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Little Marlow shown within Buckinghamshire |
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| Population | 130 |
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| Parish | Little Marlow |
| District | Wycombe |
| Shire county | Buckinghamshire |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MARLOW |
| Postcode district | SL7 |
| Dialling code | 01628 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Buckinghamshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Beaconsfield |
| List of places: UK • England • Buckinghamshire | |
Little Marlow is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude A civil parish in the United Kingdom is a unit of local government. The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government Constituent parts The Wycombe District Council area comprises Towns High Wycombe Princes Risborough Marlow Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are one of the four levels of Subdivisions of England used for the purposes of Local government outside Greater London Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England, with only one South East England is one of the nine official Regions of England. Constituent country is a phrase used often by official institutions in contexts in which a country makes up a part of a larger entity or grouping England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland This list of sovereign states, alphabetically arranged gives an overview of States around the world with information on the extent of their Sovereignty. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system UK Postal codes are known as postcodes. UK postcodes are Alphanumeric. The, also known as the Slough postcode area, is a group of postal districts around Ascot, Bourne End, Gerrards Cross, Iver, The UK Telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Telephone Numbering Plan, is the system used for assigning Telephone numbers in the United There are a number of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom. Thames Valley Police is one of the largest Home Office Police services in England and the largest non- metropolitan one covering 2200 sq mi (5700 The fire service in the United Kingdom operates under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and The Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service, is the Fire Service serving the county of Buckinghamshire. The South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the authority responsible for providing NHS Ambulance services in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, South East England is a Constituency of the European Parliament. This is a list of the 646 constituencies currently represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, as at the 2005 general election A Gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's County, Unitary authority or council area and its geographical coordinates List of places --> List of cities in the United Kingdom List of towns in England Lists of places The boundaries of Buckinghamshire have changed considerably over a number of years A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a Town or City. A civil parish in the United Kingdom is a unit of local government. Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
It is on the north bank of the River Thames, about a mile east of Marlow. The Thames ( is a major River flowing through southern England. Marlow (previously Great Marlow or Chipping Marlow) is a town and Civil parish within Wycombe district in south Buckinghamshire, England The village name 'Marlow' is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'land remaining after the draining of a pool'. In 1015 it was recorded as Merelafan.
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. Tilia is a Genus of about 30 species of Trees native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere, in Asia (where the greatest Fête is a French word meaning Festival or Holiday, which has passed into English as a label that may be given to certain events
The parish church of St John the Baptist lies at the heart of the village a short walk 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 constructed during the 14th and 15th centuries.
Little Marlow was once the site of a Benedictine convent dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Benedictine refers to the Spirituality and Consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in A convent is a community of Priests religious brothers religious sisters or Nuns or the building used by the community particularly in the Roman Catholic Church This ecumenical article is about general Christian views on and veneration of the Virgin Mary The convent belonged to Bisham Abbey. Bisham Abbey is a Grade I listed Manor house at Bisham in the English county of Berkshire. In 1547 it was seized by the Crown in the Dissolution of the Monasteries and was eventually demolished in 1740. Throughout the Commonwealth realms The Crown is an abstract metonymic concept which represents the legal authority for the existence of any government The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the formal process between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded Year 1740 ( MDCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Today the village is in a scenic location on the River Thames, although home to a large sewage works and gravel extraction plant.
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. Melanie Janine Brown (born 29 May 1975) professionally known as Melanie Brown, Melanie B, Mel B, and Scary Spice The Spice Girls are a BRIT Award -winning English pop Girl group formed in 1994
There are two nice pubs in the village called the Queens Head and the Kings Head. Both are friendly and welcoming.
Hamlets in the parish of Little Marlow include Coldmoorholme, Fern, Sheepridge, and Winchbottom. A hamlet is (usually&mdashsee below a Rural community — that is a small settlement — which is too small to be considered a Village. A parish is a Local church; it is an administrative unit typically found in episcopal or presbyterian churches Coldmoorholme (or Coldmoorholm, formerly Coldmoorham or Coldmorham) is a hamlet in the Parish of Little Marlow in Fern is a hamlet in the Parish of Little Marlow, in Buckinghamshire, England. Sheepridge is a hamlet in the Parish of Little Marlow, in Buckinghamshire, England. Winchbottom is a hamlet in the Parish of Little Marlow, in Buckinghamshire, England.