Queen's Head Little Marlow Historic Landlords.

Note that it has usually been stated that the Queen's Head began as the King's Head but changed name when Victoria ascended to the throne. However, there was a pub called the Queen's Head in Little Marlow some years before Victoria became queen and a pub called the King's Head continued to exist. I have heard that the two pubs agreed to swap names, but certain details don't quite match up, and it looks very much like the landlords around the time of the coronation were at odds with each other rather than co-operative. Below I simply give landlords and events listed at "The Queen's Head" on the understanding that these probably do not all refer to the same physical premises.

Gaps in dates are gaps in our knowledge.

1826 - pub "The Queen's Head" existed in Little Marlow.

1830 - 32 - Joshua Phillips landlord. He moved to the King's Head.

Until 1870 there is no further mention that we have found YET of the Queen's Head however James Twitchen who had the Queen's Head in 1872 had been a beer seller in the village from 1843 in premises that never seem to be given a name and it is probable for several reasons that he was in fact at the Queen's Head all the while. He opened his premises in 1842 after two cottages were knocked together to form a single property of sufficient rateable value to qualify as a licensed premises. He had been trying to get a licence for the property for a while but complained that his Liberal politics meant that he was deliberately rated under true value to thwart his business plans. Politics in Marlow were very corrupt and sometimes violent in this era so his claims of political persecution are very believable. Other cases are known. After he managed to start his beer shop, James said that a prosecution for him remaining open for longer hours than legally allowed was also politically motivated. The case was dismissed in court. The property he was using having been two domestic cottages up to that point, can't be the old Queen's Head pub unless having fallen out of use it had been converted into two cottages and James wanted to convert back. More likely it was simply a new site for a new pub. More research will hopefully bring some charity to this confusing situation. In particular we need certainty that James Twitchen's pub did indeed bear the name the Queen's Head before 1872. Joshua Phillips who was at the King's Head opposed Twitchen opening his pub as it would of course represent competition for him. The premises which James opened in 1843 stood next door to the shop of Henry Hussey. In 1863 James Twitchen of Little Marlow beer seller was also a job master. There was a younger James Twitchen, also a Liberal, and a publican in Great Marlow in this era. 

1872 - 78 James Twitchen as the Queens Head, but probably there years earlier, see above. In 1878 his son Henry took over.

1878 - 91 Henry Twitchen, son of James above. In 1878 he was accused of opening during forbidden hours. In 1885 he opened a little grocery shop next door as an additional to his business.

1891 - Moses Tranter took over.

1895 - beerhouse to let with immediate possession. Includes the little grocery shop too.

1896 - Henry Hester to  Thomas Hughes failed transfer. 2 . Henry Hester to Joseph Pope, briefly, then successful transfer this time to Thomas Hughes.

1897 - Thomas Hughes to George Taylor

1899 - up for sale.

1900- 07 George Taylor

1907 - George Taylor transferred licence to Henry Owen Alma Harris. 

1908 - Henry Owen Alma Harris transferred licence Fred Patterson (but note Pattenden given as his name later)

1910 - Fred Pattenden - (Patterson?) to William Foster, a proposed transfer of the licence to Arthur Turner having been refused. 

1920-  possibly William Foster 

1929 - T.R Whiting took over the licence.

1934- 1952 at least Frederick Hobbs and wife Bertha. They were previously at the  Crown skirmett. In the early 1950s the pub had a Thrift Club and Slate Clubs for both men and women. There were nearly 100 members to the Thrift Club alone in 1951.

1955 - Victor Woolmore.

Written by Charlotte Day. Researched by both Charlotte and Kathryn Day.

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Sources Included:

1863 Dutton's Directory of Buckinghamshire etc

Bucks Free Press Nov 7th 1952, Bucks Free Press Archives.

England and Wales census 1851,61,71, 81, 91 transcribed from microfilm by Charlotte Day.

Bucks Gazette September 3rd 1842, British Library collection via the British Newspaper Archive.

Bucks Advertiser and Aylesbury News October 14th 1843, as above

South Bucks Standard 11th October 1895 and 25th August 1899. British Library collection, London.

Personal Interview.

1700s Spittal Street People

It is very difficult to find home or business addresses for anyone in the 1700s so all references are precious! Look too at my post on 1700s Chapel Street people here as the two roads are a continuation of one another and our Marlow ancestors made no effort to properly distinguish between them. They sometimes used "Chapel Street" or "Chapel End" to refer to the entirety of Spittal Street and Chapel Street and vice versa.

John Carter  - tenant of a cottage 1721-31. A man of this name was sentenced to death for highway robbery in 1730 but a public appeal lead to a reprieve. More on this here.

Anne Garnett - widow tenant of house 1700. This came with a plot of land and barn but she may not have had access to them as the barn at least previously had been separately occupied from the house.

John Gibbons - tenant of a cottage 1721. Gone by 1731.

William Gunnell - owner and occupier of cottage 1710. He also owned the cottage next door occupied by Peter Silver. Wife Mary. I don't seem to have recorded his baptism when I looked at the original parish records but Find My Past has a Bishops Transcript record of a "William Gonnell" baptised 1674 to a William and Elizabeth which MAY be the baptism of this William  him https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FBUCKINGHAMSHIRE%2FBAP%2F000823538. A William Gu(n)nell senior died at Marlow in 1727 and a William junior in 1760. Probable marriage of William of Chapel Street is to Mary Wye 1705 Great Marlow .

Robert Malday - tenant of a house 1761.

John Phillips - tenant of a property 1721.

J Phillips - could be same as above. Paid £4 a year rent in 1731 for his cottage in Spittal Street. Next door to the property John Phillips above was in earlier. A John Phillips lived in a "Chapel Street" property owned by Abel Bird in his 1733 will. This may be the same property due to the perpetual confusion between Spittal Street and Chapel Street in the past. A John Phillips was an innholder in Marlow 1742 but Phillips was a common last name so the two Johns may not be the same man or even closely related.

1710 Peter Silver, gauger. A tenant of a cottage 1710. Next door neighbour of the Gunnells. Probably died this year.

William Weedon tenant of a property 1717. 

Compiled by Charlotte Day. 

To find posts about the 1700s residents of other Marlow streets, a recreated 1700-99 trade directory and other 1700s Marlow material see this index.

Edwardian residents of Spittal Street, household by household Part One and Part Two

All mentions of any person on this blog can be found on the Person Index pages on the left hand menu.

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Phillips Graves, Little Marlow

 The below grave stone is at St John the Baptist Church, Little Marlow. 

Richard Phillips, January 31st 1853 age 26 years. 

And "near this place is deposited the remains" of Mary Maria Phillips December 5th 1823 aged 11 years. 

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1700s West Street Residents

Updated March 2023.

 I glean every possible will and property record to gather the names of those who lived in West Street in the 1700s. The date next to each name is the date I find reference to them there but they may have been present earlier and later. This post is for the OCCUPIERS not owners of property. In most cases in the 1700s the two are not the same thing. The precise buildings cannot usually be identified but I am working on it!

Multiple people in the same family can bear the same name so don't automatically presume that a "John Smith" here is your particular "Joe Smith"!

Alice and Robert Beckford. He was a hoop shaver and owned their West Street home, though they only occupied part of it. This was described in his will written 1730 and proved 1731.

David Beckford 1751. Occupied part of the house formerly occupied by Alice and Robert Beckford above, which had been inherited by the Beckford's daughter.

John Biggs. Tenant of a cottage 1733. This was probably on the North side, close to Potlands.

Abel Bird. "The youngest Abel Bird" Shoemaker resident 1754. There were multiple Abel Birds about, the Bird family owned several West Street properties as well as some elsewhere in Marlow such as in Chapel Street.

William Bradshaw, market gardener, tenant of lands. 1709-26. Now part of Borlase playing fields.

Samuel Bradshaw, market gardener, tenant of lands off West Street South side 1735. 

Thomas Cook. Tenant of house and land 1784-91. This appears to be on the way out of town. Owned by William Bishop who farmed at Winter Hill.

John Cox in 1751 occupied part of the same house (divided into two) that David Beckford also occupied.

J Dalmes Esquire. Tenant of Remnantz 1787.

Elizabeth Davis. Albion House. Running a school 1785. Same property as used by Sophia Tylecote, below.

Ann Gray - occupier 1792. North side. Likely widow of Benjamin Gray, bricklayer, who died 1791.

Thomas Gray - Bricklayer (and possibly carpenter) 1754.

Parmenus Grey. Labourer. Tenant of a North side cottage 1722.

William Glanville. Tenant 1729.

John Goldsmith. Tenant of a cottage West End (so on way out of town) 1767.

Anne and Thomas Handley. 1758. He owned the house that they lived in. He died in 1760 and left this and some land in Oxford Road to Anne for her lifetime.

James Harding. Tenant of a cottage West End (West Street from about Borlase onwards going out of town) 1767.

Mathew Hawes. Surgeon resident 1798.

Ann Hobbs, Mrs. 1774 to death 1787. More on her with a photo of the premises here 

Thomas Hussey, of the Ship Inn. Tenant 1792. All landlords for this pub here

William Johnson. Tenant 1733.

John Lane. 1787+ (probably 1785+) Running an ironmonger's shop. Took over from Ann Hobbs above. More, including a photo of the premises as they are today here

Ann Lockwood, widow. Occupier and owner of a cottage North Side 1726. She had bought the cottage in 1707 from her relatives Richard and Ann Lockwood who lived nearby in West Street but did not immediately occupy it herself.

Richard and Ann Lockwood. Owner occupiers of a North side cottage 1709. Relatives of the Ann Lockwood above, whose home they had also once owned.

Robert Moore. A baker. Owned and lived in a house 1795. Left it to his sister Susan.

Edward Neighbour. Landlord of the Coach and Horses 1783 till death 1787. Wife Lydia who inherited all his liquors and other possessions. Landlord listing for this pub here

Thomas Ollis. Ran the Three Tuns. 1798 to after 1800. Will 1808 summarized here.

William Phillips. Owner and occupier. Will 1749.

Thomas Pither. Occupier cottage North side 1709.

James and Sarah Puddifant. Late 1700s. He was a pawnbroker, biographical post about them here.

George Rackshaw. Tenant of a cottage, South side 1726. Neighbour of John Smith.

Thomas Redding. Tenant of cottage and land 1791. Seems Henley Road end.

Stephen Remnant. Owner and sometimes occupier Remnantz. 1753 -1787. After that owner only. Also later 1700s had some land on the other side of the street. Biography post here

Cornelius Richardson, hatter. Occupier 1754. Unknown if owner.

John Smith. Occupier 1726. South Side. Neighbour of George Rackshaw.

William Smith, cordwainer in West Street 1779-98. North side. The Smiths were still boot making in West Street, albeit on the other side of the road well into the 1800s.

Richard Truss. Tenant 1762. North Side.

Sophia Tylecote. Running school from and living Albion House 1795 to post 1700s. Apparently tenant at first but the house was owned by 1809 by her husband Jeffrey, a banker. Read more here

William White. Occupied part of a house in West Street 1730, owned by Robert Beckford above.

Elizabeth Wright. Landlady Duke's Head pub. 1761.

Related Posts:

To find every mention of an individual here, use the A-Z person index in the top drop down menu. As of April 2022 there are more than 4,000 individuals listed there. 

For an index of posts related to West Street in general see the listing here

Everyday life in old Great Marlow:

here

Post listing for West Street pubs, ale houses etc here

Recreated 1700s trade directory here

Residents of 1700s Spittal Street here

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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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Ann Phillips Will

Will summary Ann Phillips of Great Marlow. Written 1822. Proved 1826.

Says she in good health with a sound mind.

Niece Ann Edwards wife of George Edwards of St John's Street West Spitalfields, London gets the home testator now occupies in Chapel Street Marlow with the gardens, outhouses and appurtenances belonging to it. To her and her heirs. If niece has no issue [that reach the age of 21 I think it says] then that property will then go to his nephew James So.... of Wooburn.

Niece Ann Edwards appointed executor.

Witnesses:

William Tapp, Mary Allnutt, Henry Allnutt.

You can obtain a copy of this PCC will from the National Archives.

Transcribed and then summarized by Charlotte Day.

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King's Head Little Marlow Occupiers.

AKA Old King's Head / King's Head Inn / Kings Head Arms / Kings Arms.

Updated by Charlotte January 2026.

A pub of this name existed in 1689 at Little Marlow but the landlord at that time is not known. There was also a King's Head in Great Marlow High Street at that time but the latter is very long gone.

The Little Marlow pub was occasionally used to host auctions in the late 1700s and the earlier 1800s. It was also frequently used for Coroner's Inquests for the Little Marlow dead.

In the early 1800s the situation as to the pub's identity is confused. In the late 1800s it was believed that the original, early Kings Head had changed it's name to the "Queen's Head" around the time Victoria ascended to the throne. This would mean that mentions of the "Kings Head" in Little Marlow after that time are to a new, different premises from any earlier mentions. There was certainly a Queen's Head in Little Marlow years before Victoria was crowned, however. Joshua Phillips as you will see below is mentioned as the landlord in conjunction with pubs of both names which doesn't help matters. I give below all mentions of landlords of "The King's Head" with the proviso that these may in fact refer to two different establishments. Perhaps the earlier Queen's Head closed down, the landlord of the King's Head decided to change the name of his pub to that when Victoria came to the throne, and then after that someone else decided to revive the name of the King's Head for a different establishment.

1823- Joshua Phillips, who was also a plumber, glazier, one of the constables of Little Marlow and the Inspector of Weights and Measures for Buckinghamshire. "Old King's Head" born circa 1788-1791. He was at the Queen's Head 1831,32.

1839 - 1864 Joshua Phillips again after seemingly having been in between times at the Queen's Head instead. Note that one 1839 trade directory incorrectly gives his name as Jessie. Assisted by his son, Charles and most likely by his unmarried daughter Ann too. Joshua's first wife died in 1843 as per a death notice (which doesn't give her first name!) in the Berkshire Chronicle 14th October 1843. He married secondly Elizabeth Sawyer in 1851. In 1849 William Polley who worked for Joshua stole a glazier's diamond from him and was thus transported for seven years. Joshua died on 14th February 1864. I am uncertain who was running the pub for the next few years but likely to be Charles Phillips as below.

1871 - 1874 Charles Phillips, son of Joshua, above. Also a plumber and glazier. Born circa 1814. Died at the pub in February 1874 aged 60 and his widow Ann took over. 

1874 - 1891 Ann Phillips, widow of above. Charged with opening her pub at illegal hours in 1881 but the court believed her claim that the dregs of beer found in drinking vessels inside had been drawn the day before when the pub was legally open and  had not been cleared away yet.when the police constable found them. In 1886 she lent a field she had to the Little Marlow Sunday School for a fête day for the pupils. [Bucks Herald 9th Jan 1886. This newspaper via the BNA / British Library partnership].

1891 - 1904 Charles Phillips, son of Charles and Ann above. Also a house painter. Pub then had a slate club. Wife Ada (née Beesley married High Wycombe, she of there, 1889).

1904 - George Henry Dancy very briefly.

1904 -1910 Henry Jordan.

1911 - 1912 Roland Ernest Kennedy. He was born in Bradenham, Bucks. Wife Florence (nee Peppal, married 1899). When he took over the pub he had no experience in the trade and found himself in trouble for not filling out his stock book for the Customs and Excise properly. Fined £5.

1914 Joseph Lambert [Joseph Lambert had a troubled marriage see Gravesend and Northfleet Standard 5th June 1914 available on the British Newspaper Archive]  - William H Woodridge.

1915 - William Woodridge

1920- Used for the inquest in the Kate Bailey murder case. For more on that see my post here . Alfred Smith landlord.

1925 transfer of license Edward Treacy to Charles Reese.

1939- David James.

1949- Jimmy James and Mrs James. See picture below of a Christmas 1949 postcard issued by them.

1934-52 (at least). Frederick Hobbs and his wife Bertha. This couple had had to leave the Crown, Skirmett when it was forcibly closed by the authorities in 1932 for being too small and surplus to local requirements (in their opinion). Not to be confused with the "Old Crown" Skirmett.

1965- Major John Horton Kilpon Nicholls licensee. His assistant was Bruce Lingwood.

Written and researched by Charlotte Day.

Dates next to a person are when I have personally seen firm evidence of their occupation at a pub. They may also have been present earlier or later. Pub occupations are compiled by me from wills, property transactions, adverts, court cases, censuses etc

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List of landlords of The Checkers /The Chequers, High Street, Great Marlow.

 Updated by Charlotte April 2026.

The premises that the original Chequers /Checkers extended into, above. 

The core Chequers premises. 

This post is updated as new information emerges. The building is clearly old and may have been a pub far earlier than this but we have no firm evidence of that. Pubs in old buildings are not necessarily old pubs as not many started life  in purpose built premises. More usually they were set up in converted houses or other buildings which already existed.

1801 = pub known to be operating. The Chequers social club (for men) was formed and ran until the early 1880s. 

1823 - George Davis " The Checkers".

1830 - George Davis.

1833 - George Davis.

1839 - David Davis "Checkers  Inn". David was also described as a liquor merchant in 1832. Wife Elizabeth nee Pecover of Reading. 

1843 - George Davis.

1845 - David Davis. Suffered serious break of his knee that year after falling down the cellar stairs while carrying several bottles of wine. It proved difficult to set and was thought likely to leave David with a limp. 

1853 - David Davis "The Checkers"

1864 - David Davis.

1865  - David Davis "The Chequers Inn" transferred premises to Edwin Nicholls (2nd source gives name as Edward).

1869 - Ed. Nicholls.

1871 - Ed.  Nicholls (also carpenter).

1872 - Edwin Nicholls.

1876 - Edwin's wife Ann confronted two men that she caught robbing the till. She was the one serving at the time. The men were later jailed.

1877 - Ed. Nicholls (also builder).

1880 - 1.) Edwin Nicholls 2.) William James Lovegrove.

1881 - 1.) William J Lovegrove  2.) James Warne Udy ? "Chequers Inn" .

1882 - "Lewis" Wade, real name Edward Wade, bought the business.

1883 - "Lewis" Wade [Edward]. The magistrates said that the licence of Lewis would not be renewed as he was considered to have run a "badly conducted house". In particular the serving of beer after hours. After numerous complaints, Sergeant Maneely of Marlow police organised a watch on the premises and caught Lewis seeing beer some time after last orders should have been called. An attempt for the drinkers to flee out the rear was unsuccessful!  2. John Finch (hold over, John often stepped in to temporarily look after a premises while a permanent landlord acceptable to the authorities was found. He is also at the Cherry Tree this year, and see also the Bank Of England)  3. Edwin Greetham. (Creetham?) 

1887 - John D W Merer. (Wrongly put as Meres in one source) John's wife Catherine dies this year at Fir cottage Beaumont Rise, age 42. 2 -  John Phillips.  John was previously a coachman to Col O P Wethered. 

1888 - John Phillips.

1892/3 - John Phillips transfers  premises to WT Shaw.

1895 - Premises extended into adjacent house. Now has large "coffee room" as well, opening onto the lawn at the rear, the latter which has a private entrance from Institute Rd. The hotel can also boast of a bathroom (singular) with hot and cold running water. Has a separate 26 x 20 foot billiard room with a dais each side of the room to allow spectators to more easily view matches. This was made by the Marlow based Buckinghamshire Chair Co from wood grown at Thames Bank and Quarry Wood. The hotel also has a sitting room for guests, and at the front, both a public and private bar. It also acts as a depot from which "telephonic conversations" can be had. 

1899 - William Thomas Shaw     

1903 - W.T. Shaw "hotel and billiard room"

1904 - W T Shaw (see ad below).

1909 - WT Shaw. Premises are on the telephone already. 

1910 - Mr Shaw retired. John Kelpen Ellis took over. Ellis came from the Crown Hotel, Cookham. Lasted less than a year. Succeeded by WH Dawe. 

1905 advert above

1911 W H Dawe died. His widow Hannah took over. 

1915 - Mrs W Dawe (Hannah, the W is her husband's initial following the conventions of the time)

1916 - Hannah Dawe then Emily J Lewis. 

1917 - Emily Lewis transferred to Lillian Long.

1917- 28 (at least) - Mrs Lillian Long. "First Class family hotel" with billiards offered. Lillian came to Marlow from London in 1917.

1935 - C L Stanley.

1939 - Clarence Leopold Stanley.

1940 - Lucy Nicholls Stanley who struggled to keep up with the new war regulations. She was fined three times that year for related offences, twice for blackout offences and once for failing to complete alien registration forms for her guests. She retired that year.

1942 - Herbert Lee. Fined in this year for having poor blackout of the rear windows. Previous warnings had been given hence the fine. 

(At least) 1959-63 - "Joe" [Maurice] and Mary Hussey. Joe died in 1963.

Notes - 

Many Marlow landlords changed premises multiple times. Some places changed in how they were described over time- so licenced premises listings on this blog take in not just beer houses, pubs and inns but common lodging houses and hotels which sold alcohol too. 

Related Posts:

There are posts on this blog about individual families associated with certain pubs, as well as on individual pubs themselves so have a look at the Pub Related index here  & don't forget the Person Index for all mentions of someone on this blog. Find it on the top drop down menu. 

Posts about life in the High Street and neighbouring streets here

More beer sellers than bakers -Temperance in Marlow here

Lists of posts about everyday life in old Great Marlow here

SOME SOURCES :

1853 Mussons and Cravens Commercial Directory (Compiled 1852) 

Bucks Herald 28 October 1865, held at British Library and accessed via the BNA November 2020

South Bucks Standard - 14 October, 1892, 22 February 1895, 27 May 1910 as above

South Bucks Free Press 25th November 1887

Berkshire Chronicle October 25 1845

1833 Parochial Assessment. Original notebooks held by my family and transcribed by Charlotte.

Kelly's Post Office Directory 1864, 1869, 1877, 1883, 1903. Published by Kelly's Directory's Limited. Accessed via Google Books December 2020 - March 2021.

Bucks Free Press 2 Jan 1942. 

Pigots Directory 1823, 1830

Robson's Directory 1839

Census 1871,1881,1891. Transcriptions from microfilm by Charlotte. 

Numerous court cases, property records, licence hearing reports etc. 

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1700s Chapel Street People

Updated May 2024

I glean every possible will and property record to gather the names of those who lived in Chapel Street, often called Chapel End, in the 1700s. The date next to each name is the date I find reference to them in Chapel Street but they may have been there earlier and later too. This post focuses on the occupiers rather than the owners of property. In most cases in the 1700s the two were not the same thing. The precise buildings cannot usually be identified but I am working on it! Getting the names of any occupiers at all is an enormous task.

I likely have more people to add once I have sifted through my mountain of research notes and will update this post as I can.

Note: the boundary of Chapel Street and Spittal Street was very fluid so some properties in Chapel Street can appear in records as being in Spittal Street and vice versa. It was not uncommon in the 1700s and earlier for Spittal Street to be entirely ignored as a street address and for all properties there to be described as Chapel Street or Chapel End even down as far as the Market Square end.

William Baker, a grocer. Occupier 1797. Unknown if owner. On the site of a shop used as a grocers for over 100 years previously to that. I am trying to identify more precisely which property this was. 

Francis Beck. Tenant of a cottage 1742.

James Bird. Tenant. 

Robert Bristow / Bristowe. Tenant of a cottage South side 1791.

Edward Broadway. Tenant 1782.

Martha Camden [nee White] 1795. Her mother Amy White below part owned this property. Who owned other part/s unknown. Sister of Jane White below.

John Collins tenant of a cottage 1798.  

Mark Cutter. Tenant 1743 of a cottage. In 1733 the same cottage had been in the occupation of John Phillips.

Thomas Davison. Occupier North side 1710.

Widow Eagle. Tenant, Chapel End 1795.

George and Ann Faux. Alias Fox. George was a schoolmaster who had his own private boarding school. Resident 1750s- death 1797. Prospect House which was often given as Chapel End in the 1700s but was really in Glade Road near the corner with Little Marlow Road (a continuation of Chapel Street). Wife Ann. After their time there the school moved to the end of Wycombe Road and then to Marlow Place. 

James & Anthony Field, 1786 - drapers*

Widow ?Gray? 1730. Not the owner of the property she occupied.

John Hammerton. Owner of house there in his will 1716. Basket Maker. Wife Jane inherited life interest in the property then it went to their son.

Thomas Hester. Occupier 1748.

Robert Howard. Occupier North side 1745, East of the White Hart. This may be Robert Howard junior son of Robert Howard senior of Bisham. That Robert junior inherited two cottages in Chapel Street in the will of his father proved in 1744, though these were only to come to him after the death of his mother. The two cottages in that will were the ones mentioned in this post as occupied by William Hubbard and Francis Beck.

William Hubbard. Tenant of a cottage 1742.

Thomas Langley. Owner and occupier 1723. A sawyer.

John Lawes tenant, Chapel End 1760 and 1798. This may not be the same property on both occasions and it is possible given the 38 year gap in dates that the earlier John Lawes is the father or uncle etc of the later John Lawes rather than the same man. His premises were previously occupied by Joseph Loveless and Thomas and Mary Sears. See below. Note Added September 2021: this property was actually in Spittal Street, though described as Chapel End. As I said above there was no consistency when describing properties in these two streets which run into each other.

Joseph Loveless alias Lovelace. Appropriately given that name he was a "laceman". Tenant of a house 1754, which had previously been occupied by Thomas Sears whose business he had bought. Probably but not definitely North side. Property later occupied by John Lawes. Note added September 2021: this property was actually in Spittal Street which as I explained above was routinely described as being part of Chapel Street in the past. The two roads run into each other.

Robert Menday. Tenant of White Hart, North side of the street 1732. A Mr Menday was running the pub in 1745 which may also be Robert.

John Phillips. 1733. Not owner. By 1743 his cottage was occupied by Mark Cutter above.

Mary and Thomas Sears. He was a lace maker. Occupier 1748. Unknown if owner. Home and business premises in one. Mary was a widow and occupier of the property alone in 1751. She was no longer resident there in 1754. Joseph Loveless alias Lovelace had bought her husband's business and taken over occupation of the Sears' premises. By 1760 the occupier was John Lawes. See above. Note added September 2021: this property was actually in Spittal Street as we would call it today but little effort was made to distinguish between these two continuous streets in the past.

William Stevens, bargeman. Will proved 1730. Owned his own home.

Thomas Taylor. Occupier North side 1745. 

Richard Tovey. Occupier North side 1710.

Thomas Wal..er. Tenant. Chapel End. 1798. [Walter? Walker?]

Ann and John Warner. Tenants 1788. 

Carter Webb, a cordwainer. Occupier 1748. Unknown if owner. He was no longer resident in the same premises in 1760.

William Weedon. Or possibly Wooden. Tenant of a cottage South side 1791.

Amy White, widow. Owner and occupier of a cottage. 1795. Will proved 1796. Left this property to her daughter Jane White.

Jane White. 1795. Her mother Amy White above part owned this cottage. Who owned the other parts is unknown. Sister of Martha Camden above.

* With big thanks to friend of the blog Linda Green for this information. (London Archives Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance records CLC/B/192/F/001/MS11936/334/515799)

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I have previously published a post on the 1700s residents of Quoiting Square here and Dean Street here. High Street 1700s residents are here and Oxford Road here.

My recreated trade directory for 1700s Marlow and Little Marlow is here

Recreated 1600s trade directory Part One and Part_two

Researched and written by Charlotte Day. Additional research by Kathryn Day. 

©Marlow Ancestors. You are very welcome to reuse this research for family or local history purposes with credit to this blog and a link here.

Clay Lane Farm

UPDATED January 2024

Written and researched by Charlotte Day.

Historic Occupiers (who are not necessarily the owners)=

Description- Half way between Marlow and High Wycombe. 1798= 100 acres with 80 acres of woodland used for timber which seems to have been separately let. 1861=127 acres. 1900=162 acres, mostly growing corn but also had pasture land. 1902 = 162 acres. 1944= 170 acres dairy farm.

1798-1810. Henry Crook. In will written 1800 left Clay Lane and Limmer farms Marlow to his son John and his children. If no child of John survived then Henry's nephews Joseph, William, Charles and James were to share the property. At the time of the will John did have a living son Henry who was under 21. Henry the testator did not die until 1810.

1810-1834 John Crook, son of Henry above. He died that year. His son Henry Junior was involved in the farm by 1831 when he died. Both buried at Little Marlow, see pic of grave below:

John Crook of Clay Lane Farm. Died August 5th 1834 age 53. 

And:

Wife of the above, Martha. Died July 24 1853 age 73

And:

Henry eldest son of the above. Died January 3rd 1831 age 25 [Henry died following a fall from his horse].

And: Martha Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the above. Died --Ju-- 1865. 

The Crooks fell victim more than once to  Webb's gang of marauders. Find out more here

1839-1840 James Crook. I have not yet looked at what relation he was to the previous Clay Lane Farm Crooks. The farm was used to host a ploughing match in 1840. In 1839 Marlow butcher Charles East was sentenced to 14 years transportation for receiving a sheep stolen from James by two Handy Cross (or Booker Common) men. Appeals sent by Marlow citizens, including James Crook, for mercy for Charles on the grounds that he was from a good family and suffered lameness failed. His gaoler reported his character to be bad! The funny thing is he had been the victim of theft from his shop a few years earlier with the thief John Neighbour receiving a sentence of 7 years transportation himself -see here. Note by Kathryn - Charles was transported to Van Diemens Land on the ship Lady Raffles. This departed England on November 30th 1840 and arrived in Van Diemens Land on March 17th 1841. He had the company of other Great Marlow/Bisham men onboard- for details on them see the post here

1841-8 Mr Wane. In 1844 a Mr J Simmonds was also occupying some farm land at Clay Lane- his main crop was corn. Could be a sub tenant.

1848-53 Alfred Keene, farmer [owned by Joseph White]. Alfred farming 127 acres with 5 labourers at Clay Lane Farm on the 1851 census and when he sells up and leaves neighborhood 1853.  Joseph Blackwell also said to be at Clay Lane from 1851 so he must have been farming some of the land, the remaining 60 odd acres, while Alfred Keene was farming the rest and residing at the farm house. Joseph took possession of the whole when Alfred left in 1853. Alfred was at Woolley Farm in 1861. 

1851 (part of), 1853 (the whole) - 1880 Joseph Blackwell. Went bankrupt 1880. Wife Elizabeth. Robert Morcott his employee sentenced to 3 weeks in jail for upping and leaving Joseph's service without notice in 1860. Joseph moved to Hill Farm, Marlow by 1881. See here. For all or part of this time the farm was OWNED by Joseph White.

1881 - Clay Lane Estate up for sale, freehold. Consists of the farm, two model cottages and beech woodlands, in all just over 224 acres. 

1897- farm stock all up for sale. Farm owned by Thomas Phillips?

1899- farm itself up for sale. Charles Stone occupier, probably as bailiff for Wethered family. 1898- 1903 William Hatt lived and worked at the farm as a Carter / labourer. Lived in the farm house with his wife Mary Ann and children.

1903- Thomas Owen Wethered owner, Mr Slocock farm manager. William Hatt, carter as above killed at Marlow Bottom when his horse spooks and runs over him with the cart. Postman Joseph Preston Shipton who was on his round came to his aid but was unable to save him. 

1908- Thomas Owen Wethered selling off stock from the farm.

1909- 1921 Marshall Croxford. Sold up stock and left 1921.

1934- at least 1958 Richard Morris Kimber. Dairy farm but oats also grown. Land Army girls worked on this farm. Mr Kimber was prominent in local farming affairs and often a judge at cattle shows. 

Post written and researched by Charlotte Day with photos by Kathryn Day.

Farm occupancy compiled from 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 soon the Specific Shops, Streets Etc option here if you want a Marlow Farm. If you want a Little Marlow or other nearby farm this menu here

For all mentions of any individual the Person Index option on the top drop down menu - new posts and people added daily. 

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Recreated 1700s Trade Directory Great Marlow *updated September 2025*

Updated September 2025

Whenever I transcribe a will, look at property transactions, court cases, news stories or any of the like I note down everyone mentioned as having a trade. From these notes this trade directory is compiled. Date next to persons name is when they were mentioned as plying the listed trade. They could have been trading earlier or later too.

Something to bear in mind is that it can be difficult to ascertain the social status of someone from the way they are described in some records- a "brickmaker" for instance could be labouring and making the bricks but could just as easily be the owner of a brick making company employing many people and never getting their own hands dirty. Further research would be needed to be sure of such things.

Also be aware family members can have the same name and trade so all mentions of "Joe Bloggs, blacksmith", do not necessarily refer to the same person.

Little Marlow and Lane End people are included here if I find relevant information.

Yeoman, labourers, servants and husbandmen are not included as there were simply too many of those for one post.

I have compiled street address listings for both private and commercial occupiers of most streets in 1700s Marlow, some of which are already available on the blog.

This list is an ongoing project and not yet complete online.

Researched and compiled by Charlotte Day with some additional research by Kathryn Day.

Apothecaries

George Bruere (AKA Brewer) - apothecary of Covent Garden before settling in Marlow. Also MP. 

Bell and Ear(d)ley, in partnership from 1771, High Street. See under surgeons below for more about them. 

Thomas Dawson, died 1781. Also surgeon and "man midwife". His former apprentice William Hickman took over the business.

Thomas Norton. 1791-92. Also surgeon.

William Sneath. 1758+. See under surgeons. 

George Trash. Traded from own house 1781.  In partnership with William Sneath until Sneath's death.  George died 1796. Also surgeon and "man midwife".  

Attorneys

Henry Allnutt. 1771- post 1800. His clerk Robert Goldsmith eventually went into business himself in the town.

William Deeley. 1758 -1766 when he died. A Mr Norton junior from High Wycombe took over his practice.

Mr Norton jnr. 1766. See above. Could be the same as Wesley Norton or  Cornelius Norton below, or a third Norton.

Cornelius Norton. 1780. 

Wesley Norton. 1783.

John Phipps. 1785 - 1798 at least. 

Note: for some reason Beaconsfield attorneys were sometimes used by 1700s Marlovians.

Auctioneers (auctions typically took place in pubs and inns or on the premises if a house contents sale, rather than in a designated auction room)

Thomas Rolls and James House "cabinet maker of Oxford" went into partnership as auctioneers in 1791 after being "prevailed upon" by their friends to do so. Rolls also draper, lace merchant  and mercer. See below.

Joseph Rose. 1789.

Luke Medwin. 1780s. See also drapers below for more on him.

Bakers

William Cook. 1780+ Will 1793.

Robert Field. 1798.

Francis Gunnell. 1798.

William Hatch. 1794 to post 1700s. Alleged to have been a highwayman on the side! Later in High Street and most likely was in the same premises in the 1700s too.

William Langley 1705. William Langley junior 1710. Same man or father and son?

Hugh Lydall. 1712.

Robert Moore (1) 1730.

Robert Moore (2) 1792-95. West Street.

William Moore. 1798.

Charles Morray. 1719.

George Murray. 1789.

Richard Nicholls. 1798.

William Phillips. 1721 to death 1749.

Richard Webb. Little Marlow. 1731.

Barbers, for Barber Surgeons see under Surgeons

Charles Blewitt junior 1701. High Street. 

John Oxlade. 1715-19.

Henry Tomlins(?) Possibly Tomkins. 1723 -1726 minimum.

Timothy Tregoe. 1753-73. This Timothy is the same man as the peruke maker below but not the watchmaker who is his son. Timothy was originally of Amersham and also owned property in Chalfont St Peter.

Bargemen / Barge Masters

James Blackman 1701 -1712 minimum

Thomas Campling. Will 1729.

Thomas Davis 1720 

Thomas Duglase. 1712.

Francis East. 1719.

William East 1701 (Bargemaster)

Robert Goldswain. Partnership with Robert Lawrence dissolved 1789. Bargemaster. 

Michael Grace 1788 teenage son of George. Wife Sarah nee Usher. Employee.

Thomas Harman. Will proved 1721.

James Heather. 1719. Little Marlow

Jeremiah Hollis 1701. Bargeman. 

Robert Howard 1789. See under Corbin Langley below.

David James. 1726. Will 1727. Wife Sarah.

Robert James 1702

Corbin? (perhaps correctly Corby) Langley 1789. Bargemaster. See a court case he and his employee Robert Howard were involved in on the London Lives website under the Old Bailey Sessions Records Justices Working Records August 1789 here (goes to London Lives website).

John Lansdale. Little Marlow. 1718.

Edward Laurence 1701 Bargeman. 

Henry Laurence. 1793.

John Laurence. 1717.

Robert Laurence (1). Late deceased 1767.

Robert Laurence AKA Robert Lawrence (2). Partnership with Robert Goldswain dissolved 1789.

Henry Lawe 1707.

William Mann. Little Marlow. 1717.

Richard Milld, master 1784

Thomas Plomridge 1705 and Thomas Plumridge 1773. 

William Pudsey. 1717-1725 at least.

Richard and Robert Rivers. Partnership dissolved in 1771. Richard then have up the barging business in 1784, although a few months later he was declared bankrupt anyway. At that point he is also described as a dealer and chapman. His barge was The Buck. (leased by him). 

William Rivers. Barge-master. Died 1788. 

George Rose, Little Marlow 1723 Wife Mary. 

John Rose. Well End near Little Marlow. Bankrupt 1798. Bargemaster. 

Joseph Rose. Little Marlow. Will 1778.

Ralph Rose, Little Marlow. Lived Well End. Owned the Mealcock barge which sank near Boulters flash lock in 1728 carrying a load of malt and paper. Died 1751. Also wharfinger (at Spade Oak too I believe). Ralph Rose Junior brewer and wharfinger left off from both those businesses in 1778. The latter had a wharf at Great Marlow certainly. 

William Rose (and maltster) Well End, Little Marlow 1785.

Robert Taylor. 1775.

John Walker. 1707.

John West. 1775.

James White. 1705.

Robert Wiggin(g)ton senior, 1725 to death 1729. Lived Chapel Street.

Basket Makers

James Brown. 1798.

John Hammerton. Will proved 1716. Lived High Street. Wife Jane.

Timothy Stevens. 1798.

Blacksmiths

John Barnes 1723

Thomas Burrell died 1776.  Grave and family info here

Charles Clarke "the youngest" 1773.

John Clark. Little Marlow. 1755.

Robert Deane. Little Marlow. 1716.

Francis Fryer. 1727.

Richard Helford. 1798.

James How / Howe. 1726- 1741.

Henry Lack. 1721. Well End Little Marlow.

Richard Lane. 1714.

Joseph Meakes. 1798.

Mr Montague. 1759. Little Marlow. Also "edge tool maker". Lost his apprentice Thomas Davis this year when the latter eloped. (Oxford Journal 25 Aug 1759)

Ambrose Thompson. 1724 -1741. High Street. Earlier resident Dean Street and used a barn Quoiting Square. 

Henry Williams. 1753.

Booksellers

John How or Howe. From at least 1782. Died 1786. See also Insurance Agents, Patent Medicine Suppliers, Printers and Stationers (same man). High Street. See here for more on him and his shop.

Brandy merchant 

Henry Crockford 1781. Also tallow chandler. Possibly also a patent medicine seller see below.

Braziers

Robert Morse. 1741. High Street.

Brewers

Mary Dark/ Phillips see under Publicans etc below.

James Fish. Will 1704. Wife Elizabeth. His will will feature on the blog in the future. Brewing by 1673. 

Cornelius Lattemore. 1715. Wife Elizabeth.

John Lattemore / John Lattimer. Late deceased 1744. Widow Mary see below, grandson Ralph Rose see below.

Mary Lattemore / Lattimer. Widow of John above. 1744 till death. Will 1762. In partnership with her grandson Ralph Rose (junior) 1755+

Joseph Plumridge. "Plumeridge" 1785 -1798 at least. And malster

Ralph Rose Jnr. 1755-62. Died early 1800s but may have retired from business before that. In partnership with his grandmother Mary Lattemore / Mary Lattimer from 1755 until her death.

George Wethered, High Street. Will 1783. And his son also George. They were in business as brewers and maltsters by 1779.

Thomas Wethered, younger son of George Senior above. Founder of Thomas Wethered and Sons brewery.

Bricklayers (often those we'd call builders)

Edward Allum. 1798.

William Dormer. 1753.

Benjamin Gray / Grey. Died 1791. Assisted by his sons Benjamin and William who in his will he wanted to carry on the business after his death. 

Robert Gray. 1798.

Thomas Gray. West Street, 1754. And uncertain location 1717. Not obviously the same man as the carpenter below but may well be, the two trades often went together.

William Gray. 1798. Probably the son of Benjamin.

Benjamin Norton. 1741.

Peter Norton. 1724.

George Oxlade. 1788.

Robert Plumridge. 1798.

William Plumridge. 1798.

Samuel Smith. Will proved 1721. Had property Marlow and Cookham. Wife Susannah. See the will here

John Wright died 1786. He had owned 3 cottages converted out of one house which he rented out in Chapel Street.

Richard Wright. 1728.

Brickmakers

William Webb and son Thomas after him. Operated brick kiln at Marlow Common before Thomas Corby took it on. 

Butchers

Richard Barnes. High Street .1735.

Stephen Burgess 1782. Gives up his shop to his son in December 1785 after he says he himself has become too infirm to carry on. 

William Burgess. 1796, see above. 

Burpess and Mayor partners. 1764. William Mayor. 1755. Should it be Burgess and Mayor?

James Carter. 1798.

Thomas Chalfont. 1716. Wife Dorothy was nee Elliot and so from a long-standing Marlow family of butchers. 

John East. High Street. 1728.

Thomas East. 1776.

William East. 1798.

Zachariah East. 1798.

William Elliot (1). Late deceased 1704.

William Elliot (2). Will written 1713. Proved 1718. Also had land in the Common Field near "a place called Deadmere" [Dedmere]. 

John Harris. 1730.

Mr Fowler. 1794-96.

Mr Nicholas. Lately occupying a property High Street near Market Square. 1783. Looks to be a mistake for Nicholas Williams see below.

John Norris. 1798.

Henry Rose. Little Marlow. 1798.

William Rose. Little Marlow. 1790.

Richard Slaughter - Land End 1770. 

Richard Stone, Lane End. 1757.

Joseph Webb. Market Square [corner building next to the Coach and Horses in West Street with the High Street on the other side]. Bought premises 1743 and occupied till death 1756. Post about the various historic occupiers of this building here.

Nicholas Williams - had in recent times vacated his premises near the Market House in 1785. Had used two adjoining premises as one. 

Carpenters

Henry Barney. 1798.

William Biddle circa 1796.

William Bond. 1794 to post 1800. Also a builder. A detailed post on him has been published on the blog here.

James Carter. 1767-1779.

John Clark(e) 1781-98. Also ironmonger. 

James Cooper. 1777.

John Cooper. 1766+. In 1773 purchased the business and stock in trade of  Mr Edwards of Maidenhead and so took over the yard there but he still continued his Marlow business. 

Ambrose Corby. 1798.

Abraham Creswell. 1798. Little Marlow.

Joseph Dell. Little Marlow. 1737.

Miles Edwards 1763

William Frewin. 1798.

John Goodchild. 1797.

Stephen Gray junior 1720.

Thomas Gray 1754 West Street

Robert Gregg 1797.

John Hester (at least two generations) 1720 also sawyer. 

John Phillips 1.)1728

 2.) 1747 & 1751. 

Robert Pratt 1726.

Abraham Simmonds. 1797-98.

Timothy Stevens. 1795 to death 1808. See also above. Read a will summary for Thomas here

Daniel Walker. 1755-98. Could be more than one generation here. In 1785 a Daniel Walker is also listed as a "shopkeeper" in insurance records. 

William Walker. 1798. Maybe the same man described as a broker later, in West Street.

William White. 1798.

Carriers

Francis Bristow. 1798. (Probably the Francis Bristow of Great Marlow digitally indexed by the London Metropolitan Archive as "currier" in 1781, Royal & Sun Alliance documents collection). 

Charles Carter. 1710.

Sylvester Carter. 1714. (We also note a Sylvester Carter as a carrier in 1680)

Chapmen

James Blakeley 1702

Richard Greydon. 1702. Lived house on corner of West Street and High Street, next to the Coach and Horses. Same property as Joseph Webb, butcher above later used.

William Irvin(g) / Irvine 1701 - 1706 min. 

William Moores. Little Marlow. Also "salesman". Bankrupt 1781.

Cheesemongers

John Ells. 1792. See Grocers below too.

Robert Holtham, late deceased 1702.

Samuel Phillips senior 1720

Chimney Sweeps

John Coleshill. 1757.

Clergy

Robert Allen. Independent Chapel. 1785-94.

John Benson. Independent Chapel. 1715-24.

Salisbury Chase. Doctor of Divinity. Little Marlow. Will 1772.

John Cleobury, at Parish Church 1753 to 1801. Brother of Dr Cleobury the surgeon, below.

Richard Frome or Froome. Independent Chapel 1794 to post 1700s.

Thomas Gage, Little Marlow Church. Will 1763.

John Gidley. Presbyterian Minister. 1703 to death 1711. Full biographical post on him here. 

Revd. H H Gower. Resident 1798. Seems to be a teacher.

Thomas Pitkin. Independent Chapel. 1725.

Salisbury Price. Little Marlow. Late deceased 1776.

Samuel Stevens. Independent Chapel. 1770-76.

John Wheeler. Independent Chapel. 1777-85.

Clockmakers

Alexander Jones. 1723-1726.

Coach Painters

John Lovegrove. 1770. According to his adverts " regularly bread up to the profession in London". (Reading Mercury March 1770)

Coach Proprietors

William Wyatt 1795 to after 1800. Post about him and his family here.

Coal Merchants

John Rolls. 1793-98. Lived by Marlow Bridge. One of the Bridge Wardens.

William Rose. Little Marlow. Will 1787.

Sarah Rose. Widow. Well End near Little Marlow. 1789.

Thomas Gibbons 1781 (and rope maker).

Collar Makers

John Fastnage/ Fasteridge / Fastenidge. 1713-24 minimum

John Gibbons 1721

Thomas Hackshaw. 1789.

Coopers

William Parsons. 1713.

William Rose. 1798.

William Stevens. 1723.

Duffin White. Will 1793. High Street. Left his home to his servant Sarah Dennis who was also one of the will's executors. Sarah sadly died in 1794 herself. 

Richard Williams. 1781.

Cordwainers And Shoemakers.  

Samuel Barney. 1723.

Abel Bird. 1712-1756. Note there were at least 3 such men grandfather, father and grandson. One "aged" Abel's will was proved 1736. One "junior" was based West Street 1754.

William Bovington. 1713-19. This family name can also be rendered Bovington, Boffingdon and Boffington because the letter v was pronounced "ff" and a letter d other than at the beginning of a word could be pronounced "d" or "t" however you chose. Boveinton also. 

William Boulter. 1798. Note: there were two adult men in Marlow with this name at the same time. Probably father and son. Which was a shoemaker is not certain, both may have been of course. In 1787 a William Boulter Junior was tenant of George Faux the schoolmaster. This was most likely in Chapel Street.

Stephen Camden. 1798 to post 1700s.

William Carter. 1711.

William Croxford. Specifically Heel Maker. Little Marlow 1761.

Richard Curteis. 1754.

Benjamin Fletcher. Lane End. 1716.

Samuel Harmon. 1787.

Thomas Harris. 1749.

George Haycroft. 1724.

Thomas Higgins. 1713.

John Lake. 1713-32.

Law, uncertain first name. 1795.

Robert Lawes 1786

Thomas Lockwood. 1782 Little Marlow. Late deceased 1791 and of High Street Marlow then. Wife Ann. 

George Oxlade 1.) 1719-25. 

2.) 1798.

John Payne. Little Marlow. From pre 1700. Note his will says he is a "Citizen and cordwainer of London and inhabitant of Little Marlow". Wife Mary.

Harmon Phillips. 1736.

Thomas Plumridge. 1755.

Peter Rivers 1717 A Peter Rivers of Great Marlow would in the 1720's spend time as a poor debtor in gaol. Richard the cordwainer was executed in 1730.

John Ryder. 1726.

John Smith. 1798.

William Smith 1.) West Street. 1779-98. There were Smith cordwainers / shoemakers well into the 1800s in West Street. I know the premises of the later ones but these Smiths were not using the same premises in the 1700s. 2.) Late deceased in 1791. Wife Catherine. Shoemaker.

Carter Webb. Chapel Street. 1748.

Corn chandler 

Elizabeth Murrell 1785

Curriers

Jonas Bird. 1724.

Francis Bristow. 1798.

Thomas Bristow. 1776.

William Newberrie/Newbury. 1724-34

Distillers

Daniel Bradshaw. 1752.

Samuel Bradshaw. 1766. Died 1781. 

Mr Bowles 1794. Also Robert Bowles 1783 distiller & wine merchant. 

Benjamin Moore 1781 (probably wine merchant too)

"Doctors Of Physick" (see also surgeons which were more common and took on much of the doctor's role)

Stephen Chase. Little Marlow. 1733+. Will proved 1741.

Drapers

Joseph Burrough. 1796-1803. See also Wilkinson below. 

John Coulson. 1798.

Mr and Ely Doley - A Mr Doley tailor, haberdasher and draper dies in 1781 & his widow Ely (qv) takes over the shop but not the tailoring side of the business. 

Thomas Emes. 1782.

Timothy Evans English. 1798. Took over from Greenaway and Lovegrove 1800. Went bankrupt 1811.

Anthony Field - in partnership with his brother James until 1787 when James gave all up. The split sounds acrimonious or at least the division their business affairs became so. Anthony continued in the old shop. 

James Field. In 1787 he withdrew from a partnership with his brother Anthony in a drapers business and lace dealership at Chapel Street. But a James Field was a draper 1798 to post 1700s so he presumably have started again on his own account. This James is also most likely the same man who was a lace dealer around 1800. 

Greenaway and Lovegrove. 1767 -1799. Partners were Mary Greenaway and her son in law John Lovegrove. John died 1799 and Mary and her daughter Elizabeth Lovegrove sold the linen drapery business to Timothy English in 1800. Also lace merchants, possibly also involved with the actual manufacturing of lace at one time.  John was the son of Henry Lovegrove. 

Buckle Hawes- yes that really was his name. 1755-82. Probably High Street. He certainly lived there. Apprenticed to the below William Hawes 1740. One of the executors and legatees of fellow draper Joseph White.

William Hawes 1737-52. Probably High Street.

Christopher Irving, late deceased 1778. Linen draper. High Street.

Luke Medwin. 1753-1781. Luke Medwin draper in 1753 was "middle aged" despite being only 32. The term "middle aged" was loosely applied however- it was often given to someone in their 30s in the 1700s! Luke Medwin draper is mentioned in the will of his uncle Moses Medwin written in 1760, proved 1762 which is transcribed on the blog here. Luke went bankrupt in 1781. As well as being a draper he worked as an auctioneer and estate agent both before and after the bankruptcy. Luke Medwin lived next to the Roebuck Inn on the Causeway Marlow earlier in his life but when he went bankrupt in 1781 he was living further up the High Street in what was later known as Globe House on the site of some of the modern Liston Court shops. His shop was in the converted front parlour of the house. At the time of his bankruptcy Luke still had Causeway property. He married a Jane Dolben of Great Marlow at Stoke Poges, Bucks in 1748. The will of Jane's mother Ann mentions both Jane and Luke. See here.  Luke's brother was Aaron Medwin yeoman of Little Marlow, see below. Thomas Medwin, farmer of Little Marlow was likely also the Thomas Medwin  brother to Aaron and Luke. Unlike Thomas and Aaron Luke is not mentioned in their father's will which is available on the blog here.

Thomas Rolls (also mercer and auctioneer) 1788-97 known dates as draper. See also under Auctioneers.

James White. 1780. Dead by 1783.

Wilkinson & Burrough - 1783, linen and woollen drapers. Aka (Samuel) Wilkinson & (Joseph) Burrough. By 1802 were also acting as bankers, dealers and chapmen. Bankrupt 1802/3. In 1789 they say they have a branch in High Wycombe too. 

Joseph White. 1780. Will 1781.

William Williams  - linen draper, see lace merchant. 

Estate Agents 

Luke Medwin. 1769-1783. Also a draper. He started property auctions and managing lettings in 1769 as a serious business though he had done a few auctions before then and had acted as the parish surveyor. See under drapers for more.

Farmers

Thomas Allen. 1784-88. At Pigeon House Farm Little Marlow.

Henry Barney d. 1782. Spinfield Farm (later turned into Spinfield House and Park) and Poynetts were his main holdings, 40 acres in all. 

Mr Brangwin. Barmoor Farm. 1798. 

William Brookes. Blounts Farm. (Blunts)  1783 +.

Robert Cane, wife Rebecca (previously Rebecca Cowper) 1756

Richard Corby. Munday Dean Farm. 1720,21. Died 1722. More here

William Curtis. At Hard To Find Farm, Little Marlow 1785 and Monkton Farm Little Marlow 1784. He came from Oxfordshire in 1784.

Joseph Dutton. Little Marlow. Late deceased 1794. Probably at Sheepridge.

Barabbee Fastnedge - various holdings around Finnemore/Wood End, plus Homers farm and Triphooks. 

Jeremiah Harding. 1754 farming land called Spinfield.

Jeremiah Harman. Limmers Farm. From at least 1754 to his death in the late 1700s. His grave is on the blog here.

Richard Harmon. Clay Lane Farm 1775.

James Hollworthy. Munday Dean. 1788. More on the history of this place here.

Mr John Johnson. Copy Farm. 1798.

John Keely junior Lane End 1725

Robert Kitson of Hard to Find Farm Little Marlow died 1752.

Aaron Medwin. Little Marlow. 1764. Also maltster. The name Aaron seems common in local Medwins. The Aaron of Little Marlow was the nephew and executor of Moses Medwin of Great Marlow whose will is on the blog here, and brother of Luke Medwin, draper who also features in this trade directory. There was another older half brother too. This was Thomas, a yeoman of Little Marlow who is likely the farmer mentioned below. Aaron, Thomas and their sisters featured in their father Andrew's will but Luke was missed.

Thomas Medwin. Little Marlow. Late deceased 1783. See under Aaron Medwin above.

Mr Micklem. Blounts Farm. 1798.

John Morton / Moreton. Little Marlow. 1778. Also overseer of poor. Late deceased 1782. Wife Ann.

Jonathan Plummer. Little Marlow. Died 1799.

Aaron Richards. Little Marlow. Will 1790.

John Simons 1781. Monkton Farm Little Marlow. Came from Great Missenden. 

William Smith. Oaken Grove (not the farmstead). 1793 to long after 1800. Wife Mary.

Mr Townsend. Left Wood End Farm 1773 according a contemporary report but the Townsends remain at Wood End long after. 

Alexander Webb. Tenant farmer Marlow Bottom from circa early 1760s onwards. There were Webbs farming in Marlow from the 1500s.

Joseph Webb, leaving "Seymours Farm" 1796. Farm owned or leased by John Johnson.

William Webb 1773+. Munday Dean Farm. Occupied not all of farm it seems. Will proved 1797. Husbandman which is a small scale farmer in some records but given farmer title in others. More here

Samuel Wellesley, Homers Farm Handy Cross 1742.

William Wethered. Little Marlow. 1787. Wife Mary.

Farriers

Stephen Hawes. 1799. Little Marlow.

Robert Moone. 1714.

Fishmongers

Thomas Davis. 1798.

Fruiterers

Thomas Beck. 1790.

John Bowles Junior. 1798.

Corby Langley. 1798. (In 1785 he is also listed as the person to whom the Hartley barge, built 1782, is let)

Gardeners (Market)

William Bradshaw. 1726. West Street.

John Dormer. Will proved 1763.

William Frith. 1798.

William Harman. 1716 to death 1721.

William Gunnett / Gurnett 1722

Thomas Howard 1721-27.

John Newberry 1760 (wife Mary nee Wigley)

James Stockbridge. 1798.

William Stockbridge. 1798.

Richard Williams. 1715.

Thomas Weedon 1720 -1723 min. 

Thomas Wright 1723

Gentry (select)

Thomas Beesley. 1712. Rev. 

Frediswide [female, a once common name] and George Bruere, husband and wife. George was an apothecary and M.P. 

John Bruwer. 1714.

William Burgiss 1737 Wife nee Cooper, only daughter of John Cooper of Berkshire. "A very agreeable young lady with plentiful fortune" according to The Daily Gazetteer (Feb 1737) on their marriage at Windsor. 

William Cabburn. Will 1793. I have transcribed this will and it can be read here

Francis Carter, Marlow Place. 

James Chase, Esquire. Westhorpe Little Marlow. 1721.

Samuel Clark. 1789.

Richard Coombs / Coombes. 1769+ Will proved 1782.

J Dalmes Esquire. West Street. 1784.

George Davenport. (A surgeon but not I think practicing as such in Marlow) Court Garden. 1795.

Mrs Fanny Maria Davenport nee Sanxay. Wife of above. Collapsed and died while on holiday in Brighton in 1796 age 49. 

John Duck. 1784. More on him in future.

Charles Etheridge. 1720. James Etheredge 1728.

Henry Fletcher. High Street. 1730.

Admiral Forbes, late of Marlow Place 1770s.

Elizabeth and Francis Bennett Goldney. Newly married 1792.

John Grace. 1788.

John Guise of Harleyford and Marlow manors which he bought 1718.

John Hammond alias Cooper. Will 1719.

Jonathan Hammond, late deceased 1766.

Thomas Handley, Esq. 1755. He lived West Street 1758 and died 1760. Widow Anne.

William Hoare. Little Marlow. 1762.

John Hone Esq. 1793. Probably High Street.

Alexander Jones. 1729. See also clockmakers. 

Thomas Langley. 1793. 

Daniel Loftin / Lofting. Died 1758.

Daniel Moore. 1754. MP for Marlow at one point.

Cornelius Norton 1775-85. Father of Thomas the apothecary above. Son of Cornelius of High Wycombe, Wallingford and later Bath. Had property Chalfont St Peter High Street and in Hambledon. Maybe the attorney listed below? 

John Orts. 1777.

Gilbert and Isabella Parke. 1786+. Isabella died 1797, and Gilbert died 1807 age 80. Retired mahogany dealer. Originally from London. 

Samuel Parker 1720

Stephen Remnant, West Street (Remnantz). 1753-circa 1787. After that absentee landowner. A biography of him is available here

Thomas Rickell. 1793.

Richard Spier. 1725.

John Stevens. Daughter Mary. Bovingdon Green. 1788.

Edward Valentine Stead Esq, Marlow Place 1780.

Thomas Taylor. 1788.

Joseph Townsend. 1761 property earlier and later known as Gyldernscroft.

John Wakelin 1782-84. Will Proved 1784. Name also occurs as Wakeling.

Alicia Wallop, Marlow Place 1741

James Warren. Little Marlow. Died 1774.

John Borlase Warren. Little Marlow. 1775-95 (at least).

Richard Wilder 1718

Owen Williams. Marlow Place. 1795.

Mrs [Sarah] Winford. Thames Bank 1769 (at least) to death 1793 aged 85. Winfords still there later - unmarried daughter Harriet stays at Thames bank until her death 1801. Sarah is the widow of Thomas Geers Winford (formerly Thomas Geers, name change when he inherited from his maternal uncle.) Read about her struggles with Thames bargeman here

Glaziers

James Lovegrove. 1796-98 Also plumber and painter. Takes eldest son into partnership with him in 1796.

John Lovegrove. 1798.

George Trash. 1768. Not the same as the surgeon below. Died 1777. Succeeded by son Samuel. Also plumber, painter, ironmonger. 

Samuel Trash. 1777. Late deceased 1790. Also plumber, painter and ironmonger.

Richard Young. 1713.

Glovers

John Glanville. 1755.

Grocers

William Ashley. 1799.

Richard Aveling (senior). 1793 to after 1700s. High Street. Exact premises known.

William Baker, (?Baster?)Chapel Street. Selling up in 1797. Trading out of premises said to have been in grocery and chandlery business for upwards of 100 years. Also maltster. 

Robert Bancks / Bankes - 1770. See metal dealer below, his main trade. 

Christopher Clift / Clifft,  Little Marlow 1787-1792 at least

James Digweed. 1762.

George Ells. 1798.

John Ells. High Street.  1795, 1796. Probably same person as John Ells cheesemonger as many grocers were both. Bankrupt as grocer and tea dealer in 1795. So shop contents and household furniture sold off by auction in that year. Yet still appears to be trading in 1796.

George Hood. 1798. Probably High Street

Richard Mills. 1778.

James Muspratt 1798.

Robert Oxlade. 1798.

Glassmen

Richard Howard 1711 to death 1713/ 1714. His will was uploaded onto this blog here if you are interested. 

Gunsmiths

George Clark(e) senior. 1798. Possibly by 1780. Either he or the George William Clark below were still manufacturing flintlock pistols in 1800.

George William Clark(e). Contemporary to above but not same man. 

John Harris. 1713.

Haberdasher 

William Williams, selling up 1777.  See lace dealers below. 

Joseph Hurley, selling up and moving away 1786. And clothier. Also sold "a variety of goods in the hardware way"

Hairdressers

James Carter. 1798.

Harness Makers

John Gibbons. 1740.

Hatters

Cornelius Richardson. West Street. 1754.

Higgler

Charles Carter 1721

Hosier

William Williams - see lace merchant below. 

Hoop Makers 

Robert Beckford. 1713-18. 2. Hoop Shaver 1731. 

Insurance Agents

Messrs Wilkinson and Burrough, drapers as above. 1786.

Thomas Emes. 1786. The draper above.

Robert Goldsmith. Fire insurance for farms, homes and trade goods. 1786. The attorney above.

John How or Howe. Sun fire insurance. 1782. Also bookseller, stationer. High Street. Exact premises known. 

Ironmongers

John Clarke. Also carpenter. 1782

Mrs Anne Hobbs. West Street. At least 1774 till death 1787. John Lane took over 1788. See below. Exact premises known.

John Lane. Started business 1788. West Street. His daughter Lydia later took over. The exact premises are known and can be seen on the blog here.

George Trash - see glazier

Samuel Trash. Late deceased 1779. Also plumber and glazier.

Jeweller

Joseph Low, died 1780. After which some of his stock in trade is auctioned off including seals, bone and silver buttons, buckles, necklaces, ear-rings etc. 

Joiners

Sherley Tile. 1737. May be same man removed to Marlow from High Wycombe 1716 with his wife.

Kidders (goatskin or goat dealers)

Thomas Hollis. 1728.

Lace Buyers

Giles Hancock 1762-63.

William Hoare 1762.

Lace Manufacturers

James Field. In partnership with his  brother Anthony  but choosing to withdraw from it. The affairs seem to still be unsettled in 1792. They also linen drapers. See above. 

Thomas Sears. Chapel Street. 1748.

Lace Merchants

Greenaway and Lovegrove. See below. Dates of lace involvement 1783 to 1799.

William Williams "laceman". Previously also a linen draper, hosier and haberdasher but he sold up the contents of his shop by auction at the old Market Hall in Market Square 1777 to concentrate on his lace business. Possibly the same William Williams of the High Street whose household contents are up for sale in 1796 after his death. 

Thomas Rolls 1786 also the draper, auctioneer etc 

Linen Weavers

Thomas Deane. 1714-15.

Locksmiths

Richard Langley 1712. Will 1713. Lived Oxford Road. 

Maltsters

William Baster, (possibly Baker) malt house is in Chapel Street at the time of his giving up the business in 1797. Also grocer and chandler. 

John Wallace Brook 1782

Henry Carter 1737. And victualler 1720s/30s. Declared bankrupt 1736. [Daily Gazetteer 7th June 1836]

William Carter, 1718 Little Marlow

James Crease. 1789+. Will 1795. Wife Jane.

John Grace 1787

Aaron Medwin. Little Marlow. 1764. Also farmer.

Robert Johnathan Oxlade. High Street. Leaving ofc business and moving away from Marlow 1786. 

Thomas Oxlade. Also farmer. 1786

Joseph Plumridge 1785

William Rose. Will 1783. Little Marlow. A William Rose of Little Marlow is described as a maltster and bargemaster in 1785/6. 

Henry Smith, High Street. East side. Wife Sarah.  By 1783 these premises were leased by George Wethered.  

James Stevens. Will 1747. Had a barn at Oaken Grove /Oakengrove.

John Webb. 1720.

George Wethered. 1778 And son George ditto. See Henry Smith above. 

Man midwife

See apothecaries

Mantua Makers

Hannah Barrington. 1794 - post 1700s.

Mary Hennett. 1756.

Jane Pritchard. 1793-99.

Mealmen

John Bovington 1740? (Date hard to read)

William Coleshill 1720

William Langley. 1736.

Thomas Rickett(s) - owns and operates the corn meal, and owns the freehold of the papermills on his death 1797 when they are in occupation of the Wrights. Also owned the lock, fisheries, and eel bucks on his death plus some dwelling houses. At one point was paper making himself. 

Edward and Joseph Wright.1798.

Mercers (silk and satin dealers)

Thomas Rolls also draper and auctioneer see above. 

Edward Stone  Died 1709. 

Merchant

John Smith -1738

Metal Dealer/Worker

Robert Bancks/Bankes - 1770. Takes out an advertisement in 1770 Reading Mercury to counteract "malicious rumour" that he is leaving off his business. Buys used copper, brass, and pewter  and made, tinned and repaired goods in the same materials. In "the best manner" naturally  With a sideline as a grocer. 

Milliners

Mary Greenaway. 1759.

Miller

George Phelps 1735 See "publicans" below.

Millwrights

Robert Gray. 1715 - at least 1721.

Joseph Haynes. From at least 1798 to post 1800.

Miniature Painter:

Mr Lovegrove, 1770. 

Nailers (Nail manufacturer)

Wildsmith Badger. 1779.

Oatmeal Men see also mealmen

Thomas Stevens 1713.

John Tanner. Died 1718

Thomas Webb 1701

Oculists

Royal oculist Mr Taylor visited Marlow on a regular basis to treat those with eye problems in the late 1760s.

Ostler

Richard Suthery 1785 

Painters 

James Lovegrove. 1796. Also plumber and glazier.

George & Samuel Trash - see glaziers

Paper Makers

John Dell. 1798.

James Gould. 1798.

Thomas Ricketts. From at least 1783 to death 1797. At mills near the Lock. See mealman above. 

Wrights- see Rickett above.

Patent Medicine Suppliers

H Crockford / Crookfield 1763-79 (probably the same Crockford as the the brandy merchant above).

Miss A Hawes - 1789+, also stationer. 

John How or Howe. 1781-84. See also under booksellers, stationers and insurance (same man). High Street. Exact premises known. Shop tour here

John Hubbard. Sold tincture for scurvy and "worm cakes" for humans. 1768.

Christopher Irwin. 1725. 

Pawnbrokers

James Puddifant. (Pudiffant)  1785-98. West Street later and described then as a gentleman. Wife Sarah. Biographical post on them including image of their home as it looks today here. Also salesman (usually what might be called later a general dealer, otherwise these seem locally to have specialised in agricultural goods) 

Peruke Makers

Timothy Tregoe. 1757 -73. Same as the barber above. Father of Timothy Tregoe the watchmaker below. Originally of Amersham. Wife Mary. (A peruke is a wig)

Plumbers

Henry Lovegrove. Will proved 1774. Son James took over. Possibly other son John involved in the business too.

James Lovegrove. 1796. Also glazier and painter.

George Trash - see glazier above

Samuel Trash. Late deceased 1790. Also ironmonger and glazier (Q.V)

Printers

John Howe - see above

Potters

George Oxlade. 1735.

John Sears. 1798. This could be at Lane End.

Publicans, Victuallers, Innkeepers And Beersellers etc

Thomas Archer. 1798. (White Hart)

Richard Aycott./Eycott 1724-29. Three Tuns.

Widow Aycroft, /Aycott / Eycott. Three Tuns. Widow of Richard above. 1752

Charles Bossam. 1788. Will 1791. Name also occurs as Bassam. A widow Mrs Elizabeth Bossam, late of Great Marlow died in 1793. 

Robert Bowrey. 1798

Richard Carr. 1797,98.

Henry Carter 1725 Ale house see maltsters. 

Sylvester Carter, junior. 1719. See also carriers. 

Mrs Carter. Two Brewers. 1795.

Mr Samuel Chapman, Upper Crown. 1785.

Mrs Mary Chapman Upper Crown 1786-97. See 2020 posts for a history of the Crown.

Mr Crocket - 1755/6 White Horse

William Dark, Crown and Broad Arrow, High Street. Died 1763. Widow Mary Dark then ran the same. She had always been the one brewing the beer in buildings out the back. She had previously ran the premises with her 1st husband Phillips. William's will is transcribed elsewhere on this blog. See 2020 posts for a history of the Crown inns. Will of William Dark and more info here.

George Davis. 1798.

Robert Dixon, Crown and Broad Arrow. 1790s.

Mr Faithorn. Upper Crown. 1778-80.

Charles Fletcher. 1798.

Jeremiah Goldswain 1785 [Victualler] And farmer. 

Joseph Grey senior 1721

Nathaniel Gunnell. Little Marlow. 1798.

Richard Hall. Innkeeper. 1719. Bankrupt  1724.

Richard Holloway. 1690 -1710 minimum

Thomas Hussey. Ship, West Street. 1792.

John Ireland. Late of the Two Brewers, St Peter's Street. 1770.

Robert Irwin (occasionally Irvin) 1723. Ale house keeper. 

Thomas Johnson 1798.

Richard Keene. The Roebuck on the Causeway. 1754.

John Langley. 1713.

Richard Langley 1713 (ale house keeper)

Thomas Langley junior 1724 : Ale house. 

William Langley. C1798.

John Law / Lawe / Lawes. 1719-29. There was also a John Lawe yeoman, 1716. 

Sylvester Law 1750s and 60s ran at different times The Upper Crown and the Cross Keys. Sylvester's will has been transcribed elsewhere on this blog here. He witnessed several other wills himself. See here for a history of the Crown pubs. 

Henry Lawrence [victualler] 1719.

James Lomas (or Lomax) [victualler] 1786

Edward Neighbour [victualler] 1783, died 1787. Of the Coach & Horses, West Street

Robert Nunn. 1776. Also a carrier. A traditional pairing of occupations. 

Thomas Ollis. 1798 to post 1800. Three Tuns.

John Parsons, Upper Crown 1768-75. See post on history of Crown pubs here

Mr Patrick, Lower Crown 1799. 

John Perry 1724/5 ale house keeper. Probably in Dean Street. 

George Phelps, last landlord of the Bowl & Pin, demolished 1790 St. Peters Str. Subsequently licenced victualler at uncertain property it seems. See also miller's above. Also pound lock keeper. See here

John and Mary Phillips. 1750-51 Crown and Broad Arrow, High Street. Mary was the one doing the brewing for the inn and may well have ran the premises entirely herself in a day to day basis. John was also a carpenter. After John's death Mary married William Dark and he ran the inn, until his death when Mary went solo. See above.

Henry Pomfrett, innholder, wife Barbara. 1701. 

Joan Pomfrett. Died 1702. Probably at the Three Tuns then but formerly of the Kings Head, both in Marlow High Street. Will of hers here and see here for discussion about her premises.

John Pomfrett. Three Tuns. 1714. Son of Joan above.

John Pomfrett. Upper Crown. 1770.

Mr Robinson. 1710. And Charles Robinson 1744. 

Mrs Stevens, Complete Angler. 1766.

Nicholas Thomas, Crown and Broad Arrow, AKA Lower Crown. High Street. Died 1782. See dedicated post on the Crown pubs published here

John Webb, Upper Crown. 1766-67. See here for history of the Crown. See also maltsters above. 

Thomas Webb. 1797.

Elizabeth Wright, Dukes Head, West Street. 1761. A Robert Wright was selling beer at an unknown premises 1753. Could be her husband as she was a widow in 1761.

Rope Makers

Thomas During. 1727.

Thomas Gibbons - 1781 (and coal merchant)

James Higgs. 1798.

James Howard. 1735.

James Little. 1798.

Robert Rance. Late deceased 1770.

Ann Rolls. Gave business over to son in 1776. See below.

John Rolls - the young man was assigned the family business by his mother Ann Rolls in 1776. Already working in the trade prior to that.

Thomas Rolls. 1798.

Saddlers

Francis Bushnell. 1787.

John Glanville. 1798.

James Harris. 1798.

Sawyers

Richard Hackshaw. 1798.

John Hester 1721 Also carpenter. 

Thomas Langley. 1723.

School Proprietors - for more on these schools see my dedicated Schools post here.

Elizabeth Davis. 1787-90. Trainee teacher 1790 Judith Bosley. Albion House.

George Faux. Circa 1760s to 1787. Died  1797. Probably Chapel Street / Wycombe Road. Mrs Anne Faux assisting. "Fox"

Henry Gower. 1786. Oxford Road.

Thomas Heather. Head Borlase 1780. Took over from his deceased uncle William. Was assistant teacher there before then. He himself died 1793. Lived opposite the school more or less.

William Heather. Head Borlase School from at least 1770 till his death 1780. Also took in private boarding pupils. Succeeded by nephew Thomas to both roles. 

Revd Oakey Nash. 1798+

Mrs George Trash. 1791.

Mrs Sophia Tylecote. 1794 to post 1700s. Albion House.

Shoemaker  - see cordwainer

Shopkeepers (unknown specific trade) 

William Cutler. Lane End. 1788.

Mrs Hawkes. 1797.

Elizabeth Lattemore. 1735. Will proved 1736.

Ambrose Smith. 1715-18. Catholic recusant.

Soap Boilers

William Howard. 1741. High Street.

J Street (and tallow chandler). Opens shop High Street 1789. 

Stationer

John Bullock. Went bankrupt 1784 when he was described as stationer to the Board of Ordnance, in partnership with William Johnston of Hamilton, Middlesex so likely a resident here but trading elsewhere. [The London Magazine 1784]

Miss A Hawes. Also patent medicine stockist. 

Stay Makers

John Brinscomb 1754

Mr William Gritten also the man for cotton hose, hankies etc. 1782.

Henry Husssey. 1798.

Stonemasons

John Smith. Lane End. 1793. A John Smith stonemason was listed as of Great Marlow in 1799 (Marlow parish included Lane End but it would appear John had relocated to Marlow Town) when he advertised to inform the public that he had opened a mason's yard in Maidenhead "near the Chapel". Later also a china and glass factor. Went bankrupt 1814, but his wife continued the china business. 

Surgeons

Henry St John Bell, originally from Aylesbury but resident in Marlow as a surgeon 1747-78. AKA Harry. Went into partnership with William Eardley, and moved into joint premises in Marlow High Street in 1771. Also apothecary. Died 1778. The will of his widow is on the blog here. His own will is to appear on the blog in 2025.

Mr Cleobury. 1786-99. Lived on the Causeway. The house with the sundial on its gateway (put there 1786). This may be the same as William Cleobury, surgeon of Marlow in 1780.

William Dawson. Also apothecary. Died circa 1781. 

William Earley/Eardley. And apothecary. Went into partnership with Henry Bell 1771, High Street. His partner died 1778 but William was still a surgeon in 1791. 

Stephen Galhie 1735. Aka Etienne Galhie, a French Huguenot. 

Mathew Hawes. 1798. West Street. Went to the West Indies c 1799 and his household furniture was sold off.

William Hickman. 1781 to post 1700s. Former apprentice to Thomas Dawson. Took over his business in the same premises when Thomas died in 1781. Likely High Street or West Street.

William Medwin. 1793.

Edward Norman (barber surgeon). 1740. Son of John of Pyrton, Oxon. There was a John Norman landlord of the White Hart Pyrton in 1728 who may be a relative.

Mr Norris, moved to Marlow late in 1795 from the nearby vicinity. Had 30 years experience then. Specialized in treating those with "distorted, withered and contracted limbs". Took residential patients, including children. There were at least two generations of a "Mr Norris" surgeon in Princes Risborough in the later 1700s who may have been related to our Mr Norris. Dad Robert advertised in November 1796 that he had lately handed over his Princes Risborough business to his son. This was a few months before the son's marriage. The aforementioned son was John Lovegrove Norris (bn 1772, d in an accident 1838). It is just possible that the dad Robert was the surgeon who came to Marlow, leaving the Princes Risborough concern to his son. There is a possible Marlow marriage for that Robert Norris back in the 1760s. 

Thomas Norton. 1791-92. Also an apothecary.

William Sneath. Also an apothecary. High Street. 1758 (possibly by 1735). Deceased circa 1775. Son in law of butcher Joseph Webb above. George Trash below took over his business.

George Trash. Previously in partnership with William Sneath also at Marlow. Used own home instead of Sneath's from 1781. Died 1796. Also a midwife and apothecary.

Tailors

John Brinscombe 1724 will

John Burridge. 1724.

William Doley. 1714. A Mr Doley tailor and draper dies in 1781 & his widow Ely (qv) takes over the shop but not the tailoring side of the business. 

Anthony Field. 1798. See drapers above. Possibly the same man. 

Mr Hervey. 1784

James Johnson. 1705. 

William Massey. 1798.

George Newbury / Newberry. 1798. See also curriers. 

William Nibbs. 1778.

Samuel Phillips jnr 1722

John Wye 1706

Tallow Chandlers

There was one such premises in the High Street from at least the 1760s to at least the 1780s but I am still working on being certain as to the occupiers of that. Known chandlers:

William Baker, Chapel Street. Also grocer. Selling up 1797. 

Joseph Bird. 1765-99.

Henry Crockford. 1781, 1783. Also brandy merchant. See also patent medicine sellers. 

William Heeley. 1710.

George Harris. 1702. Wife Susanna. Her cousin left his own chandler's shop to her. See below.

Mr J Street. Opened his shop in 1789. Also soap boiler. 

Richard Widmore. 1702. Will proved 1705. Left his house come shop to his cousin Susanna Harris, wife of George Harris see above.

Timber Merchants

Ambrose Smith. Will proved 1726. Catholic. Unknown if same man as shopkeeper above but likely is.

Tinplate /Tinman

Bartholomew Branscombe. 1769-98.

Benjamin Fish. 1718. Same or different one died 1765.

Tobacconists

Benjamin Fisher. Not obviously the same as above Benjamin "Fish" but contemporary. 1726.

Turners

William Aylworth. 1715.

Watchmakers

Sylvester Law / Lawe. Pre 1700s to 1702.

James Cooper. 1798.

Richard Lee 1768

William Lee 1770

Timothy Tregoe. 1770- 1798. Apprentice to Abraham Fowler of Amersham 1763. Died 1815 describing himself as a gentleman by then. Son of Timothy Tregoe the barber / peruke maker above. Married Elizabeth Crockford of Bix, at Bix 1793. (Also Trego, Tragoe, Tagoe)

Weaver

John Beckford 1725

Wharfingers

Ralph Rose (senior). Little Marlow/Spade Oak. 1718. Died 1751. Also barge owner. 

Henry Turner. 1713.

Wheelwrights

Robert Blick. 1776.

George Butler. 1794. Apprentice then John Gunnell.

John Corby. 1797-98.

John Cox 1770

Richard Dormer. Lane End. 1752. Wife Rachel.

John Gunnell. 1798. Probably not the same as John Gunnell apprentice above.

Ralph Gunnell. 1713-41. Also rendered Gunhill. The central letter h was seldom pronounced in the past.

William Gunnell. 1700 to death 1701. Lived High Street. Wife Elizabeth.

John Haywood 1704 (also given as Howard)

John Moss. 1798.

Ralph Rolls. 1740-47. High Street.

Clark Webb. 1731.

Wine merchant 

Robert Bowles 1783 - see distillers above. 

1820s recreated trade directory part 1 here and part 2 here

1600's trade directory part 1 - here and part 2 here

1810s recreated trade directory part 1 here

For a list of occupiers of both residential and commercial properties for Quoiting Square / Place (Coiting Place) in the 1700's see here and for Dean Street here High Street here and Chapel Street here.

To find out more about everyday life in old Marlow see the post listing here

All mentions of an individual on the blog can be found in the A-Z person index in the top drop down menu. 

Researched and written by Charlotte Day. Additional research Kathryn Day. 

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