1833 Parochial Assessment Great Marlow Quoiting Square / Oxford Terrace Continued

My family has the original working notebooks written up for this assessment. It was to be used to set the 1834 rates. 

It's age means the material is faded and falling apart so I am transcribing it in parts starting with the house and building information. The notebooks have some corrections and additions added up to circa 1839. If any are present for these entries I will indicate so. I have been adding the different parts to this blog as and when they chime with other bits of research I am doing.

Format I use:

Name

Property

Annual value of property

Any notes of mine added in square brackets

Quoiting Place [Quoiting Square] and Oxford Terrace [in Oxford Road] in book but the assessors made a hash of this section. Many of these properties were actually round the corner in West Street and I have noted this below as appropriate.

Continued [1st part of Oxford Terrace and Quoiting Square is here]

Thomas Davis

House, woodhouse, garden, stables and shed

£11

*****

William Harper [tinplate worker. Apparently actually West Street. Certainly was West Street earlier]

House, two gardens, workshop and yards

£10

*****

George Wyatt

House, woodhouse, stable and lofts

£10 10 shillings

Large garden

£2

*****

Thomas Wyatt 

Cottage and garden

£3

*****

Edward Tyler [a tallow chandler and market gardener who was sent to a debtors prison in London in 1834. Property actually West Street though probably by Quoiting Square turning].

House, storehouse and large garden

£9

A large market garden 

*****

Henry Stallwood [The Marlow parish constable and hayward for Marlow manor. Very good at his constable job! His dad William lived next door see other 1833 assessment posts]

Cottage

£3

*****

Miss Lord [Eleanor Lord. This was a boarding School. See my Schools In Marlow History post published here. Premises actually West Street].

Dwelling house, yard and convenient offices

£23

*****

Widow Clark [Actually West Street]

House and garden

£8

**

Widow Puddifant [Sarah Puddifant. Died 1840. Actually West Street. Post about her here].

House, yard and garden

£12

[Added in pencil after the name of widow Puddifant without crossing her name out is the name James Thomas Lovegrove and added to the annual value column in pencil words "raised to £22". More on James here]

*****

John Musprat [Actually West Street]

Three Tuns [inn] house, yard, stables and garden

£11

[More on John and also the Three Tuns here ]

*****

Samuel Carter

House and garden

£5

*****

George Greenwood

House, garden and shop

£13

Large garden

£2

*****

George Gale [master of the National School in Oxford Road]

House, play ground, stable and gardens

£17

Large Garden

£2

*****

William Windsor [a baker. Also actually West Street. He still there 1844]

House and garden

£5

*****

Richard Musprat [actually West Street]

House, yard and garden

£6

******

William Smith [actually West Street]

Cottage and garden 

£4 10 shillings

*****

James Allum [actually West Street]

House and garden

£6

*****

William Humphrey [West Street]

House and garden

£7 10 shillings

*****

Francis Pearce

House and garden

£7

*****

William Pusey [Surely this too is actually West Street?] [A straw bonnet maker and chair turner. See here for more about him and his family]

House, washhouse, shop, yard and large garden

£11

*****

Robert Sawyer [West Street again]

House, part of yard, stable, sheds, piggery and large garden 

£15

Tolls of the market 

£3

*****

George Westbrook

The Crown [Inn. This was in Market Square though the grounds and back of it could be accessed from Oxford Road], house, pleasure gardens and garden adjoining, large garden at the top of the yard, stable yard, stables, coach houses, skittle ground and other convenient offices

£60

The Town Hall card room [next door to the Crown, again not in Quoiting Place or Oxford Road!], parlour etc belonging to it

£10

*****

Oxford Road

Late Charles Bowerie Esq [probably Bouverie]

House, yard, stable, coach house and garden

£30

*****

Sarah Pimm [nee Hale, widow of Richard Pimm, hurdle maker who had died that year aged 62]

Cottage and garden

£4 10 shillings

*****

Richard Frith

Cottage and garden

£4 10 shillings

*****

Alexander Higginson Esq

House with offices, lawn, garden and green house

£45

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Grave William Greenaway Jaques

 In the graveyard of the former Congregational Church / Salem Chapel Quoiting Square Great Marlow, now called Christ Church URC.

William died 22nd June 1875 aged 76 (78?) He leased the corn (that is flour) and grist watermill at Marlow by 1830 although his families involvement with Marlow Mills stretches back further. He lived close by to it and leased another nearby property Weir Cottage (a 6 bedroom house with stables, coach house etc so no little cottage) which at least latterly in his life he sublet to others. 

His census entries suggest that he was born in Hurley Berkshire. I have not found his baptism but of course if his family were nonconformist Christians it is always more of a challenge to find those baptisms. Family wills however point to him being most likely the son of Greenaway Jacques and grandson of a Mary Jaques, widow of Wallingford who wrote her will in 1811 and died in 1823.

William had the same servant, Caroline Haynes / Haines for over 30 years. It does not appear that he ever married. I have not read his will but the main legatee was a James Greenwood, presumably a descendant of his uncle Charles Greenwood.

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Copy Farm Marlow Historic Occupiers

Copy Farm at Copy Green. Not to be confused with Charity Copy Farm which was much smaller (though I suppose they were originally one) which was left to charity by Benjamin and William Loftin in 1759. (Or rather money was left for the purchase of land to provide an income for the charity). The latter also called Loftin's Charity Farm at times.

Description: 1844= 106 arable. 1854= 112 acres with 2 workers cottages, stable and 3 barns 1861= 112 acres. 1910= 110 acres. 1919= arable and pasture 112 acres. 1927= Under 100 acres.

1798- Mr Johnson.

1833- John Gibbons occupier, owned by Mr Hammond. 107 acres. At that time Copy Charity Farm amounting to 60 acres was occupied by William Goldswain.

Owned by Robert Hammond certainly between 1845-55. Likely remains in that family ownership long after.  Unknown occupier - believe to be John Gibbons still in 1847 but uncertain.  Robert in his will proved 1855 asked for it to be sold after his death. 

1861- William Greenwood. Wife Alice. 1861 census says employs 3 men and 2 boys. Sold up his stock and left town 1865.

1871-91 Thomas King. He also occupied Widmere Farm. He was a churchwarden of Marlow. Wife Mary. See previous post here on Widmere Farm for much more on his farming life.

1891-95 Emmanuel William Plumridge. Leased from Mrs Hammond whose agent Mr Lawrence allegedy  would not let him leave lease early after Emmanuel suffered the expensive death of all 9 of his farm horses during an agricultural depression when things were already tough. Emmanuel was ruined as a result of being unable to get out of his loss making farm. He seems to have been illiterate and thus unable to understand what rental agreement he was signing (with just an X). (He does seem to have been very confused about the circumstances in general, and at first said he'd signed no rental agreement, then he stated that he hadn't recognised the document for what it was.) According to Emmanuel he'd transferred his stock from Field Farm in Marlow to Copy Farm to make way for the expansion of Captain Marshalls Menagerie. He thought he'd taken Copy Farm on for three years but at the end of this period he was told he must give two years notice to quit! You can read more about Emmanuel and especially his wife here

1900- J Wheeler. May be mistake for Leonard J Wheeler.

1901- Leonard John Wheeler. Had been publican at Royal Oak Bovingdon Green, 1893-95. Prior to coming to Marlow had been a farmer at Wargrave Berkshire like his dad. Left Marlow by 1911.

1910. For sale.

1910-16. Arthur Hawes. In 1901 he lived with his parents Thomas and Mary at nearby Charity Copy Farm [not same as Copy Farm] though he seems to have been the farmer there rather than them. He and his dad worked at Charity Copy as labourers and the whole family lived there long before that.

1927-28. Fred Lee.

Occupation compiled from property records, adverts, wills, court cases, agricultural journals etc.

Ongoing research, more will be added if possible.

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The Marlow British Schools *Updated September 2025*

 If you try and find what schools your ancestors went to in any town, you will quickly come across references to both "British" and National schools, and later "Board" schools as well. The National schools, run under principles of the Church of England, are well known in Marlow, as they survived a long time. Marlow's British Schools didn't last long enough to leave much record behind, and so it was once thought that Marlow never had any. These were schools established by the "British and Foreign School Society for the Education of the Labouring Classes of Every Religious Persuasion"  - in reality they appealed to non conformist families. Given that Marlow had a number of non conformist places of worship and they had a tradition of promoting education, it did not seem likely that no British school was established in our town. So I began a search and can now confirm we had both a Boys and Girls British school in Marlow in the 1850s. They may not have lasted decades but there would have been a small group of children who had most of their education in one of the schools. 

A meeting was held at the Salem Chapel (aka the Independent Chapel/Congregational Church, now the Christchurch URC, Oxford Rd) in 1852 to discuss the desirability of setting up a British School. The response was positive, and fund raising began immediately. The supporters were naturally from mostly non conformist families, and those who were identified as supporters of the liberal political  fraction (the two tend to go hand to hand in Marlow). The latter is probably why the use of the town hall, which was under the control of the conservative MP, was refused for the meeting. The fact a prominent guest was the unsuccessful Liberal candidate in the recent election, Jacob Bell, probably didn't help either. Later the school idea was identified as proceeding from the supporters of Bell. Although he was not a Marlow man, to his credit he maintained an interest in the school for this place he was not in the end elected to represent. No doubt he had half an eye on future election opportunities here. But he had campaigned on the extension of the vote (including to women) and he said such voting rights would be meaningless if not backed by good quality non sectarian education for the voters. 

In February 1853, a second meeting was held, to proudly announce that support had been sufficient to allow for the establishment of the boys school which would open on the 1st March. The meeting was said to have far outstripped any similar public one "as regards numbers or respectability". After the meeting proper, there was a fundraising tea and exhibition of penmanship and drawings from the pupils of the British School High Wycombe. The ladies organising the tea provided the food to the school for free, so every penny of the sale of tickets could be regarded as profit. 

It was always intended to begin one for the education of girls too, but they decided to start with boys because it was there they could, at the time, be most confident of generating enough demand to support the school. They also intended to build a permanent dedicated school building but until then they would use a temporary home. I am not certain which building(s) they adopted at first. I can see references to places they held various events and meetings such as public examinations and special teas but I can't pin point the location of the boys hired school rooms beyond the fact that they were located somewhere in the High Street in 1856.  I don't believe the British school were able to realise their dream of a permanent specially built school building but this is still being researched. I can say for certain that they had not erected or purchased one by August 1856 as it was noted that £10 raised towards this was sitting untouched in a bank account. A plea was put out to raise the remaining amounts needed in order to save the schools the ongoing cost of room hire. 

A few months after opening, the Boys British School had 71 pupils, a number that had exceeded initial expectations. This encouraged the supporters to move quickly ahead with the girls branch. They were confident it would meet with equal success. In April the list of potential female pupils was fast filling up. Then in August 1853, a fundraising "aquatic excursion" to Medmenham Abbey was organised in aid of the girls, with 500 supporters gathered in the grounds. I believe the girls branch opened shortly after. Jacob Bell addressed this meeting too. Miss Garrett is the first schoolmistress I have found record of as having charge of the young ladies. By 1857 she had been succeeded by Mrs Fincham, the wife of the master of the boys British school. At that point the girls school was located at Albion House of which see below. Mrs Fincham promised a well rounded education including vocal music, water colour painting, drawing, plain and fancy needlework plus all the usual academic subjects. In addition the Finchams offered short courses of lessons in a wide variety of subjects in the form of evening classes at Albion House. For example evening scholars could learn double entry book keeping in 16 lessons or do a short course in higher maths or chemistry. "Terms exceedingly moderate."

Sir William R Clayton gave some medals to the first scholars for good attendance in the first few months of the school's life as well as medals for making good progress in their studies. I wonder if any have survived? 

The mentions of the activities of the schools while they lasted, create an impression of a happy bunch of scholars kindly treated and taught with an enthusiasm that extended beyond teaching them the bare basics of the 3Rs and scripture. For example, the school started a choral society which provided free vocal and instrumental training to the children. This was quite extraordinary for a school catering for working class children and suggests that initial financial support was good. The children's Choral Society met every Thursday to pour forth "beautiful strains that are calculated to gladden and enliven the heart." The children gave a number of performances to the public. Other subjects the children were examined in include history and geography. Rev Thomas Styles of the Independent Chapel took care to test the youngsters religious knowledge. (The first examination took place in the Wesleyan Chapel and endearingly the musical pupils began with a song, and performed another between the tests for each subject. No doubt this provided a happier atmosphere for their equivalent of exam day! The readiness and accuracy with which the youngsters have their answers was regarded as "truly astonishing". The day ended with the choir singing the National Anthem followed by a public tea. The conductor was Mr Teale, organist at the Roman Catholic church who provided his services each week entirely free of charge.)

In September 1857, the boys enjoyed two treat days. On the first they gathered at the "large rooms" in Albion House (known as the Albion Rooms, used by the breakaway congregation of the Salem Chapel, a Catholic School and Borlase at different times, among others. As mentioned above it was in use by the girls British school at this time). Here they gathered for a "bountifully provided" tea accompanied by much laughter and singing. The boys are said to have enjoyed a large helping of cake in particular. They then gave cheers of appreciation for those providing the goodies. Later the boys gathered in Mr Middleton's meadow to play a cricket match. They marched there carrying a flag and a school banner. This seems to be the favoured method for the children arriving anywhere, ideally accompanied by song. It is nice to see how happy many of the occasions enjoyed by the little pupils were. They seem to have played a number of cricket matches, and also went, as a school, to watch others -  yes, marching all the way. 

The last mention I can find of the schools, as yet, dates from 1858. The children were giving their traditional summer recitation to an approving audience, with a prize giving afterwards. Then things go quiet. Thorough listings of existing schools in the 1860's do not mention either of the British Schools. I think a possible explanation is the fairly recent opening of the Oxford Lane infants school, which expanded general schooling provision in the town, although this was a National school and ran along side the British for several years.  There was also a possible indication of falling numbers amid a disagreement among families supporting the British Schools. In 1855, at a celebration tea at the Salem Chapel following the public examination of the pupils of both schools, one of the speakers told the audience to pay no heed to those who would find fault as they seldom contributed anything in their own right and so would not be missed if they left. The school had prided itself in considering applications from teachers of any denomination, including the Church of England. In January 1857, this lead to the appointment of Mr Fincham of London University as master of the boys school. There had been 15 applicants, and Fincham was regarded as the best. But he was a member of the Church of England. This may have upset some parents. Perhaps they thought their children may as well attend the National schools, although Fincham was bound to respect the broad base required for the religious teaching at the school. Nine months later, a different master is recorded, a Mr Baxter*. Another indication of turmoil? Perhaps there were not enough families to support the schools long term in any case. In 1857, when Mr Milne of the Borough Road Institution came to examine the boys, he spoke of the credit that should reflect on the master "for the care taken in providing under great disadvantages a liberal and unsectarian (qv) education" to the youth of the town. The disadvantages spoke of might be lack of sufficient support or perhaps no permanent classroom. The schools clearly had their struggles. 

As a footnote, newspaper reports from 1865 reported a rumour that a British School would again be brought to Marlow.  It was said that land suitable for the erection of a school house and masters residence had already been purchased. Unfortunately there does not seem to have been any truth in this. However a night school was established by the Congregational church in the same year, with 40 pupils enrolling on the first day. Another newspaper in 1868 mentions the want of a British school in Marlow and says it's long been talked of.  There's also a passing reference or two to a day school at the Wesleyan Methodists chapel, separate to the Sunday schools, started about 1858 and still running in 1870. This then might have started around the time the British School was fading, but mentions of it are slim and again it appears in no local guides or directories I've yet encountered. The Primitive Methodists also started a night school for boys and men in 1867, running 3 days of the week in winter only. 

Notes - 

A meeting to set up a Bucks Association of Teachers in British Schools in 1839 listed a teacher from Marlow amongst the attendees, a Mr Greenwood. He was presumably working outside of Marlow, unless there was another short lived British School at this earlier decade? Food for thought. 

The Commitee appointed to organise the foundation and erection of the school were as follows: 

W P Gaskell, J Wright, F Wright, J Meakes, W H Mane, Richard Gibbons, Thomas Fullicks, W Wigginton, Thomas Butler, W Almond,Thomas Wellicome, H C Curtis, Ralph Spicer, George Brangwin, Henry Stallwood, T Ware, W Humphreys jun, G Kidd, J Morgan

* I have traced three further teachers, Mr George Verney, Mr J N Nash and Mr Ringsell. Mr Verney may well be the same man who opens a boys day school in 1856. The Mr Verney of the British school resigned at the same time.  For more see here

To find other education related posts, see our listing here

Written and researched by Kathryn Day. 

 Sources include:

The Education Magazine - Vol 2, 1839, digitised by Google. 

Report of The British Schools Society 1856. 

Berkshire Chronicle 26 February 1853. From the British Library Archive, accessed via the BNA. 

Reading Mercury, 26 February 1853, 6 August 1853, 18 August 1855, 10 January, 25 July & 12 September 1857, 26 June 1858, as above. 

South Bucks Free Press - 30th January & 30th March 1857, November  1865, 20th March 1868 

Mussons & Craven's commercial directory 1863. 

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Will Summary James Greenwood of Great Marlow

 James Greenwood, excise officer. Will written and proved 1847.

To brother George* £19 19 shillings.

Brother in law Thomas Stroud of Great Marlow all money, promises of money and all he has in his book of the Maidenhead Savings Bank.

All residual estate to him too. He is executor.

Witnessed by George Smith Pearce  and William Stockbridge.

Will held at the National Archives, Kew.

*George may the George Greenwood mentioned in the 1833 Parish Assessment here here

More about George Smith Pearce here

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Irving / Morgan the Drapers

The above Marlow High Street premises (photographed in March 2021) have a long history of selling clothes and drapery.

The first certain occupier of the premises was William Irving linen draper who was in situ there by 1824.

In the 1832 Post Office Directory by Kellys the business is listed as operated by William and Mary Irving. Whether Mary was William's wife or other relative it doesn't say. As well as being linen and woollen drapers they were mercers (that is sellers of silk and satin) and fire insurance agents.

William at least was still there in 1833 when his premises consisted of a shop (which would be part of the house), house and garden together worth £20 a year.

There is an excellent chance that William was a descendant of the Christopher Irving linen draper and chapman of High Street Marlow who died insolvent in 1778. The use of the name Christopher stretched back generations in the Marlow Irvings. 

They were members of the Congregational Church / Salem Chapel in Quoiting Square as were the next occupiers of the premises (by 1840), the Morgans who ran the business for decades. They too sold insurance as well as drapery.

First came John Morgan baptised at an Independent Chapel in Newport Pagnell in 1800 to William and Elizabeth Morgan. John and his wife Eliza were in Marlow by 1833.

Mr John Morgan the draper's son, while playing at sliding in the slippery High Street (the town's roads being famously bad at that time) was run over by a manure cart in 1840. Thankfully he was not badly injured. This child must have been either James (born 1836) or Joseph (1834) both of whom went on to assist their father in his business. James eventually took over as the proprietor after John retired. Joseph withdrew from the business in 1869.

In 1843 19 year old Harriet Shurley of Littlewick was found guilty of stealing a shawl and parasol from John Morgan's premises. She had come in on a rainy day and asked permission to sit down and shelter there. This was granted. When she left the articles were gone. John went to Charles Susan the pawnbroker a few doors down from him and found that Harriet had tried to pledge the items. Seeing that they were brand new, Charles felt suspicious and would not take them. They were later found, after Harriet was caught and admitted the crime, hidden in a rainwater tub in the yard of William Bond the builder (a post on him here). This was on the other side of the High Street. Harriet had two previous theft convictions in Berkshire so was transported for 7 years. She fainted when she heard the sentence.

It wasn't only in the shop that John Morgan had to watch out for thieves. Isabella Quelch the 16 year old servant girl he employed in his and Eliza's home at the Parsonage in St Peter's Street stole a large number of articles from him and his family in 1873 including 2 gold rings, 2 brooches, some rolls of calico, a pair of sleeves, 15 yards of lace,3 pairs of gloves and some odd ones, 5 pairs of stockings, 4 yards of brocaded silk, a kettle holder, 3 collars, 4 China cups and saucers and somewhat more strangely to us, a quantity of hair (probably for stuffing a mattress or chair.) She was sentenced to one month in jail with hard labour. Her mother Sarah Quelch of Wooburn Common received the same sentence for handling some of the stolen goods. Some of the stolen property belonged to to Morgans' married daughter Elizabeth Greenwood.

As time wore on the Morgans sold more and more ready made clothing as well as the traditional drapery and accessories. They always kept up with the latest fashions and when cycling took off James Morgan was quick to advertise material suitable for being made up into cycling costumes as well as ready made cycling gloves. At Christmas they also added dolls and toys to their offerings. 

By 1903 they were listing themselves as boot and shoe sellers, hosiers, milliners and hatters as well as drapers and outfitters. If you wanted mourning supplies you could also go to them, ditto for blankets or sheets. They were also agents for Dr Jaeger's Sanitary Clothing. Dr Gustav Jaeger from Germany had been making a stir for some years with his assertion that people were routinely being poisoned by wearing non - woollen clothing, especially if dyed a dark colour. Baldness, indigestion, spots on the body, chills, inability to keep up with your dance partner? Your insane wearing of linen is likely to blame. In rare circumstances camel hair was acceptable but otherwise woollen underwear, worn under further layers of wool was the only safe bet. To completely be safe you would also need to have woollen curtains, woollen carpets, woollen chair seats, woollen handkerchiefs etc.

James had married Fanny Havell Wright in 1861. The couple, their son William and daughter Alice were all fundraisers for the town's 1887 Queen Victoria's Jubilee celebrations (of which much more in future). James and Fanny were amongst the organisers of the celebrations as well as fundraisers towards them.

The Morgan family were also actively involved in local politics and their church. John, Joseph and James were amongst the main supporters of Liberal parliamentary candidate Captain Edmund Verney in his unsuccessful attempt at becoming the member for Great Marlow in 1868. He presented himself as an evangelical Christian and friend of the working man. Many of his supporters in town came from the Quoiting Square congregation. John was one of those on the hustings with Verney when the disappointing result of the election was announced.

Verney was eventually elected years later as an M.P for a different place. He was however expelled from parliament after being caught attempting to procure a young prostitute. How sad the devout Morgans would have been if they had successfully helped to elect such a representative!

Speaking of devotion Joseph Wright Morgan was one of those members of his church who took umbrage when minister Thomas Styles decided in middle age to marry a much younger woman. He and other worshipers broke away and held their own services elsewhere in protest. Initially they used hired rooms called the "Albion Rooms" but in 1861 Joseph Morgan organised the building "at considerable expense" of what was later known as the Music Hall or Lecture Hall in St Peter's Street as a place of worship for these breakaway Congregationalists. (Architect Charles Carter). He however opened it to hire for a set low fee to any local or philanthropic group regardless of religious or political affiliation. The fact it was well lit by gas, unlike the town hall at the time, was a major selling point and Joseph generously waived making an extra charge for the gas which was not a given back then! Today this building is the Masonic Centre. The breakaway church members returned to the main congregation in Quoiting Place / Oxford Road after Thomas Styles retirement in 1864. It seems all was eventually forgiven between the two men as when Joseph left Marlow in 1872 and thus his role as superintendent of the Congregational Sunday School, Thomas was one of those invited to his farewell celebration at the school and spoke of how the cause would feel his loss. If you want to read more about Thomas Styles see my post here.

Joseph was also fond of engaging in debates with others via the letters section of the local press about matters theological and political. He served as an overseer of the poor for Marlow and a chairman of the local Sanitary Authority. Eventually he moved to Enfield and worked as a printer.

John Morgan died in 1882, Eliza died in 1873, James in 1903 and Fanny in 1919. The South Bucks Standard reporting the funeral of James said that most businesses in the town shut between 2pm and 4pm as a mark of respect for James that day. The paper said "every sect and creed was represented at his funeral ..the business man, the working man, the nobility and gentry".

The business was then turned into a private company, with William, the son of James in charge. He had already acted as under manager for his father.

After the Morgans came the McIllroys (trading still under the Morgan name for a bit) and then WJ Daniel was in the premises.

Below is the shop in an advert from 1905.

Morgan Grave Photos:

Grave of John and Eliza Morgan in the graveyard Quoiting Square:

John Morgan d Jan 1882 age 82, Eliza d Nov 11 1873 aged 77.

Above: Grave reads:

In loving memory of dear little Ernest, the darling son of Joseph and Mary Jane Morgan, died May 29th 1869 aged 2 years and 9 months. 

Researched and written by Charlotte Day. Photos by Kathryn Day. 

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Sources:

GRO Marriage Index from the General Registry Office, online.

The Builder, December 1860 

Property records in my family transcribed by me.

1832, 1869 and 1903 Kelly's Post Office Directories for Bucks etc, by Kellys Directories Limited. University of Leicester Archives.

Mussons and Cravens Commercial Directory 1853. University of Leicester Archives.

Pigotts Directory 1844.

My transcription from microfilm of census for Great Marlow.

Windsor and Eton Express 26th December 1840. Copy held at British Library and accessed by me via the BNA.

South Bucks Standard Feb 8th 1895 and 21st August 1896 as above.

Berkshire Chronicle 3rd June 1843, as above.

 Death Registration Index

Bucks Free Press 26th September 1873, Bucks Free Press Archives.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Edmund_Verney,_3rd_Baronet

Newport Pagnell baptism. England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8 Public Record Office London) https://family search.org/ark:/61903/1:1FW6B-24M