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Beaconsfield in Buckingham County England History and GeographyBEACONSFIELD, a market town and parish in the hundred of BURNHAM, county of BUCKINGHAM, 36 miles (S.E. by S.) from Buckingham, and 23¼ (W. by N.) from London, containing 1736 inhabitants. This place, which is situated on a hill, is supposed to have derived its name from a beacon formerly erected there. The town consists chiefly of four streets, which meet in a convenient market place in the centre. The principal street extends nearly three quarters of a mile along the turnpike-road leading from Uxbridge to Wycombe: the houses, in general, are well built, of handsome appearance, and are amply supplied with water. The environs, in which there are some handsome seats, abound with beautiful scenery; and the air is remarkably salubrious. The market is on Thursday; and the fairs, chicfly for horses, horned cattle and sheep, are held, February 13th, and on Holy Thursday. Constables and other officers are appointed at the court leet of the lord of the manor. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Buckingham, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £26. 2. 8½., and in the patronage of the President and Fellows of Magdalene College, Oxford. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is an ancient building of stone and flint, with a tower: it formerly belonged to the Augustine monastery at Burnham, founded by Richard, Earl of Cornwall, in 1165, the revenu'' of which, at the dissolution, was £91. 5. 11. Within the church is a mural tablet to the memory of Edmund Burke, who died at his seat called Gregories, in this parish, and was interred here; and in the church-yard there is a monument of white marble, to the memory of Edmund Waller, the poet, who died October 21st, 1687. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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