Little Marlow

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Little Marlow
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St John the Baptist parish church
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Little Marlow
Location within Buckinghamshire
Population1,331  [1]
1,438 (2011 Census) [2]
OS grid reference SU8788
Civil parish
  • Little Marlow
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Marlow
Postcode district SL7
Dialling code 01628
Police Thames Valley
Fire Buckinghamshire
Ambulance South Central
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England
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51°35′06″N0°44′28″W / 51.585°N 0.741°W / 51.585; -0.741

Little Marlow is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England.

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History

The Church of England parish church of Saint John the Baptist lies at the heart of the village, not far from the river and next to the Manor House. The original construction of the church is Norman, dating from the final years of the 12th century. Most of the building was built during the 14th and 15th centuries.

Little Marlow was once the site of a Benedictine convent dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The convent belonged to Bisham Abbey. It was seized by the Crown in the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1547 and was eventually demolished in 1740. Today the village is in a scenic location on the River Thames, although home to a large sewage works, with exceptional birdwatching habitats on the lakes created from former gravel extraction sites.

There are two public houses in the village: the Kings Head and the Queens Head.

Geography

Little Marlow is located along the north bank of the River Thames, about a mile east of Marlow. The toponym "Marlow" is derived from the Old English for "land remaining after the draining of a pool". In 1015 it was recorded as Merelafan. Little Marlow is surrounded by the Little Marlow Lakes Country Park.

Hamlets in the parish of Little Marlow include Coldmoorholme, Fern, Handy Cross, Sheepridge, and Winchbottom.

The village cottages are set around a large space, surrounded by lime trees, that is used as a cricket ground and village green where an annual fête is held.

Culture

Little Marlow appears briefly in Mary Shelley's 1826 science fiction novel The Last Man , in a sequence where the novel's protagonist recounts how the village's residents went about trying to prevent themselves from falling ill with the plague.

Mel B was a one-time resident of Little Marlow. [3]

In 2021, Little Marlow was used as a temporary filming location for the Star Wars series Andor . [4]

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References

  1. Neighbourhood Statistics 2001 Census
  2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  3. "Spice Girl keeps her big day private". The Irish Times. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  4. "Obi-Wan Kenobi Set Photos Show Massive Alien Planet Set". ScreenRant. 17 January 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.

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