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Little Marlow
Little Marlow
	St John the Baptist parish church
	Little Marlow Location within Buckinghamshire
Population	1,331 ; 1,438 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference	SU8788
Civil parish	Little Marlow;
Unitary authority	Buckinghamshire;
Ceremonial county	Buckinghamshire;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Marlow
Postcode district	SL7
Dialling code	01628
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Buckinghamshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Beaconsfield;
	List of places UK England Buckinghamshire 51°35′06″N 0°44′28″W / 51.585°N 0.741°W

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

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 and gravel extraction plant.

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

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

The village is also mentioned in Mary Shelley's 1826 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]

Since January 2021, Little Marlow has been used as a filming location for a Star Wars prequel series about Obi-Wan Kenobi.^[4]

References

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

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[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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 '''Little Marlow''' is a village and [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in [[Buckinghamshire]], England.
+== History ==
-It is on the north bank of the [[River Thames]], about a mile east of [[Marlow, Buckinghamshire|Marlow]]. The [[Toponymy|toponym]] "Marlow" is derived from the [[Old English]] for "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]]. 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 and gravel extraction plant.
-[[Hamlet (place)|Hamlets]] in the parish of Little Marlow include [[Coldmoorholme]], [[Fern, Buckinghamshire|Fern]], [[Handy Cross]], [[Sheepridge]], and [[Winchbottom]].
+There are two [[public house]]s in the village: the Kings Head and the Queens Head.
-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.
+== Geography ==
-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.
+{{Unreferenced section|date=February 2021}}
+Little Marlow is located along the north bank of the [[River Thames]], about a mile east of [[Marlow, Buckinghamshire|Marlow]]. The [[Toponymy|toponym]] "Marlow" is derived from the [[Old English]] for "land remaining after the draining of a pool". In 1015 it was recorded as ''Merelafan''
+[[Hamlet (place)|Hamlets]] in the parish of Little Marlow include [[Coldmoorholme]], [[Fern, Buckinghamshire|Fern]], [[Handy Cross]], [[Sheepridge]], and [[Winchbottom]].
-Little Marlow was once the site of a [[Order of Saint Benedict|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 and gravel extraction plant.
+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.
+== Culture ==
 The village is also mentioned in [[Mary Shelley]]'s 1826 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>
-[[Melanie Brown]] a.k.a. [[Melanie Brown|Scary Spice]] of the [[Spice Girls]] pop group lived in Little Marlow for a while. The village became the focus of a national news story in 1998 when she and dancer [[Jimmy Gulzar]] were married in the parish church and invited many celebrity guests to their wedding reception.<ref>http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist//ITN/1998/09/13/BSP130998009/ ITN Source footage from 13 Sep 1998</ref>
-There are two [[public house]]s in the village: the Kings Head and the Queens Head.
+Since January 2021, Little Marlow has been used as a filming location for a ''[[Star Wars]]'' prequel series about [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]].<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>
-From 2021 the [[Spade Oak Nature Reserve]] will host the [[Disney+]] [[Star Wars: Obi Wan Kenobi]] Television Set.
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Towns (component areas and hamlets)	High Wycombe Cressex Micklefield Sands Terriers Totteridge Wycombe Marsh Marlow Forty Green Princes Risborough Alscot Askett Cadsden Flowers Bottom Loosley Row Lower North Dean Monks Risborough North Dean Redland End Speen Upper North Dean Whiteleaf
Other civil parishes (component villages and hamlets)	Bledlow-cum-Saunderton Bledlow Bledlow Ridge Crownfield Forty Green Holly Green Pitch Green Rout's Green Saunderton Saunderton Lee Skittle Green Bradenham Bradenham Walters Ash Chepping Wycombe Flackwell Heath Loudwater Tylers Green Downley Ellesborough Butlers Cross Chalkshire Coombe Dunsmore Ellesborough Nash Lee North Lee Terrick Fawley Fawley Fawley Bottom Great and Little Hampden Great Hampden Green Hailey Hampden Row Little Hampden Great and Little Kimble cum Marsh Great Kimble Kimble Wick Little Kimble Marsh Smoky Row Great Marlow Bovingdon Green Burroughs Grove Chisbridge Cross Danesfield Marlow Common Hambleden Colstrope Fingest Frieth Hambleden Mill End Parmoor Pheasant's Hill Skirmett Hazlemere Hedsor Hedsor Widmoor Hughenden Cryers Hill Four Ashes Great Kingshill Hughenden Valley Hunt's Hill Naphill Naphill Common Widmer End Ibstone Lacey Green Lacey Green Parslow's Hillock Wardrobes Lane End Cadmore Ditchfield Lane End Moor Common Moor End Little Marlow Coldmoorholme Fern Handy Cross Little Marlow Sheepridge Well End Winchbottom Longwick-cum-Ilmer Horsenden Ilmer Little Meadle Longwick Meadle Owlswick Marlow Bottom Medmenham Bockmer End Lower Woodend Medmenham Rockwell End Piddington and Wheeler End Piddington Wheeler End Radnage Bennett End Radnage The City Stokenchurch Beacon's Bottom Bolter End Horsleys Green Stokenchurch Studley Green Waterend Turville Northend Southend Turville Turville Heath West Wycombe Booker West Wycombe Wooburn Berghers Hill Bourne End Cores End Hawks Hill Widmoor Wooburn Wooburn Green Wooburn Moor
Former districts and boroughs	Marlow Urban District Wycombe Rural District
Former constituencies	Buckinghamshire County Constituency Great Marlow Constituency
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