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General
The Marlow aspect of the village name derives from the Old English words mere and laf and means ‘pool left-over’. This is an allusion to land which is left after a pool has been drained. In the Domesday Survey of 1086 the name is recorded as Merlaue. The Little part of the name is just to distinguish it from Greater Marlow (now just called Marlow).
The village won some notoriety in 1919 thanks to the actions of George Bailey. George was the local milkman and lived at Old Barn Cottage. It seems that George poisoned his pregnant wife, sent his small daughter off to relatives and then tried to make his getaway. A curious neighbour concerned that there was no movement next door, climbed to a bedroom window and saw the victims body on the bed. George was caught at Reading Station and still had several types of poison on him. He was tried at Aylesbury and duly hanged at Oxford. The case made history as having the first woman juror in a murder trial.
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Local Cottage
In a cottage in Little Marlow the female resident saw the ghost of an auburn haired woman in her bedroom. The figure was wearing a long sleeved, turquoise coloured dress and was holding a cup. She stood facing the window and the resident got the impression that the woman was lost. The figure then turned and walked through the closed bedroom door.
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Local Road
In Little Marlow there have been several car accidents which, so the drivers claim, were caused by a figure in the road that they had to swerve to avoid. The interesting aspect of these accidents is that after the accident the victims can find no trace of the figure, it has simply vanished.
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