

Joseph Green. Chapel Street. 1833-47 at least.

Whitesmiths

George Gilman. Quoiting Square. Also blacksmith. 1832. Died 1833. 

Thomas Hawkins, Hayes Place. 1834

Part Two of this directory here and Part Three here.

Compiled and researched by Charlotte Day. Additional research by Kathryn Day.

©Marlow Ancestors.

Robinson Wills

 1.) Will of Nicholas Robinson, gentleman of Great Marlow. Written 1837. Proved 1840.

See notes below.

Nicholas says he is of sound mind but of bodily infirmity. 

Debts and funeral expenses to be paid.

All he has to dear wife Elizabeth for the term of her natural life then at her decease it all to be divided equally between his sons and daughters (not individually named).

Mr Richard Stephens of No.12 York Place, City Road, St Mary ....don, Middlesex to be sole executor.

Witnessed by Thomas Rolls junior draper of Great Marlow and Solomon Green draper of Great Marlow.

Notes:

Nicholas Robinson was a retired London merchant who lived at Seymour Court, Marlow by 1831. In 1838 he witnessed the will of Hannah Webb of Marlow Bottom Farm. He died on the 7th April 1840 but I could not see him amongst the C of E burials in the town.

Elizabeth died on October 16th 1847 at Great Marlow aged 72 as announced in the relevant issue of the Gentleman's Magazine. The Reading Mercury of 23rd October 1847 (British Library Archives) called her "much and deservedly lamented". The couple had at least 4 daughters: Hannah who married into the Gibbons family of Marlow, Mary whose will is below, Sarah, and Rachel plus at least 3 sons.

Thomas Rolls was in the High Street.

2.) Mary Robinson will. Written 1840. Proved 1848. Spinster. She was the daughter of Nicholas above.

All she has to her three sisters Rachel, Sarah and Hannah equally.

Sole executor her friend Richard Stephens esquire of York Place, City Road, Middlesex. 

Witnessed by the curate of Little Marlow and Thomas Rolls of Great Marlow.

Notes:

Probate was granted to Mary's sister Sarah Robinson as her appointed executor died before he could prove the will. 

Mary was born in 1805. Hannah in 1815, Rachel in 1803 and Sarah in 1811. For some reason most were baptized as adults.

These P.C.C original wills held at the National Archives, Kew was transcribed by me Charlotte Day and then summarised here.

More wills from Marlow transcribed and indexed here.

©Marlow Ancestors. You are welcome to use this information for local or family history purposes with credit to this blog.

1833 Parochial Assessment Great Marlow St Peter's Street

 

I am gradually transcribing the original 1833 handwritten parochial assessment working notebooks of the assessors which my family own along with related correspondence. The purpose of the assessment was to calculate local taxes for 1834. The books were updated with additions and corrections up to circa 1839. Any such updates are highlighted in my transcription.

Format of my transcription:

Name

Property occupied

Annual value of each property

Any comments or research by me in square brackets

By Charlotte Day.

©Marlow Ancestors. Use this information if you wish but please credit this blog.

Duck Lane [Also called St Peter's Street which is it's modern name, sometimes in the past called Old Bridge Street too. The name St Peter's does NOT derive from the church as this was not built until the 1840s. The name St Peter's Street was used alongside Duck Lane from the early 1830s at least]

Thomas Clinkenbury 

House and garden

£5

*****

Timothy Chance [two men of this name headed households in this street. The other in a smaller cottage was a bargeman.]

House and garden

£5

*****

Richard Oxlade

The Blue Banner house [Pub, premises there till at least 1862 before becoming a house. This was very close to the River Thames and the water's edge. There was another pub of this name in Marlow in Henley Road later in the 1800s] and yard.

£8

*****

Christopher Copas

House and Garden

£5

*****

Aaron Oxlade [shopkeeper aged about 67. In St Peter's Street by 1830 when Pigotts Directory lists him. He had married Mary Truss at High Wycombe in 1800. She took over the shop after his death. She was specifically a grocer, Aaron just "shopkeeper". The shop was later licensed to sell beer as well. The Richard of the Blue Banner above was their son]

House and garden

£6

*****

Samuel Barnes [He owned this and other property in the street which was all sold 1850 after his death. His friend Richard Gibbons below was one of his will executors].

House, yard, garden, stable and lofts

£20

Malthouse

£15

*****

Thomas Gibbons [he was a coal merchant. Brother of Richard below]

House, yard, garden, stable and chaise house

£20

Orchard

£5

Wharf at Bankside

£15

*****

Richard Bye [Had recently moved from Abbey Farm Little Marlow. He moved again by 1841. He married the year of the assessment Mary Hewett, by her first marriage Mary Hawkins, some years his junior but she left him two years later. More on this couple in a post here. Mary's first husband had also run the Two Brewers in his time].

Two Brewers house [pub], yard, stables and garden

£12

*****

Samuel Carter

House yard and garden 

£9

******

John Shanks [journeyman blacksmith. In 1833 a court case to get back his alleged ancestral property Finnemoor, a farm near Marlow from Joseph Townsend failed. 1841 blacksmith Church Passage. 1851 blacksmith St Peter's street, 1861 St Peter's Street Blue Banner]

Cottage and garden

£3 10 shillings

*****

George Easley

Cottage and garden

£2 10 shillings

*****

John ?Fusten

House ["and garden" crossed out and "woodhouse" added later]

£6

*****

Thomas Gardener [a market gardener]

Cottage [the words "and garden" later crossed out]

£5

Garden [not attached to his cottage, further down the assessment]

£4

*****

George Newbery [Tailor. Still in street 1841 when aged about 75]

Cottage

£4

*****

William Coleshill [died prematurely in 1837. Widow Martha continued to live in St Peter's Street]

Cottage and garden

£4 10 shillings

*****

Richard Heath [labourer, in street since at least 1823]

Cottage and garden

£4 10 shillings

*****

Richard Gibbons [had a small brewery and also made rope. Sent to Newgate Prison in 1842 after giving false evidence to an inquiry into one of Marlow's many dodgy parliamentary elections. Brother of Thomas above. The property occupied here was inherited from their dad. Richard later rented Samuel Barnes' malthouse listed above as well. Richard was a friend of Samuel's and one of the executors of his will].

House, garden, mill house, counting house, yard, stables, lofts, store rooms, large yard, store house, brewhouse with malt lofts etc

£35

*****

The following people occupied cottages with an annual value of £3 each:

James Downing [labourer. Still in street in same cottage 1841]

John White [bargeman, see below for another John White]

Timothy Chance [2nd person of that name in Street. This one was a bargeman, wife Ann who continued to live in the Street in the 1840s]

Widow Neighbour

Widow Moore [Jane Moore widow of John Moore bargeman who died 1814]

Robert Corby [painter?]

William Lewington [on 1841 census he was said to live in "Mill Yard"]

George Hawes [labourer]

Joseph Gimmet

James Harding

Henry Clark

*****

Occupying cottages each with an annual value of £2 10 shillings:

George Collins

John Hawes

*****

Each occupying a cottage and garden with an annual value of £4:

Widow Butler x2 [could be an accidental repetition of an entry or two Widows Butler occupying identically valued property]

*****

Each occupying a cottage with an annual value of £4:

Henry Clark

Robert Oxlade [probably the shoemaker of this name]

*****

Each occupying a house and garden with £5 annual value:

William Croxen [usually spelt Croxon]

John White [seems to have started as a bargeman but became a beerseller here by 1838 until at least 1852. Wife Eliza. Cottage no longer exists. Name of his beer house is currently unknown. Note that there was a different John White, also a bargeman in St Peter's Street at the same time, see above].

Elizabeth White [the first name originally left blank, name Elizabeth added later in pencil]

*****

Occupying cottage and garden with an annual value of £4 10 shillings:

Samuel Hobbs [Later at the two Brewers]

*****

Cottage with annual value of £1 10 shillings [an exceptionally small value. This must have been a one room hovel]:

Ann Clark [lacemaker]

*****

Robert Gudgeon [also occurs as Gudgin. He worked in the paper mills. His wife Charlotte's grave is here. In 1843 he lived in St Peter's Street in a rented "newly built" stone house erected a few months earlier so he had moved within St Peter's Street]

House and garden

£5

*****

Late Bradshaw [no first name]

House, lawn, stables, yard, coach house, large garden and orchard

£25 [In 1837 a Mr Bradshaw a poor man of Duck Lane, that being an alternative name for St Peters Street, suffered a terrible fire at his cottage that left it completely destroyed. He was much burned when rescuing his children from the blaze. The family lost all their possessions. Two neighbouring cottages were badly damaged. This must be a different Bradshaw as the man called Bradshaw in the assessment is far from poor if in a £25 house, and he has either died or moved from St Peters Street in 1833, 4 years before the fire, as his recorded occupation is as "late Bradshaw", though the two Bradshaw men may be related] 

*****

John Morgan [draper, premises High Street. More here]

House, yard, offices

£10

*****

Ann Bond [widow. For more on her, her husband and an odd burglary Ann suffered in this house see here]

House, yard, garden

£25

Coach house belonging to Badger

10 shillings

*****

Martha Badger [likely widow of William]

Cottage and large garden

£5 10 shillings

*****

John Badger

House and garden

£4

*****

James Brown

Cottage and garden

£6

*****

Brown [no first name]

House and garden

£7 10 shillings

*****

Robert Jonathan Oxlade [in 1813 a man of this name was a shoemaker. Son of Robert Jonathan Oxlade senior who sold up his business -of an unknown nature but he owned a malthouse- and left Marlow in 1787. Obviously Robert junior had decided to return to the town]

House and two gardens

£9

*****

William Davis [could be the man of this name who was a Marlow beer seller in 1831, though presumably now of different trade as his premises are not noted as a beer shop or inn]

Cottage and garden

£4

*****

George Davis

Cottage and garden

£5

*****

John Collins

Cottage and garden

£5

*****

Thomas Frith

Cottage and garden

£4 10 shillings

*****

Transcribed and researched by Charlotte Day.

©Marlow Ancestors.

Caxton Villa, Mill Road

 Written and researched by Charlotte Day.

In the photo at the very bottom of this post is "Caxton" also previously known as "Caxton Villa" in Mill Road, Marlow. A sale catalogue in the 1950s describes the property as a four bedroom, two bathroom and three reception room home with a walled garden. It is likely that one or both of the bathrooms had started life as bedrooms.

The first known occupiers of the house were James Dyson Cannon and his wife Harriet nee Corby. They married in the Reading registration district in 1882 and lived at Caxton by early 1884. James was then in his early 30s but had already retired from business as a chemist and printer. The name of the villa is a clear nod to William Caxton, inventor of the printing press. The house was built by George Cannon, father of James, who was also a chemist and printer (plus a lot more! Full biography here), hence the name. 

George died in 1881. At this point James stepped aside from his role in the family shop in the High Street. You can see the premises as they are today in the biographical post about his father linked above. His sister with some assistance from her husband continued the business for a short while while James settled himself down at Caxton for a more leisurely life living on his own means with Harriet. Their daughter Florence was born in the house. 

Within a few years however there are a few signs that the family had some financial concerns. In 1892 James received a court summons because he had not paid his poor rates. On the 1891 census the family had two "lodgers" in their 70s- laundress Prudence Corby and "living on own means" Edward Hatton. Despite the impersonal designation "lodger" used on the census form both of these elderly people were actually relatives of the Cannons. Prudence was Harriet Cannon's mother, while Edward Hatton was Prudence's illegitimate half brother.

Prudence is listed as working as a laundress, a very low paid and low status occupation. Edward had once been a shoemaker on his own account but had gone bankrupt. It is unclear what his private means were in 1891 but it is unlikely to have amounted to anything substantial. He died in 1894. The family moved from Caxton Villa to South Place which was opposite it in the next few years. Some of the cottages there are also believed to have been built for George Cannon.

By 1896 Caxton Villa had become the second home of the Scott family whose main home was in Highgate. Robert Turnbull Scott and his wife Annette spent at least the summer at Marlow for the next several years. Initially they rented the property but  they bought the house and a neighbouring property at auction in 1898.  At this time Caxton was offered for sale along with the 5 neighbouring freehold properties in lots.  We are told the homes are all let to the "most respectable tenants." In 1899 permission was granted for the building of a boat house at the property. It's a few minutes walk to the Thames from Mill Road. This may have become the double garage listed as part of the property in the 1950s sale information. Certainly the boathouse was no longer mentioned in that sale.

If there was anything Robert knew about it was sailing vessels. He was one of the founders of London based Turnbull, Scott and Company ship brokers and insurance agency. His Turnbull relatives were major ship and tramp boat operators based in Whitby Yorkshire.

Robert grew up with his mother at the home of his Turnbull grandparents  after his father disappeared. Archibald Scott, a bank clerk, had become infected with gold fever during the gold rush of 1851 and sailed to Australia in a bid to increase the family wealth. He was never seen by his family again and despite extensive investigations by them no trace of his whereabouts could be found. Apart from his lack of contact with home, evidence in favour of his death in Australia believed by his family was the testimony of his sister who insisted she had seen his ghost! Incredibly this alleged visitation was used many years later by Robert's daughter as formal evidence in a court case brought by her to have her grandfather legally declared dead!

Robert was only a small boy when his father left and probably did not much recall him. 

Robert seems to have lead a quiet life at Marlow but he obviously did not ignore events in the outside world, as he wrote to the Globe newspaper in 1901 in response to a reported serious colliery accident to suggest that in future food should be stored at intervals in mines to  sustain those trapped and awaiting rescue.  

Robert died in 1903 but his wife Annette, their daughter Annette junior and her husband Charles Pownseby continued to live at Caxton Villa for a short period after his death.

Claude Pownceby (Pownseby) was a retired (but young) wine merchant whose family firm was based in Oxford Street London. He owned a strong of race horses which raced throughout England. Again you have to wonder if money became tight as references to the racehorses suddenly stop in the later 1900s and the couple and their daughters Nora Daphne and Lilian Daintry (born at Caxton) moved away from Marlow in 1904, selling not only the house but much of its contents. Claude had bought a plot of agricultural land off Henley Rd in 1903 and built a house there but seems to have left town before the place was absolutely complete. Although the house may have been finished, the laying out of the gardens proved to be a nightmare. Claude was sued for unpaid bills due to the landscape gardener responsible for this work. Claude was not happy with the results, but seems to have underestimated both the time and money needed to create an attractive garden and tennis court out of what was called a rough sloping meadow. The court found for the gardener so  Claude had a large bill left in his hands. Annette ended up in Devon but her husband went to be a miner at Waihi New Zealand. He set up no permanent home there, living in a hotel instead. This probably indicates his intention to make some money and either send for Annette and the children to establish a home together in NZ or to eventually return to them in England. 

In 1915 Claude volunteered for war service in the "Tunnelers" section of the New Zealand Engineers and set off for Europe to fight as part of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Unfortunately he was listed first as missing and then as killed in action in France in 1916. He had £59 in the bank at the time but no other New Zealand property. Two years later no one had stepped forward to claim or administer his estate so the New Zealand authorities took on the job. Annette Pownceby may not have considered a trip to New Zealand financially worth her while to deal with matters herself. At the time of his death Claude held the rank of sergeant.

By the time of the 1911 census Caxton Villa had become the home of Florence and Fred Crispin who had private means and their young daughter Joyce. The following year another daughter Lydia was born at the house. The family had previously been living in Henley. At Caxton they kept two live in servants at the time of the census- 18 year old Mabel Taylor and 25 year old Alice Kate Townsend. 

I haven't looked for the 1920s residents of Caxton Villa or those of the later 1910s. When I do I will update this post!

Researched and written by Charlotte Day.

Further Information

For more posts about the historic people of Mill Road or any nearby streets in Great Marlow see our index here. Our A-Z Person Index in the top drop down menu contains every mention of an individual on this blog - 7,500 individuals as of August 2023. 

©Marlow Ancestors. You are very welcome to use my research for family or local history purposes with credit to this blog.

Sources included:

https://shippingtandy.com/features/turnbull-scott-co-ltd/

"England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XW9Q-W32 : 3 July 2019), Claude Searles Powneeby in household of Harold Fernie Lunn, Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey. Crown Copyright.

"New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9V-21SK : 9 March 2021), Claude Searle Pownceby, 1918; citing , Wellington Probate Files [First Sequence], 1843-1939, record number 22413, Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office; FamilySearch digital folder 100597571.

Roll of Honour, the Great War, 1914-1918. New Zealand, W.A.G. Skinner, Government printer, 1924.

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19170509.2.6

https://special.library.unlv.edu/ark%3A/62930/d1bc3td1p

1891 census England and Wales. My transcription from microfilm. Crown Copyright.

South Bucks Standard 10th February 1899. Maidenhead Advertiser 30th March 1904 . The Globe 2nd September 1901. All British Library Archives via the BNA.

Kelly's Directory 1889 & 1911. 

Maidenhead Advertiser January 4th 1905. 

Victoria Cross Holder David Rush

Victoria Cross holder David Rush may no longer be a household name in Marlow, but he was once a famous  adopted son of the town. His death was marked by Marlow citizens high and low with the streets coming to a halt for the funeral at All Saints. David was the yard clerk at Wethered's brewery too, so to the many locals employed there he would have been a familiar sight, supervising the loading of carts and drays. Still others would have known him as Colour Sergeant Rush, of the 1st Bucks Rifle Volunteers..

David was born in the 1820s in Bedfordshire, and he enlisted at the age of 17 joining the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers. He seemed take naturally to the military life and he was recommended for a commission before long. Unfortunately David was not actually awarded with one, due to the fact he had slightly exceeded the age then in force beyond which such a promotion could not be offered. If his superiors had hoped that discretion could be applied, they were wrong. He served in the East Indies and during the Indian Mutiny. David gained the Victoria Cross in September 1858 near Lucknow when he and a private took on 8 of their enemy, killing three. It was an act of "conspicuous bravery" and only one of many attributed to him. He received three other awards for gallantry, and 4 further medals over 25 years of active service*. In 1867, David was finally ready to retire, although he would not exactly leave all aspects of military life behind. For at the time of his retirement he was appointed a Yeoman of the Guard, and of course he joined Marlow's rifle volunteers. 

I believe he came to Marlow in order to take up his job as yard clark at the Brewery. During this time he lived in the High Street. He was on duty although not immediately present when labourer Job Jones was killed in an accident in the yard. The poor man was crushed below a cart that tipped up upon him. Only a little before another brewery worker had been killed while delivering supplies to the Hare & Hounds. The death of both was declared an accident, but in the case of Job it was recommended that the Brewery improve their procedures for immobilising their vehicles around the time of loading and unloading. David's job involved seeing that was done. A more happy role for him was presiding over the Brewery workers dinners and socials held at various places. He was almost inevitably voted to the chair at such times, as one of the most senior employees. He got to propose the toasts, and make a speech of thanks to his employers on behalf of everyone there. He seems to have been popular with both his superiors and the men in his charge, based on the riotous cheering that usually greeted the announcement of his name at the events. 

He joined the Rifle Volunteers shortly after his arrival in Marlow, when the Marlow Company was still very new itself and did not yet have it's own fancy headquarters in Institute Road. Victoria Cross or not, David started out in the Volunteers with the rank of private, although he was quickly promoted up the ranks. He was frequently chosen to represent Marlow at rifle shooting competitions eg at Wimbledon and he won many prizes for doing so. During the South African wars, Marlow residents could keep up with reports of the actions of two of David's sons, who were both serving in the Cape Mounted Police. David was often the subject of specific toasts at the volunteer dinners too. For example in 1868 he received three cheers and a toast. A cry out asking for David to tell the story of his gaining the Victoria Cross was "met with a tremendous volley of cheers". He replied to thank them for the "very kind manner in which they had received the mention of his name." 

When David died in 1886 after a "long and serious illness", most of the shops pulled down their shutters and a good crowd gathered to watch the sizeable funeral procession to All Saints despite appalling weather. After the service two volleys were fired over his grave. The South Bucks Free Press called it a "military funeral of very affecting character".  They praised not only his bravery but his "frank straightforwardness, diligence and attention" which he put to every task he tackled. The Maidenhead Advertiser added that he was a much respected resident. He left a widow Sarah and 6 children. Sarah remained in Marlow after his death, living in Glade Road with her elderly mother (also from a military family) and her youngest children. At the first annual dinner of the Brewery employees after David's passing, his empty chair was obviously felt when the Wethered's address "alluded in the most feeling terms "to the loss the firm had suffered. 

*David's medals were:

 1. Campaign Medal - Sutlej Campaign 1845/6

2. Campaign Medal "Panjaub Campaign" 1848/9 with clasps for Chillianwallah and Goojerat

3 Medal - Indian mutiny 1857-59 with clasps for Delhi, Lucknow and Relief of Lucknow. 

4 - Victoria Cross. 

5. Long service and Good Conduct medal. 

As to the other awards for gallantry, mentioned in a speech by the Wethered's at a brewery dinner, I could not trace them assuming them to be medals. 

Related Posts: 

To find every mention of an individual here on the blog, use the A-Z person index where you will find over 6,000 former residents of Marlow listed.  

Grave and research about another Marlow Indian mutiny veteran here

Colour Sergeant James Columbine, David's predecessor in the Volunteers : - biography here

The story of the Volunteer Encampments at Marlow here

For other military related posts, see the index here

Written and researched by Kathryn Day. 

SOURCES:

Slough, Eton and Windsor Observer 20 January 1900, Slough Libraries. 

Census transcripts from the microfilm by Jane Pullinger and Charlotte Day. 

Bucks Herald 13 Nov 1886, &

 Maidenhead Advertiser, 06 June 1880, 5th December 1886 - British Library Archive. 

South Bucks Free Press, 30 November 1886, as above. 

Reading Mercury 30 July 1870, 14 December 1880, 29 January 1886 as above. 

The Volunteers Service Gazette and Military Dispatch 25 Jan 1879.  

No Fear, No Favour - Bob Perrin (BFP 1986)

With H M 9th Lancers during the Indian Mutiny - Harcourt F Anson  (Editor) W H Allen & Co, 1896. 

Heroes of the Victoria Cross - T E Toomey, (G H Newnes 1895)

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Touching Gosling Grave, Marlow Cemetery

 Harry Gosling, 17 Apr 1954 "Finally reunited"  Small stone added to his wife's grave later.

"In loving memory of Louise Gosling beloved wife of Harry Gosling" died March 3 March 1926 age 46. 

"If love could have saved her, she would not have died" 

These are commemorated on the same grave in Marlow Cemetery.

Research notes by Charlotte:

Louise's census entries indicate a Marlow birth for her but her husband was originally from Truro, Cornwall. He was a painter in the coach building trade at Marlow by 1911. Louise worked as a dressmaker before marriage to Harry at Bisham in 1906. She was the daughter of Louisa and Thomas Jordan. Thomas was the gardener for the house Bohemia across the river at Bisham. See here.

To find all mention of an individual or family here, use the A-Z person index in the top drop down menu. For other grave images, see the the Graves index on the same menu. 

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