Lots of individuals get mentions within these posts. See also Church Related and Pub Related options on the top drop down menu. If looking for a specific shop, farm, street, house etc use the "Specific Shops, Streets Etc" option on the menu. New content is currently uploaded daily so check back soon if you can't find the subject you are interested in here.
Crime and Disorder
The posts below are mainly or solely crime and disorder related. Many more blog posts not listed here feature details of individual crimes within their broader subject matter.
The bribery of Jason Povey here
Biography of Sgt John Maneely here
Case of Mary Ann Burt, child thief here and other young criminals here
Chinnum, one of last to be clapped in towns stocks here
Early policing - crime fighting societies, parish constables, sheep stealing and the night watch here
The indomitable William Creswell - scourge of the authorities here
William Croxon, prisoner and friend to the poor here
Edward Mazongoo, young African man in 1800s Marlow and his brush with the law here
Convicts William Neighbour a toll house keeper here and John Neighbour a brickmaker here
Election Rioters of 1880 here
The notorious William Hatch here
Kate Bailey murder case, Little Marlow 1920 here
Highwayman Peter Rivers - Here
Horror in Quarry Woods here
Hung for stealing the same horse twice - John Edmunds here
James Lee / James Croxon fraud case here
Light fingered Marlow -here *updated Jan 2024*
Long list of items stolen from Marlow Place in the 1880s here
Marlow Heroes Bonny & Corby here
Parish Beadle George Pocock here
Poaching and the Perrys here and here
Police Station (former) and Police Court, Gun Lane (Trinity Road) here
Riots of 1847 here
Stewart forgery case here
Swing Riots in Marlow- here
Tragic case of Harriet Boddy, accused of infanticide here (distressing)
Webb's gang of marauders here
Women's riots of 1800 here
Posts not solely about a crime but with unusual or particularly interesting mentions of crime within the post (selected posts shown only):
The tax rebel Reverend here
1831 voter fraud here
Charles East, transported for 14 years - here
Prostitutes at the Ship here
Dean Street residents in Old Bailey theft case 1907 here
Education Related
Adult scholars in Regency Marlow here
British Schools in Marlow here
Institute early history here
Lane End schoolteacher Henry Harman - here
Leighton House school - here
Life for the boys in the Blue Coats School - here
Little Marlow school teachers the Shergolds here
Marlow Place boarding school here
Prospect House Academy / Faux's Academy and other Chapel Street area schools here
Military College- life for the teen cadets here *updated December 2023*. Biographies of some of the pupils there in this post.
Schools in Marlow 1600s to 1920s - Over 70 DIFFERENT ONES with dates, locations, info and some staff etc here. *Updated July 2024* Includes a few outlying places like Bovingdon Green.
Two Victorian St Peter's Street School Teachers here
Leisure and Entertainment - see Sport below too
The town balls and assembly here
Allotments history - here
Bathing in the Thames, including swimming races and the Bathing Place - here
Bonfire night celebrations in Victorian Marlow here
Easter, May Day and spring traditions - here
Cycling in Victorian / Edwardian Marlow including bike sellers, manufacturers, clubs and bicycle gymkhana here
How to have fun in 1600s Marlow - here
How to have fun in Victorian Marlow - here And Edwardian Marlow here
Marlow Fair here in Victorian times, and in Edwardian times here
Picnics and Punts- Summer leisure in late Victorian and Edwardian Marlow here
The regattas - social history of, here
Riley Recreation Ground / Crown Meadow - host to electric theatres, fairs, football, water carnivals and more here
Silent era cinemas in Marlow here
The Sorry Youth Of Today - 1896 style here
Medical History
Asylum patient, the tragic Robert East here
Benjamin Atkinson, surgeon here
Biography of Dr Battie of Court Garden here
Biography of Mary Cole nurse, the second matron of the first Cottage Hospital, Cambridge Road here
Biography of Dr John Dunbar Dickson surgeon, fireman, lecturer etc here
Call the Apothecary! here
Chemist Bernal Harman here
Cholera epidemic 1849, mentioned in post here
Cottage Hospital and Provident Nursing Club here, other hospital posts here here and here
Flu Pandemic 1890s here
Death and accidents by fire here
Marlow Hero Nurse Cassidy here
Maria Young, victim of St Vitus's Dance here
Early district nurses in Marlow here
Midwife Sarah Ann Price here
Patent medicine available at George Cannon's 1820-1850s and John Howe's 1780's shops here and here
Some patients treated at the first cottage hospital here
Pioneering female registrar Louisa Russell (brief) and early female dentist Olga Von Oertzen (brief) here
Romantic troubles of Dr Francis Culhane here
Thin line between life and death - accidents and surgery in Victorian Marlow Here and the death of Mary Ann Wigginton here
Grave and will summary for surgeon William Shaw 1823 here
Sleeping girl of Turville here
River Thames
The incredible Marlow built pleasure barge "Star of the Thames" here
Floods in Marlow History, and plans to "embank and canalize" the river between Marlow & Henley here
Haynes boat builders - Here
Hambledon Victorian female lock keeper Martha Lomax here
Ice-skating and the frozen river here
Little lives lost in the Thames here
Bellows, bricks and brandy - reviving the drowned here
The old Marlow Bridge (replaced by Suspension Bridge) Marlow
Otters, lampreys, eels and other wildlife in the 18th & 19thc Thames at Marlow here
Robert Shaw, boatbuilder and fisherman here aka king of the river.
The Marlow Regatta (s) - here
Suspension Bridge history here.
Spade Oak Ferryman William Round here
Street family of Hurley Flour Mill - here
During the 1897 storm here
Will of the first lock keeper of the Marlow pound lock in 1773, George Phelps (He also ran the Bowl and Pin inn, demolished 1790) here More on George here
See also leisure section above, and Compleat Angler under the Pub Related Index which is on a different page.
Royalty Related
Coronation 1837, celebrations of Queen Victoria's marriage and news of her death here
Coronation Celebrations 1902 here
Victoria's Jubilee 1887 in Marlow Here
Victoria's Diamond Jubilee 1897 in Marlow here
Storm disruption during 1897 Jubilee Little Marlow here
Hurley celebrations for the 1887 and 1897 Jubilees here
Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte visits Harleyford here
Royal furniture makers the Mealings here
Royal Apothecary, Chase of Westhorpe (brief) here
Description of Marlow Manor Hall 1400, as inherited by Constance Le Despenser, granddaughter of a king here
Shopping
See the "Specific shop, streets etc" menu for the history of individual shops and shopkeepers- general interest content is linked below:
What you could buy at John Howes 1780's High Street stationers/patent medicine suppliers here
What you could buy at early Victorian bookseller/printer/patent medicine supplier etc George Cannon's here
Cost of living specific to Marlow, what cost how much in our local shops and businesses up to the 1930s- part one (up Here and Part 2
Christmas shopping in Victorian Marlow here and in the Edwardian era here
Specific Crafts, Trades, Occupations and Industries. See also medical history listing above for medical occupations
Artists in Marlow History here
Bargemen of Marlow here, Biography of barge owner/publican George Cresswell hereChild labourers at the Paper Mills here
Gas - Gas Works, fire and explosion, experimental processes, and gas lighting - here
Interesting occupations 1891 here
Lane End chair makers- men, women and children here
Locks- Georgian lock keeper and victualler George Phelps here and Victorian female lock keeper of Hambledon here
Postal- Victorian postman Daniel Plumridge & Lane End Sub Post master William Plumridge here, postmaster William Tyler here, general history of the Regency/Victorian post service and post office in Marlow here
Photography - Pioneering female photographer Rebecca Blake here
Recreated 1600s trade directory Part One and Part_two
Recreated 1700s trade directory *UPDATED OCTOBER 2024* here
Recreated trade directory 1800-1819 Part One - here part two here
Recreated 1820s trade directory part 1 here Part 2 here
Recreated 1830s trade directory part 1 here and part 2 here
What pedlars sold in Edwardian Marlow - here
Life for servants /Servant agency of Miss Hurrell - here
Skewer making in Marlow- here
Straw plait dealers & straw hat makers here
Wages in Marlow history- what your ancestor earned here *updated Nov 2024*
Watercress Industry (brief outline) here
What your ag lab ancestor actually did here
Where your Marlow gardener ancestor worked, and links to individual biographies of gardeners *October 2024* - here, Extraordinary Victorian gardeners here , market gardener Jane Piggott here.
Sport Related- see also Leisure above and cycling in Transport section below
Athletics meetings at Harleyford 1870s and in Marlow generally here
Biography of Charles Miller Foottit- one of the founders of the Football Club, Rowing Club and Regatta, cricket player etc here
The Cricket Club and ground: here
Football Clubs - more than 20 you've probably never heard of dating from Victorian and Edwardian times (with many players mentioned) in a post here. Easter matches of Marlow FC here
Gymnastics in Edwardian and Victorian Marlow - here
Marlow Horse Races- comprehensive history, updated October 2023 here
Nellie Creswell amateur Victorian sportswoman here
Richard Smith, amateur cricketer who played in front of a French prince here
Regattas - here
Skating on the Thames and meadows here
Sporting opportunities in 1700s Marlow here
Victorian Marlow Athletes here
Transport
Cycling in Victorian / Edwardian Marlow including bike sellers, manufacturers, clubs and the Bicycle Gymkhana here
Early days of motoring in Marlow - here
Highwayman Peter Rivers here
Postillion and fly proprietor Thomas Pearce biography (Victorian) here
Railway guard Joseph James biography (Victorian) here
Railway Station Social History Part One and Part Two
Stagecoaches and the Wyatt family here. *Updated July 2024* Other coach services in a post- here
Station masters who lived at Beaumont Rise here
Turnpike toll gates- here
Will of John Davis, coach master 1781 (brief!) here
Descriptions of railway related accidents resulting in victims receiving treatment at the Cottage Hospital here
War and Military Related
For soldier grave photos search for the person on the Graves index.
Early history of the Armoury (some distressing content) here
Royal Military College- life in detail for the teen cadets here
Rifle volunteers camps at Gossmore here
South African Wars memorial plaque - here
World War 1 in Marlow year by year (detailed). See also graves listings for some of the war dead, these are being uploaded gradually.
WW1 - Photo of the memorial that is in the brewery- here
WW2 in Marlow - preparations for the war and the first few weeks of it here, Part 2 here Part 3 here
War dead of the Congregational Church - here
Grave and research about a Marlow Indian Mutiny veteran here
Colour Sergeant James Columbine of Albion House - biography here
Victoria Cross holder David Rush here
Medmenham in WW2 here
Women's History
For lists of posts dedicated to individual women in all walks of life including a number of almshouse residents see the Biographies Of Individuals option on the top drop down menu.
Domestic violence and women - the treatment of Mary Shaw and Harriet Pearce here
Female Victorian lock keeper Martha Lomax of Hambledon - here
Groundbreaking women in Marlow History- here
Nellie Creswell amateur Victorian sportswoman here
Wages for servants, specific to Marlow, Victorian era to earlier 1900s here
Women's riots of 1800 here
Suffragettes-
In Henley (Marlow people mentioned) here
Detailed history of campaign for votes for women in Marlow here
Marlow Suffragettes' tax protests here
Anti Suffrage movement here
Heroic ladies of WW2 Medmenham here
Other
Aliases and nicknames of Marlow folk 1800s mostly here *updated November 2024*
Bonfire celebrations (Victorian) here
Bovingdon Green in the 1800s - here
More beer sellers than bakers -Temperance in Marlow here
Cemetery pictures and basic history here
Fire Brigade in Victorian times - here
Food in Victorian Marlow- here
Games children played in the streets here
Gifts to Marlow's Poor in the 1600s here
Gypsy Families In Marlow History here
Harvest celebrations in Marlow (on farms and in places of worship, mostly Victorian) here
Historic Cost Of Living For Great Marlow- food, clothing, house prices, farm rents, transport costs in Marlow mostly in Victorian and Edwardian times- a few earlier. Part one here and part two- here
How newspapers came to Marlow- biography of Robert Hayes Smith here
Institute early history here
From manor house to mangle rooms - must have housing features for the Marlow rich, pre 1850 here
Menagerie- The Marlow elephants and Captain Marshall's menagerie here
Most difficult job in Marlow's History - Here
Names present in 1400s Marlow. Last names with historic pronunciations of them which are probably not what you think here.
Names- Most popular male first names in early Victorian Marlow here and female ones here.
Names- Most popular female names late Victorian Marlow here and for males in late Victorian Marlow here
New Year traditions here
Peter Pan- Marlow's link to it here
Pets in Marlow History (Victorian and Edwardian Marlow) - here
Pile of Deformity! Historic insults flung at Marlow here and some praise here, part two here
Poor law guardians controversy - included in post here
Post Office in late Victorian era - here and post service in regency/Victorian era in general here
Recreated 1820s street address directory here (unlike the trade directory includes those with unknown occupations).
Storm of 1897 - here
Slate Clubs here
Slavery and its abolition in Marlow history- here
Victorian Trinidadians in Marlow here
Temperance movement in Marlow here
Trees in Marlow history here
Victorian Christmas celebrations in Marlow- here and here, plus in the Edwardian era here
Wages in Marlow history *updated Jan 2024* here
Where In Great Marlow was..? List of difficult or vanished addresses for modern researchers part one here , part two here, part 3 here and another post here
Quirky Edwardian wedding gifts - here
Winter in Victorian Marlow here (skating on Thames, skating races, ice hockey etc)
