When parish and district councils were established in December 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894, the parish of Great Marlow was included in the Wycombe Rural District, which met at Wycombe Union Workhouse in Saunderton.

[2] After elections, the Great Marlow Urban District Council held its first meeting on 22 October 1896 at the town's Police Court on Trinity Road, which had also been the meeting place of the former (pre-split) Great Marlow Parish Council.

[7] Administrative functions were carried out at the offices of the solicitor who acted as clerk to the council, at 41 High Street.

[8] In 1926 a large eighteenth century house called Court Garden on Pound Lane was bought by public subscription, and the grounds turned into a public park called Higginson Park in honour of General Sir George Higginson, one of the town's most celebrated residents, who had his 100th birthday that year.

After renovations, the council moved to Court Garden House in 1934 and remained based there until its abolition in 1974.