| Little Marlow | |
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  Little Marlow shown within Buckinghamshire |
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| Population | 130 |
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| OS grid reference | |
| 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 |
| UK Parliament | Beaconsfield |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| List of places: UK • England • Buckinghamshire | |
Little Marlow is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. It is on the north bank of the River Thames, about a mile east of Marlow. 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. St John the Baptist Church has 12th century origins and there is a manor house next to it. Little Marlow was once the site of a Benedictine convent dedicated to the 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. 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. Hamlets in the parish of Little Marlow include Coldmoorholme, Fern, Sheepridge, and Winchbottom.
