Life in 1950s Marlow Part Four Food and Shopping

 Part One dealt with Sport and Leisure, Part Two concerned homes and employment and Part Three dealt with Transport and Childhood.

Introduction

During the 1950s great concern was felt by Marlow shopkeepers about the frequency with which Marlow residents chose to shop elsewhere. The long favourite "big town" destination Maidenhead and nearby High Wycombe had been joined by Slough as an easy option for those traveling by car (it had already been accessible though not quite so conveniently by train). The Marlow Chamber of Trade tried to encourage Marlovians to spend their money primarily in the town. In response to such pleas one unnamed Marlow woman wrote to them in 1959 saying that shoppers were forced to go elsewhere because Marlow shops carried too narrow a range of stock and only very low levels of what they did carry. Another woman wrote to the Bucks Free Press in a similar vein.

It should be noted that allegations that Marlow people ignored their own shops had been made almost yearly since at least the 1880s, and yet the occupancy level for business premises was high at all times until a slump came in the 1960s.

Sunday opening of shops came to Marlow in the 1950s. Only book, toy, fancy goods, souvenir and stationary shops could open (up to 8pm in 1959) or those selling postcards, or souvenir photographs.  Marlow was deemed eligible as it was "a holiday resort". Not all eligible retailers chose to exercise this new freedom however and for some shoppers Sunday trading was still seen as very much the wrong thing to do.

Many shopkeepers no longer lived in their premises in the 1950s, though there were exceptions. Herbert Haley the High Street chemist had a flat above his shop as did the proprietors of the chemists at 14 Spittal Street for instance.

Non-Food Shopping 

The long standing drapers, outfitters and clothiers, Morgan's, in Market Square still existed in name in the early 1950s though it then sold McIlroy brand clothing from High Wycombe. Later in the decade it became W.J Daniels, famed for it's big sales. A little further down the High Street earlier in the decade was Helen Whateley, dressmaker and tailor. If you were lucky that is- she didn't open weekends or Wednesday afternoons.

Miss D Wiggham ran the Dawn Boutique at 1 Station Road. For men Hewetts in the High Street was an outfitter who also sold sports clothing and school uniforms.

Farrier's Wool Shop at no 48 High Street sold hosiery and underwear as well as embroidery and knitting supplies and finished pieces of embroidery art to decorate the home.

Making their own clothes remained quite common for women. Men's clothes except for knitted items such as scarves and socks, had long since been generally considered too risky for the average domestic tailoress to attempt, due to the skill level necessary and also because of the less forgiving and more expensive fabrics involved in suits and trousers. Some housewives were still sufficiently skilled to make shirts, though by this period it wasn't the norm for them to make rather than buy them.

Knitting machines could be bought from A.E King drapers in Spittal Street, which also sold hosiery, women's underclothing, blankets and household linens.

Those wanting to accessorise with a walking stick or similar could head to "fancy goods", tobacco, confectionery and grocery retailer Coster and Sons, also in the High Street. A small shop -how they packed all that in I'll never know!

Walking sticks were also sold by John Harleigh and Sons the sports goods / sportswear shop in Spittal Street as were ladies handbags, luggage, and umbrellas. This was still an era infused with the "make do and mend" ethos and in that spirit Harleighs both sold and repaired all those items. Similarly you could make use of shoe repairers Ted Neighbour, who also operated in Bourne End, or Mr Palmer in Station Road. New shoes were sold by Millwards in the High Street and old ones repaired there. 

A jeweller and watchmaker with decades of experience behind him, Lawrence Mundy, operated in Chapel Street. Ronald Bailey was a jeweller and silversmith at 37 West Street.

Home furnishings suppliers in Marlow were described in Part One "Homes" of the life in 1950s Marlow posts.

Food

"High class" groceries could be bought from the two High Street premises of Barksfield Brothers grocers and wine merchants. The "family grocer" R Browns was also in the High Street while Dorsetts was in Market Square. Mr Dorsett had a "mobile shop" by the end of the decade that visited outlying places, including the High Wycombe suburbs.  All the grocers in Marlow still shut for lunch in the 1950s.

Mac Fisheries supplied fish and shellfish (and fruit from the fruiter's section) and Harleyford Dairy had shoppers' dairy based needs covered. Both of these were in the High Street. Another fishmongers Castle Fisheries was in Chapel Street and acted as both a hot fried fish takeaway and a shop which sold fresh and dried fish for home cooking. Castle Fisheries was operated by members of the Bunce family. Butchers were located in Market Square, the High Street and Spittal Street. Tom Morris butchers of Spittal Street supplied the meat for Borlase School meals.

Ellison's and Sons was a baker of the High Street, plus of course there was Burgers.

Aldridge's in Market Square offered a range of frozen foods. These were still quite new and some people refused to even consider buying frozen meat in particular and could even be cautious about frozen vegetables. Most frozen meat had been shipped in from abroad e.g New Zealand lamb and a prejudice about the quality of foreign bred animals was partly to blame for this attitude .Advocates of frozen foods however were passionate in trying to open those closed minds! The methods of freezing used commercially in the 1950s were not as advanced as they are today so it is generally considered that frozen products would have been of more variable quality then and cooking them required more skill and judgement than we would necessarily realize today.

Pinkneys Nurseries at 54 High Street was both a fruiterer and a florist (a not uncommon combination in the past). 

Those that wanted to try a touch of self sufficiency could purchase supplies from one of Marlow's most unusual shops, Moreton's beekeeping supplies at 19 West Street. This also sold games, model aircraft, balsa wood for crafts, guns, ammunition, and fishing tackle. Quite a mix!

Researched and written by Charlotte Day. ©Marlow Ancestors. You are very welcome to use my research for family or local history purposes with credit to this blog.

Sources for this series of posts are listed in Part One.

Recreated 1920s High Street Trade Directory Part Two.

Part two= Even number businesses. Part One dealt with the odd numbers.

Compiled from adverts, street directories, property records, letters, news stories etc.

Some properties in the High Street were still residential at this period and so not included here.

Property numbers in the 1920s were not the same as those for the same properties in the 1800s due to significant renumbering. They also do not always match those of modern properties in the same spot. Additionally bear in mind that in the 20th century it became increasingly common for the name of a shop to remain unchanged even after the business was sold out of the family so that a person's name remained connected to a business long after their actual involvement or even lifetime. In this post unless stated all people mentioned were actually running the premises bearing their name.

Looking for more historic occupiers of the High Street or any other Marlow street? See our Street Index for a list of posts about the historic people and businesses of each. For the High Street this includes 1700s and the year 1833 occupier listings. There is also on the blog Marlow wide trader compilations for the 1700s, and 1800-19. Many people mentioned in this post have mentions in multiple other posts on this blog too. To find every mention of anyone please consult the A-Z Person Index on the drop down menu.

*Updated September 2025*

4. National Deposit Friendly Society. 

6-10  James Morgan and Son / J Morgan and Son Ltd drapers, mens' and womens' outfitters, milliner's, mourning clothes supplier and house furnishers. An old Marlow business. My detailed post about this business and the Morgans here. They did not live on the premises however various of their staff were given accommodation there in this period.

14 International Stores. Opened 1901 in a building that had been converted from a house and at the time had also recently been used to accommodate boarders attending Borlase school. Modern Superdrug.

16 L.H Snow (Leonard Hardy Snow) chemists. He lived on the premises with his family. This was a chemist premises for decades. Leonard was there by 1907. Also like most chemists of the day a seller of photography supplies. The shop fittings and stock were damaged in a fire in 1933. Leonard died in 1946 aged 72 in Hastings Sussex. 

The infamous Snow's Bronchial Balsam advertised in 1927. 

18 Thomas Nichols outfitter, also given as Nicholls In 1920 but he moved to 46a High Street by 1921. Thomas was born 1876. In business in the High Street by 1907. Still going in the 30s at the second address. He lived in Claremont Road.

20 George Bailey tobacconist, newsagent, stationer. In business by 1911. Born c. 1867. George also had a bicycle shop and motor garage at no 5 West Street in the 20's managed by his son Robert. The High Street business was still going in 1942 and still described as a tobacconist, stationer and newsagent.

1929 ad

22 Sayer brothers 1920-21 / Barksfield Brothers both grocers and wine merchants. In 1920 and 1921 Sayer brothers are listed at no 22 but in 1923 the Barksfield Brothers shop was there. I am not certain who was personally managing this shop, probably Joseph Barksfield. In 1942 the Barksfield Brothers also operated from number 17 High Street. They were still at number 22 in the early 1950s. Prior to the 1920s this was Bidmead's stores.

24 Clark's butchers. William Robert Clark 1920, Lizzie Clark widow 1921+ . Her son Frank was the shop manager. Long standing family business.

26 Freeman Hardy and Willis. Boots / shoes. First opened in Marlow 1901 on the opposite side of the High Street. Moved to no 26 after 1907.

28 Newman and Chalk ironmongers. My post about the history of this business (unusually for an ironmongers managed by females for many years) is here. 

30 & 32 Frederick William Rowe jeweller, silversmith & watchmaker. Made many of the trophies awarded in local events including for the regatta. He also produced a range of exclusive Marlow souvenirs. The ironmongers next door were sub contracted to repair metal items for Rowe's customers. Frederick and his family did not live on the premises in this era. They bought the shop premises in 1905 having previously rented it. Rowe retired 1946 and the premises became F Hinds, jeweller

36 R Toomer and co coal, coke and peat merchants 1920. Here by 1910. They had moved offices to Station Approach by 1927, where their yard was. They also had a coal business at Bourne End Station and were "by appointment to H.M the King" no less. Toomer had bought the coal business of Thomas Bilson Butler in 1893. This property was later used as part of number 38.

38 Henry Bolton 1920 / Albert Charles Page 1921+ both hairdressers. Albert was also a perfumer and photo dealer. He was already a hairdresser in the High Street in 1910 when he came to Marlow from his previous premises in Cambridge. Initially he was at a different premises. Albert was born c.1890. Son of West Street greengrocer and florist Hiram Page. Albert emigrated to Canada. Neither of the 1920s proprietors of no.38 lived on the premises. 

40 William Henry Goodchild grocer and tobacconist 1920. He later in the decade worked for a grocer in Maidenhead so must have given up his own shop. He lived in Little Marlow Road Marlow.

42 Wallin's dairy (and their home). By 1932 called "Harleyford Dairy".  Sold dairy, eggs, ice cream. Listed as operated by a Thomas Wallin 1915, a William Wallin 1920 and 1921 (who lived in Station Road), a Thomas Wallin 1939 and "T Wallin" in 1942. 

44 later Leo Ryan electrician, but he was still on the other side of the street in the 1920s.

46 Martin's Chemists. Edward George Martin. -In business by 1907, when it was located on the opposite side of the High Street where Harrington's hairdressers is now. By 1938 Martin's had been taken over by Mr H.C Haley but still traded as Martin's. It was still there as such in 1942. Later the name was changed to Haley's Chemists. Looks to have incorporated the property that was technically number 48 too.

46a Thomas Nichols men's outfitter, who moved from number 18 (q.v).

50 Edmund Coster grocer (born 1856, son of Edward Joseph Coster AKA Joseph the Marlow Lockeeper). Raised a congregationalist. As a young man was a grocer's assistant. He had two family members whom he may have assisted in this respect, both in West Street. Grocer Noah Bartlett married Edmund's older sister Ellen, and Edmund also had a grocer relative called Richard Coster. More on Noah here, that post also contains a link to an image of Ellen's grave. By the 1920s Edmund also had hardware shop West Street. In business here by late 1880s. In 1911 both premises were grocers ran by Edmund. Wife Mary (nee Carter). In the 1930s the Coster's expanded into number 52 next door as well. Edmund died in 1930. By 1942 and until at least the 1950s his former High Street premises were occupied by R Brown and Son grocers. 

52 Percy James Rowe office of this architect and surveyor. Surveyor for the brewery but also worked independently. In the 1930s and for a long time thereafter these premises were Coster's tobacconist. Percy lived at the house Daintree, Claremont Gardens.

54 Misses Guttridge and Udy millinery in 1920. Miss Udy was probably Florence Udy who had earlier worked as a draper's assistant. If so she lived with her parents at Woodview, Station Road. This business not listed 1915. Later it operated solely as the business of Miss Guttridge who was styled as a costumier. Florence Udy later traded independently from 17 West Street Marlow before moving to Sussex. Some residential rooms above the premises seem to have been let separately.

58 bank 

60 W.H Smith and co bookseller, stationer.

62 Reginald Higgins 1920 / Theodore Harold Greville from late 1920 or early 1921 / Norman Greville who took over in 1929 all photographers.  Before this period was Scott and Smith photographers. Norman Greville was the younger brother of Theodore and had been running a photography shop in Maidenhead. This business was also continued and sold art supplies too. Theodore also at one point looks to have operated from no 7 High Street Maidenhead. Though raised in Britain, and with an English mother, the men had a German father Adolphus / Adulfus Julius Schwanke. You can imagine that having a German last name in England during the 1st world must have been very difficult for the family. Though Adolphus had been naturalized back in 1899 he was still an object of suspicion for many. In 1918 when the family lived in a farm near Warwick 16 year old Norman (already a photographer's assistant) was fined £5 for falsifying his endorsement signature in a French "alien's" identity book. Norman altered his last name to Swunke in an attempt to seem more English. He had been told that only natural born British householders could endorse with a signature the Frenchman's identity documentation. Norman lived at home with his family so wasn't a "householder" though he may not have understood that. His friend knew him to be a British citizen and foresaw no problems with him doing a signature. Young Norman however was obviously nervous of signing with a Germanic name, so he altered his. A suspicious police officer detected a "particularly foreign" note to the name "Swunke" nevertheless and Norman was first questioned and then arrested. During the proceedings against Norman it was realized by the court that his father was a householder as he had the vote. This they found "undesirable" in a German and it was decided that they should try to disenfranchise him. Norman and all of his siblings legally changed their name from Schwanke to Greville in 1920. Norman was already living at 62 High Street then, as was his brother Theodore, two more brothers Herbert Reginald and Cecil plus a sister Dorothy as well as their parents (who did not change their names). In 1937 Norman exhibited a selection of his own educational talking films to the Rover Scouts in Beaconsfield. He helped the Allies in WW2 by performing aerial reconnaissance photography. This meant that his wife Alice (nee Hickman, m 1929) was often managing the shop. During this period they also offered picture framing. Theodore and Herbert Reginald went on to manage, one after the other, a photography shop in Watford. Cecil became a photographer in Slough. Theodore was also a miniature painter while Norman was friends with the local artist Stanley Spencer so an artistic streak ran through the family in more ways than just photography.

64 Arthur Edward Davis dairy. He was born c.1871. "Marlow Creameries". He and family lived there too at this time. Still there in 1942. A fondly remembered business. 

1929 ad

66 William B Langston boot and shoes.  Full biography of William and historic pic of premises here. Currently The Ivy restaurant. 

84 George Kendall estate agent (established 1897), auctioneer, insurance agent, newspaper correspondent, deputy registrar, secretary to the Marlow Freemasons, collector of rates. He did not live on the premises in the 1920s. By 1942 the estate agent was being ran by Mr H Clanchy though still under the name of George Kendall. The estate agency business in name at least was later located in West Street. 

90 William Henry Badger confectioner. William was also the Parish Clerk and a music tutor. A long standing confectionery business. Biography of his father who was in the same premises before him here

92-94 Catherine Sanson / Samson (Mrs) draper. Lived on premises. Born c.1878. Husband Henry was a travelling salesman for a wholesale clothing company. Moved from Essex though Catherine was a Lincolnshire girl by birth.

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Selected sources (too many to list!):

Stock Exchange Year-book. Jamaica, n.p, 1933.

Marlow Parish Magazine 1942.

Kelly's Post Office Directory of Buckingamshire etc by Kelly's and Co Limited 1911, 1915, 1920, and 1939 editions.

Programme with adverts for King George's Cinema Marlow 1927 published by S Presbury and co.

Pharmaceutical Journal: A Weekly Record of Pharmacy and Allied Sciences. United Kingdom, J. Churchill, 1930.

 Chemist and Druggist: The News Weekly for Pharmacy. United Kingdom, Benn Brothers., 1933.

The Electrical Journal. United Kingdom, D. B. Adams., 1929.

The Book of Bungalows. United Kingdom, published by Country Life, 1926.

Auto Motor Journal. United Kingdom, Pictorial Press, 1920.

Salter, John Henry, and Salter, J. A.. Salter's Guide to the Thames. United Kingdom, Alden & Company, Limited, 1921.

Holiday Haunts in England Wales and Channel Islands, 1927, Great Western Railway.

The Bankers', Insurance Managers', and Agents' Magazine. United Kingdom, Waterlow & Sons Limited., 1922.

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/3100345/leo-redver-ryan/

1929 Marlow Parish Magazine.

South Bucks standard clippings from Aug 10th 1900,  Jan 20th 1910 and Jan 11th 1912.

Bucks Advertiser 13th Jan 1922. This edition from the British Library Archives via the BNA. As was The Hastings and St Leonard's Observer 1st Feb 1947 and the Leamington Star Courier 23rd August 1918.

Watford Advertiser, online edition, 7th January 2010.

"England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVH8-TCVC : 2 November 2021), Edmund Coster, 1930.

1901 and 1911 England and Wales Census. Crown Copyright.

Kelly's Directory of Chemists and Druggists ...: In England & Scotland & Wales, the Channel Islands and Isle of Man. United Kingdom, n.p, 1921.

London Gazette 26th October 1920.

Gravestones in Holy Trinity Church Great Marlow

William Shorter d 1900 and Rebecca Shorter

William Higgins d May 1896 aged 77. Above. Formerly ran barges up to London but had become incompacitated 7 years before his death. He lived at death in Chapel Street with his wife and daughter. 

Mary Jane Langdon, d Sept 6 1906 aged 55,  wife of John Richard Langdon. Also their son Albert, died 23 Feb 1919 age 32, after serving with the Royal Engineers in Gallipoli and France. 

 

Sarah Everest d Aug 12th 1907, age 70. Above. 

James Gibson, d July 3, 1892 at Chapel Str aged ? years,  also Thomas Gibson his brother d Feb 14th 192? Above

Hannah Blizard d June 2nd 1896, age 70. And Mary Ann Blizard, wife of William, d Sept 14th 1910, age 82.  

Both ladies were from Hampshire originally. Hannah was not married, though as a businessman was sometimes referred to with the respectful title "Mrs". She ran a "fancy goods repository" selling largely toys and sweets in West Street. She suffered a horrific death after her clothes caught fire at her West Street home*. After this tragedy her niece Ruth (nee Blizzard but by marriage North) and Ruth's husband James North took over the business. They brought Mary Ann Blizzard, Ruth's widowed mother with them to Marlow. The William referred to on the grave had been dead a long time by then and is buried Hampshire. 

A post focusing on Ruth North née Blizzard is here and see also this post

 

Anthony Hood, d November 26th 1899 age 63 Above

William Mathews Oct 6, 1916 age 84. Also his wife Maria, d. Jan 7th 1911 age 85. Also his only daughter Annie died age 11, Sept 16th 1875. Above

William Maslin July 19 1896 age 38, Above

? Barksfield. D ? May 1909 age 37 Above

Eliza House d 20 April 1900 age 70, Above

Rebecca Salmon July 1st 1897, Above

Eliza Ann Birdseye, d November 20 1904 aged 79?

And husband John Birdseye d Dec 26 1917 age 87, Above

 As above

Above two photos, Aubrey Montague, not dated.  

Edward, dearly beloved husband of Mary Jane Swadling died 15 Oct 19?? Age 38. Above. 

A selection of gravestones, many from this graveyard have been lost in recent years, with some other graves in poor condition as happens with the passage of time. Photographs from September 2020.

* South Bucks Standard 5th June 1896. Copy held at the British Library and accessed online by me October 2020 via the BNA.

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Landlords of The Cross Keys, Spittal Square/Spittal Street

The pubs location is Spittal Square /  Spittal Street previously known as the Common Slough. Now known as The Oarsman. (Sometimes listed as located in Chapel Street, which is a continuation of Spittal Street) This is a replacement for the earlier building that jutted out more into the Street. 

These earliest two mentions refer to an earlier incarnation, not on the same site. It is uncertain where this first pub was located.

1757 - Sylvester Law (had moved from the Upper Crown)

1766 - Sylvester Law (Will of Sylvester Law 1766  here )

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Spittal Square site - note this pub was almost certainly originally one of two pubs in Marlow called the White Hart. See our post on that for landlord listings for that pub and the other White Hart which was nearby in Chapel Street. It is available here

1839 - Henry Thomas Meakes. A blacksmith also on the same premises. Previously worked for his father Thomas Meakes as a journeyman blacksmith. Thomas went bankrupt in 1830 despite a loan of over £200 from Henry. This loan was secured on all of Thomas's stock in trade, book debts and furniture, something which caused serious censure at the bankruptcy hearings as it illegally deprived other creditors of a chance to have Thomas's goods seized and sold to settle the debts owed to them. There is no suggestion Henry meant to do anything illegal. In fact the judge in the case called him an an excellent and hard working young man. [Bucks Gazette. 17th January 1830. British Newspaper Archive]. Henry was born 1805. His brother later ran an ironmongers further up Spittal Street. See here

1841- Henry Meakes. Also blacksmith as above.

1844 - Henry Meakes as above.

1846 - Henry Thomas Meakes. Fined 40 shillings for allowing card games on his premises. Also executor that year of the will of stationer William Collins of Flackwell Health.

1847 - H.T Meakes (Mr Ridgely also listed as landlord this year.)

1852 - J Meakes

1853 - Mary Ann Meakes (also  listed as a whitesmith)

1854 - Mary Ann Meakes  (listed also as blacksmith). Likely widow of Henry Thomas Meakes who was definitely a Mary Ann.

1859 - John Wellicome. Hannah his wife had died in 1844.

1861 - John Wellicome (also plumber and smith, employing 9 men). Though not given on census as such John was also a painter, decorator and glazier!

1863 - John Wellicome. Cautioned to conduct his premises better or his licence will not be renewed..

1864 - John Wellicome (also listed as blacksmith). Died February that year. 

1869 - Henry Creswell.

1877 - Henry Creswell.

1879   Henry Cresswell transferred premises to Robert Lunnon  "The Cross Keys Inn"

1881 - Robert Lunnon.

1883 - Robert Lunnon.

1888 - 1. R.Lunnon 2. Alfred Williams.

1891 - Alfred Williams (also a joiner).

1892 - Alfred Williams transfers premises to William Redsdale /Ridsdale.

1893 - Thomas Ridsdale  (qv)  transfers premises to Edwin Richards who passes it on to John Wilson. (NB in 1894 a Mrs Richards, described as formerly keeping the Cross Keys in Marlow, is a coffee shop proprietor in London.)

1894 - John Wilson transfers to H F T Hitchins/ H F Thomas Hitchens.

1895 - Thomas Hitchens qv 2. Joseph Dyer/Dwyer.

1898 -1 Joseph Dyer. 2 Thomas Pym (incorrectly given as Joseph Pym in the Bucks Free Press of that year) .

1899 - Thomas Pym - he is called up as a member of reserve forces to "go to the Cape" - that is war in South Africa. He is reported injured for the second time in March 1900. (2nd Devon's)  Mr Barksfield takes over. 

1903 - Joseph Barksfield.

1920- Joseph Barksfield.

1924 - Mrs Annie Barksfield.

1925 - Annie Barksfield gives up licence and Spencer Charles Fisher takes over.

1939 - Robert William Spencer.  Robert moved in this year to Seymour Court Road where he opened a grocery shop known simply as The Stores. This was at the very top of the road opposite the park and no longer exists. Robert died in 1943. He was a special constable during the war.

1948 - G Cawdon Wooster. Cross Keys Inn. Offers accommodation, luncheons and a snack bar.

        Spittal Square, above. 

This post is updated as new information emerges. 

More Spittal Street related posts indexed here

Use the A-Z person index in the top drop down menu, rather than the tag search, to check all other posts for mentions of your ancestors. Many Marlow landlords changed premises and there can be other family members running other establishments. Some places changed how they described themselves - or how they were viewed- and so licensed premises listings here take in not just beer houses, pubs and inns but common lodging houses and hotels too. We mainly focus on pre WW1 listings but sometimes list later names if it ties in with research we are helping with. For other posts about pubs, see the Pub Related index here 

Additional research by Charlotte Day.

SOURCES 

1833 Parish Assessment. Original handwritten notebooks held in my family. Transcribed by Charlotte Day.

Kelly's Post Office Directory 1859, 1864,1869,1877,1889,1903, 1907

1853 Mussons and Cravens Commercial directory. From the University of Leicester Archive.

Many licence hearings reports including :

Bucks Herald 27 December 1879, copy held at British Library Archive and accessed via the BNA January 2021.

South Bucks Standard September 14 1894, as above.

Robson's Directory 1839,1844.

Census 1861,1871,1881,1891 transcribed from microfilm by Jane Pullinger and Charlotte Day.

©Marlow Ancestors. 

Grave And Info About Hilda Trim Nee Barksfield , Marlow

Grave of Hilda Trim, née Barksfield. Wife of Edward J. [Joseph]

Hilda died 25th Sept 1916, age 20. 

Inscription - "We cannot Lord thy purpose see but all is well that's done by thee"

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They married 1915, Wycombe district. 

Hilda born Medmenham, Bucks, the child of Annie and Joseph Barksfield. She moved to Marlow as a child and her parents ran the Cross Keys Public house, Spittal Square, Marlow. 

Hilda's young husband featured in a sad court case in 1918 - details here

For the will of a 1700s occupier of the Cross Keys see post on Sylvester Law, published in 2020.  Use the Pub Related option on the top drop down menu for other pub posts. To find all mentions of your ancestors, use the A-Z person index in the menu. 

Marriage from GRO website marriage index online.

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