Marlow is a
hamlet
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...
in north
Herefordshire
Herefordshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England, bordered by Shropshire to the north, Worcestershire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south-east, and the Welsh ...
, England.
It lies in the
civil parish
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of
Leintwardine, on the B4385 road north of that village. The
River Clun flows to the west. Immediately to the north and west is the border with
Shropshire
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. On the other side of the Clun (and in Shropshire) is the hamlet of
Broadward. Between Marlow and Leintwardine is Stormer Hall. A
Roman road
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runs just to the east of the hamlet; it is today a footpath only.
The placename derives from "place on the boundary hill".
There is a
Royal Mail
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post box in the hamlet.
dracos.co.uk
Postboxes in SY7
References
Hamlets in Herefordshire
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