Marlow Town Hall

The first municipal building in Marlow was a medieval market hall described as "a very old miserably heavy building of timber". In the late 18th century the local member of parliament, Thomas Williams, offered to pay for the demolition of the old market hall and the erection of a more substantial building on the same site. After Williams died in 1802, the initiative was implemented by Williams's son, Owen. It was arcaded on the ground floor, so that markets could be held, with a large assembly room on the first floor. A lock-up for petty criminals was established behind the left-hand arch. In 1886, the Crown Hotel, which was located to the immediate northeast of the town hall, took over the…