Category Archives: Local Interest

Desborough Castle is a little-visited scheduled ancient monument on the edge of a housing estate on the south side of the Wye Valley, between West Wycombe and High Wycombe. From the castle there is a steep drop into the valley … Continue reading →

A well-attended walking tour of Hurley was held for the Marlow Society Local History Group on 5th July. It began at the Olde Bell hotel, which lays claim to being the oldest hostelry in continuous use in the country, having … Continue reading →

Watermills revolutionised the processing of grain from the time when this work was done by hand with querns. On 31 March 2011, Sheila Viner spoke to AiM on watermills and the important role that they once played in the life … Continue reading →

During the summer of 1830, the Swing Riots (named after a mysterious rioter called Captain Swing) spread like wild fire across southern Britain. They started with attacks on the much hated (labour-displacing) threshing machines and continued with wage and tithe … Continue reading →

Horse & Coach routes from and to Marlow Following the AiM Walk on Sunday the 13th of March, AiM has conducted some research that provides a few more pieces in the jig-saw. In the last AiM newsletter we speculated on … Continue reading →

Holy? – Well, Well, Well! The veneration of water extends back “well” into prehistoric times.  Ritual offerings were placed in it, shrines, temples, stone circles and avenues were built next to it, and ritual shafts and wells have been dug … Continue reading →

The Thames – a Late Stone Age Lost & Found The River Thames is very much part of the lives of everyone living in its fertile valley.  My story lies in the late stone age, (10-2,500 BC) and takes us … Continue reading →

Edgar Wallace, the King of Thrillers In Little Marlow cemetery rest the remains of Edgar Wallace, the prolific author who created the film legend King Kong.  Wallace (1875 – 1932) was born in Greenwich of actor parents but, being the … Continue reading →

St. Wulfstan was the Saxon Bishop of Worcester both before and for nearly thirty years after the Conquest. He was a genuinely good and holy man. So good, in fact, that he very nearly became the Patron Saint of England … Continue reading →