Winslow History Project

PICTURE (TOP):
Workers at
Marlow Brewery
around 1900.
  • Pubs, landlords, the plague and a pub crawl

The Winslow History website
has a whole section about
pubs in Winslow.
Click on the links to see:

The pubs which still exist:

Pubs closed within living memory:

Some memorable pubs:

PHOTO: The George in around 1876,
with landlord Alfred Barton.


We've also got wills and/or inventories for some of the landlords, including:

And some pub-related curiosities:
  • Who we are:
  • The Winslow History Project aims to collect documents, maps, photographs and oral history interviews and to make them available through exhibitions, publications and its website. Project members originally came together in Autumn 2009 and ran a series of local history evening classes in the town.
  • The Project's Archivist, Julian Hunt, has already built up a huge collection of documents and photographs and these will gradually appear on the Project website.
  • Our activities:
  • The project aims to provide information about the history of Winslow through talks, walks and our website.
  • In the summer of 2010, project members walked the boundaries of Winslow, Granborough and Little Horwood, guided by a 10th-century perambulation attached to the charter by which King Offa gave Winslow to St Albans Abbey.
  • Recent publication:
  • HOW ONE MAN TRANSFORMED A TOWN: WINSLOW 1640–1770 AND WILLIAM LOWNDES, by David Noy
    The story of an extraordinary man – and an extraordinary picture of how a Buckinghamshire town was changed in the 18th century.
    Published by Bucks Archaeological Society in October 2020.
    £14.50 including postage. Order here now....
  • Enquiries:
  • Contact David Noy by email at d.noy@btinternet.com or by phone on 01296 711683.
PICTURES BELOW: The Bull (left), rebuilt after a fire in 1748, and The Bell Hotel on Market Square, as it was in the early 20th century.

Thanks to David Noy of the Winslow History Project for providing the contents of this page.