Little Marlow is a village in the Wycombe district of Buckinghamshire, on the N bank of the Thames which forms the boundary between Buckinghamshire, the Unitary Authority of Windsor & Maidenhead at this point. The nearest large towns are High Wycombe, 3 miles NW, Maidenhead, 4 miles S. The church stands at the S end of the village, alongside the manor. It consists of a chancel with a S chapel, a nave with N & S aisles, a N porch, a W tower. Alongside the tower are modern N and S vestries. Construction is of flint rubble with clunch quoins & brick repairs, except for the N porch, which is timber framed on an old brick base,the vestries which are timber framed on modern brick bases. The church is 12thc in origin, as shown by the chancel arch,the arch to the S chancel chapel. The chancel was rebuilt in the 13thc, the N nave aisle & the W tower are 14thc, the S aisle dates to the 15thc, at which time the S chapel was also rebuilt. The N porch is 16thc work, restored in 1902. The chancel & S chapel arch, the font, all plain, are recorded here.

A manor assessed at 5 hides was held by Queen Edith in 1066,by Bishop Odo of Bayeux in 1086,Tedald held it from him. When Odo forfeited his lands the overlordship was apparently given to the Earls of Gloucester. The manor was given to Little Marlow Priory,afterwards was known as Little Marlow manor. The church, however, belonged to another manor of 8½ hides,half a virgate, held by Miles Crispin in 1086, by Haming, a then of King Edward, in 1066. Miles Crispin's lands later became the Honour of Wallingford. The tenants were Ralf and Roger, sons of Roland de Anvers,their two tenancies later became two manors, called Danvers & Losemere. Roland Danvers held the tenancy under the Honour of Wallingford in 1165 and still in 1186-87. He died in 1196 . Ralf, presumably his son, was holding in 1201-02. Roger's share of Roland's manor was known as Losemere by the 14thc.

The advowson was shared equally between the manors of Danvers, Losemere.

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