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Line 1: {{Short description\|Village in Buckinghamshire, England}} {{infobox UK place\|▼ {{Use dmy dates\|date=October 2019}} \|country = England▼ ▲{{~~infobox~~Infobox UK place\| ~~\|latitude=~~ ~~[[de:~~\|official_name= Little Marlow]]▼ ~~\|longitude=~~ \|~~official_name~~static_image_name= Little Marlow Church.JPG \|static_image_caption= St John the Baptist parish church \|population = 130▼ \|coordinates = {{coord\|51.585\|-0.741\|display=inline,title}} \|civil_parish= Little Marlow▼ \|os_grid_reference= ~~SU873881~~SU8788▼ ~~\|shire_district= [[Wycombe]]~~ ▲\|population = ~~130~~1331 \|shire_county = [[Buckinghamshire]]▼ \|population_ref= <ref>[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=792161&c=Little+Marlow&d=16&e=15&g=425167&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1216511081919&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Neighbourhood Statistics 2001 Census]</ref><br> 1,438 (2011 Census)<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125722&c=SL8+5PS&d=16&e=62&g=6404791&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1479551528488&enc=1\|title=Civil Parish population 2011\|access-date=19 November 2016\|publisher=Office for National Statistics \|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref> \|region= South East England▼ ▲\|civil_parish= Little Marlow \|constituency_westminster= [[Beaconsfield (UK Parliament constituency)\|Beaconsfield]]▼ \|unitary_england = [[Buckinghamshire Council\|Buckinghamshire]] \|post_town= MARLOW\|postcode_district = SL7▼ ▲\|~~shire_county~~lieutenancy_england = [[Buckinghamshire]] ~~\|postcode_area= SL \|dial_code= 01628~~ ▲\|region= South East England ▲\|os_grid_reference= SU873881 ▲\|country = England ▲\|constituency_westminster= [[Beaconsfield (UK Parliament constituency)\|Beaconsfield]] \|post_town= [[Marlow, Buckinghamshire\|Marlow]] ▲~~\|post_town= MARLOW~~\|postcode_district = SL7 \|postcode_area= SL \|dial_code= 01628 \|website= }} '''Little Marlow''' is a [[village]] and [[Civil parishes in England\|civil parish]] in [[Buckinghamshire]], [[England]]. == History == It is located on the north bank of the [[River Thames]], about a mile east of [[Marlow, Buckinghamshire\|Marlow]]. The village name 'Marlow' is [[Old English language\|Anglo Saxon]] in origin, and means 'land remaining after the draining of a pool'. In [[1015]] it was recorded as ''Merelafan''. ▼ {{Unreferenced section\|date=February 2021}} 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 architecture\|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 [[Order of Saint Benedict\|Benedictine]] [[convent]] dedicated to the [[Blessed ~~Virgin Mary\|~~Virgin Mary]]. The convent belonged to [[Bisham Abbey]]. ~~In [[1547]] the convent~~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, ~~and~~with exceptional birdwatching habitats on the lakes created from former gravel extraction ~~plant~~sites.▼ The village cottages are set around a large space, surrounded by [[lime tree]]s, that is used as a cricket ground and village green where an annual [[Fête]] is held. St John the Baptist Church has 12th century origins and there is a manor house next to it.▼ There are two [[public house]]s in the village: the Kings Head and the Queens Head. ▲Little Marlow was once the site of a [[Benedictine]] [[convent]] dedicated to the [[Blessed Virgin Mary\|Virgin Mary]]. The convent belonged to [[Bisham Abbey]]. In [[1547]] the convent was seized by [[the Crown]] in the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]] 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 and gravel extraction plant. == Geography == [[Melanie Brown]] of the [[Spice Girls]] pop group lived in the village for a while and it became the focus of a national news story in 1998 when she married the dancer Jimmy Gulzar in the village church and invited many celebrity guests to the wedding reception. {{Unreferenced section\|date=February 2021}} ▲ItLittle Marlow is located onalong the north bank of the [[River Thames]], about a mile east of [[Marlow, Buckinghamshire\|Marlow]]. The ~~village~~[[Toponymy\|toponym]] ~~name '~~"Marlow'" is derived from the [[Old English ~~language\|Anglo Saxon~~]] ~~in origin, and~~for ~~means '~~"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]]. [[Hamlet (place)\|Hamlets]] in the [[parish]] of Little Marlow include [[Coldmoorholme]], [[Fern, Buckinghamshire\|Fern]], [[Handy Cross]], [[Sheepridge]], and [[Winchbottom]]. ▲The village cottages are set around a large space, surrounded by [[lime tree]]s, that is used as a cricket ground and [[village green]] where an annual [[~~Fête~~fête]] is held~~. St John the Baptist Church has 12th century origins and there is a manor house next to it~~. ~~[[Image: Little Marlow Church.JPG\|thumb\|left\|St John the Baptist Church, Little Marlow]]~~ == Culture == ~~{{coor title d\|51.58500\|N\|0.74137\|W\|region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(SU873881)}}<!-- Note: WGS84 lat/long, converted from OSGB36 grid ref -->~~ Little Marlow appears briefly in [[Mary Shelley]]'s 1826 science fiction novel ''[[The Last Man (Mary Shelley 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 [[bubonic plague\|plague]]. [[Mel B]] was a one-time resident of Little Marlow.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Spice Girl keeps her big day private\|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/spice-girl-keeps-her-big-day-private-1.193012\|access-date=2021-02-08\|website=The Irish Times\|language=en}}</ref> In 2021, Little Marlow was used as a temporary filming location for the ''[[Star Wars]]'' series ''[[Andor (TV series)\|Andor]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2021-01-17\|title=Obi-Wan Kenobi Set Photos Show Massive Alien Planet Set\|url=https://screenrant.com/obi-wan-kenobi-star-wars-set-photos/\|access-date=2021-02-08\|website=ScreenRant\|language=en-US}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.littlemarlowparishcouncil.org.uk/ Little Marlow Parish Council] * [http://www.littlemarlowcc.co.uk/ Little Marlow Cricket Club] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20121024003638/http://www.allsaintsmarlow.org/church-communities/st-john-the-baptist-little-marlow St John the Baptist, Little Marlow] * [http://www.kingsheadlittlemarlow.co.uk/ The King's Head public house] * [http://www.marlowslittlesecret.co.uk The Queens Head public house] {{Commons category-inline\|Little Marlow}} {{Wycombe}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Villages in Buckinghamshire]] [[Category:Civil parishes in Buckinghamshire]] {{Buckinghamshire-geo-stub}} ▲[[de:Little Marlow]]