Great Marlow Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:51.5861°N -0.8042°W
Official Name:Great Marlow
Population:1,321
Population Ref:[1]
1,167 (2011 Census)[2]
Civil Parish:Great Marlow
Unitary England:Buckinghamshire
Lieutenancy England:Buckinghamshire
Region:South East England
Constituency Westminster:Beaconsfield
Post Town:MARLOW
Postcode District:SL7
Postcode Area:SL
Dial Code:01628
Os Grid Reference:SU843881

Great Marlow is a civil parish within Wycombe district in the English county of Buckinghamshire, lying north of the town of Marlow and south of High Wycombe. The parish includes the hamlets of Bovingdon Green, Burroughs Grove, Chisbridge Cross and Marlow Common. Prior to November 2007 the major settlement in Great Marlow was Marlow Bottom which has now become a civil parish in its own right.

The parish has been so named since Norman times. The ancient parish of Great Marlow, named to distinguish it from Little Marlow, was large, including the town of Marlow and rural areas north and west of it. The ancient parish became a civil parish in the 19th century, and in 1896 was divided: the town became Great Marlow Urban District (later renamed Marlow Urban District), leaving the rural areas in the parish of Great Marlow.[3] In 1934 Lane End, in the far north of the parish, was transferred from Great Marlow to the parish of Fingest.[4]

The ecclesiastical parish of Great Marlow, which includes the town of Marlow, is now united with the parishes of Marlow Bottom, Little Marlow and Bisham (in Berkshire).[5]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.wycombe.gov.uk/uploads/documents/Environment/Planning/Great%20Marlow%20Nov%202007.pdf Wycombe DC Fact Pack 2001 Census
  2. Web site: Civil Parish population 2011. 17 November 2016. Office for National Statistics. Neighbourhood Statistics.
  3. Web site: Parishes: Great Marlow . William Page . Institute of Historical Research . 1925 . A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 3 . 14 July 2011 .
  4. Web site: Great Marlow CP/AP through time Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit. www.visionofbritain.org.uk. 2 October 2016.
  5. Web site: Parish Profile, February 2010 . 15 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927065919/http://www.oxford.anglican.org/documents/Marlow%20Parish%20Profile.pdf . 27 September 2011 . dead .