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.

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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 much earlier]

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 above is far from poor if in a £25 house. This earlier Bradshaw 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.

Wymers Farm Marlow

Updated October 2024

Description: half way between Wycombe and Marlow. 1850= 59 acres. 1876= 59 acres arable pasture and woodland with two worker cottages included. 1881= 61 acres.

Historic occupiers (who in the past were not often the owners of their farms) and history timeline:

1831- 1851 Henry Webb. Also an agricultural land surveyor from 1849 and church warden. He went bankrupt in 1851 and the household furniture had to be sold off. Henry and his wife Caroline (nee Hyatt, married London 1837) eventually moved away to Croydon, Surrey where they both died in old age. Farm had been up for sale in 1850. (59 acres arable land and 11 acres woodland) At that point as well as the farm house a separate house or "gentlemanly residence" known as "Wymers" was part of the estate. This in other records is consistently described as having an impressive and lovely garden. Henry lived in this larger house at the time of the 1833 parochial assessment with only a cottage as the rest of the residential buildings on the estate. This cottage was either the later farm house in it's infancy or the first of the two worker's cottages later mentioned as being part of the estate with no farm house yet built. In 1844 a dozen turkeys are stolen from Henry in one of Marlow's traditional December poultry thieving raids. Henry also leased as a sub tenant High Rews Farm in Marlow. He may also have been the Henry Webb at Triphooks alias Old House Farm near Ragman's Castle outside Marlow in 1840 as a yearly tenant.

1854- 1882 Aaron Simmonds. Sometimes given as Simmons. Wife Mary. Before becoming a farmer in his own right he was a corn dealer but also helped his uncle William on his farm in Little Marlow. Aaron lived with him then. Aaron was summoned in 1866 for using a steam threshing machine at Wymers too close to the public highway. Aaron said he was unaware of restrictions on their use in that way and anyway the road concerned was rarely used. He received a minimal fine of 1 shilling plus costs [Reading Mercury 22nd Feb 1866, British Library]. In 1872 the farm house was used for the inquest into the death of 3 year Mary Ann Burt, daughter of Thomas and Harriet of nearby Ragman's Castle (a small farm / homestead) who had accidentally burned to death. Such deaths were sadly not uncommon in Marlow's past, nor anywhere else. Four years later Aaron hosted another coroner's inquest into a a sad case, seventy plus year old Mr Gardener, who lived in a nearby cottage finding himself unable to work due to age cut his throat rather than go into the workhouse. His wife found him lying injured in bed but he could not be saved. The jury decided that he had been suffering from temporary insanity (Reading Mercury 22nd January 1876, British Library Archives). Read more here

Aaron died at the farm in 1882 age 76. His widow Mary died at Little Marlow in 1892.

1882- The owner put the farm up for sale. Marketed largely as a shooting estate rather than a farm.

1890-1895 Mr Sauvee occupier. Employed a game keeper and kept chickens. In November 1893 snow was so severe that the farm was cut off behind drifts that were over 10 feet deep. Seemingly tenant of Mr Phillips.

[1893-1913 at least Wymers farm house as opposed to the farm lands was occupied by Thomas Arnold Herbert a prominent figure in local Liberal politics and who was elected South Bucks M.P. in 1906. He also maintained a home at Kensington Park Gardens London. Sadly though "radical" and "Liberal" for his times he was a dedicated blood sports participant who often hosted local hunts. Wife Elizabeth. Both she and her husband loudly opposed women being given the right to vote. This was thought to be a contributing factor to his failure to be re-elected in 1910. Mr Herbert seems accident prone breaking his arm in a riding accident in London and then while still recovering from that managing to overturn his carriage in Marlow hurting himself afresh. Elizabeth was a passenger in that carriage but was unharmed. A photo of Thomas can be seen on Wikipedia].

1897- farm stock for sale. New tenant if the farm lands / yard coming in.

1901-1902 Henry Seymour. Wife Mary. 

1939 Thomas Herbert retired Q.C. Does not seem to actively farm.

Farm occupancies compiled from the cross referencing of adverts, censuses, property records, farming journals, court cases, wills I have transcribed and more. Ongoing research, I hope to fill in the gaps as I sift through further notes.

For other farm occupier listings see the Specific Shops, Streets Etc option on the top drop menu here  if you want a Marlow Farm. If you want a Little Marlow or other nearby farm try the Other Places option here 

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Clanchy Family Grave And Info Great Marlow "Died for King and Country"

 

This grave in Holy Trinity churchyard is quite faded and contains a large crack across the centre. Photo from September 2020.

Grave is for Edith Ellen Clanchy who died March 12th 1909 age 54, and her husband James who died July 14 1920 age 64 along with their two sons who died in the Great War / WW1 Sherry and James.

Sherry died May 14 191(5?)

age 26, 

James died November 20 1918 age 32. 

"Died for King and Country" 

Rest of inscription reads - "Until the day breaks, when shadows flee" 

Edith and James Senior moved to Marlow from their native Hampshire. 

 Sherry was a gardener while James junior became a printer. James Senior was a gas fitter.

1901 census entry from Family search International ran by the LDS. Accessed online September 2020.

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Gardener Grave, Parish Church Great Marlow

Grave of Catherine Gardener, wife of Thomas, of this town, d Oct 9th 1851 age 79.

Notes:

Catherine and Thomas lived St Peter's Street Marlow. On the 1851 census Thomas was described as a Chelsea Pensioner.

Photo and stone transcription by Kathryn, research by Charlotte.

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The Rimmel Family Of The Ship Inn Marlow

James Rimmel [can be Rimmell, Rimell*] took over the licence of the Ship in West Street Marlow on March 1881. Though only his name is on the licence he carried on with his job as a gardener as well as being the pub landlord so his wife Hannah must have been heavily involved in running things. With 8 children at home on the 1881 census a few months later, ranging in age from tiny baby Hannah up to 21 year old Harriet that can't have been an easy task. Mrs Rimmel well knew large families however. On both the 1841 and 1851 censuses when she was with her parents James and Charlotte Bowles in Gun Lane she was herself listed as one of eight children at home each time.

After the last tenant of the Ship died the entire contents both trade and domestic were stripped out and sold so James and Hannah apparently had to start from scratch. As a gardener with so many children you can't imagine James was rolling in money but may have been able to get a loan. Pub owners in this era could offer this to prospective tenants. That James maintained a second job is perhaps telling of the family's stretched finances.

In an effort to make their pub stand out from the competition James had a skittles alley installed out back. 

It seems he had quite a sense of fun- in 1882 he offered a prize of a leg of mutton to anyone who could climb up a greasy pole to grab hold of it. Someone did win the prize!

In 1884 James died aged only in his 50s. The same year, the couple's 24 year old daughter Harriet also passed away. Hannah applied to take over the license for the Ship. The magistrates said that they didn't like women publicans but in the end decided to allow her to continue. How generous of them to decide she didn't need to lose her home and income just because of her sex! 

 Two years later Hannah was fined for allowing the Ship Inn to be a place of consort for prostitutes. She argued that she did not know the women she was serving were prostitutes. The constables admitted that the prostitutes sometimes drank just with other women, in other words they were probably just socialising not touting. As they were banned from other pubs in the town lest the publicans got in trouble for "harbouring" them they had nowhere else to do this. Perhaps Hannah was ignorant of their trade, perhaps she was kind. The eyes of the male police and male magistrates were incapable of seeing the poor women as anything other than a prostitute acting as such every waking moment of their existence.

A matter of weeks later Hannah gave up the Ship. Given her conviction the magistrates would not renew her licence.

In November 1890 Major Henry Scott of Marlow took newspaper ads asking for a good cook able to do nursing too. Hannah senior must have applied for the job because at the time of the 1891 census she was a live-in nurse in the home of Henry and Ada Scott down by the river Thames. Her children Alice and Harry worked as domestic servants in the same house. Hannah was allowed to have her 10 year old daughter Hannah junior living with her too.

Major Henry died in 1893 by which time he had already moved to Windsor so the Rimmel family's stay with them was short. Hannah senior became a needlewoman to support herself. Before marriage she had been a satin stitch worker so that was an obvious job for her to take on. Her son Harry lived with her. He carried on the family tradition of being a gardener.

Background:

Hannah grew up in Gun Lane which is now called Trinity Road. Her father James Bowles was an agricultural labourer.

James was the son of William and Ann Rimmel. He married Hannah in 1855.

Hannah and James' son William is down as a 14 year old paper maker's labourer on the 1881 census. There were paper mills down by the Thames.

*Other spellings found include Rummell, Rymell, Runall and Reymell (three 1851 newspaper articles on George Rimmell, convicted of stealing 2 pieces of wood from the rick-yard of farmer William Creswell, manage between them to use 5 different spellings of the surname, 3 in one article! The sentence was one year with hard labour as he had a previous conviction. His co accused, Henry Robinson, recieved 2 months with hard labour. 

For a full list of Marlow pubs, inns, beerhouses etc see this post here 

List of landlords for The Ship here

Rimell graves in Holy Trinity here

To find out about the pubs in more detail see the Pubs option in the top drop down menu. Use the A-Z people index in the same menu to find every mention of a named individual, no matter how small and the biographies of individuals and families options for more detailed updates. Happy Hunting! 

Sources:

Census my own transcription from census page images on microfilm provided by the LDS in a Family History Centre.

Marriage and death certificates from the GRO.

Newspaper copies held at the British library/ BNA: Maidenhead Advertiser 3rd May 1882 and Surrey Advertiser November 1890.

Great Marlow parish registers, my old transcriptions.

Researched and written by Charlotte Day.

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136

people from or associated with Marlow.