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Beckenham in Kent County England History and GeographyBECKENHAM, a parish in the hundred of BROM LEY and BECKINGHAM, lathe of SUTTON at HONE, county of KENT, 1¾ mile (W.) from Bromley, and 10 (S.S.E.) from London, containing 1180 inhabitants. The name of this place, compounded of the Saxon terms Bec, a brook, and Ham, a dwelling, is derived from a small stream which passes through the parish, and falls into the river Ravensbourne. In the reign of Henry VIII., Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, entertained that monarch, when on his journey to visit Anne of Cleves, with great pomp at the manor house in this place. The village, which is pleasantly situated, contains some neat dwelling houses, and in the neighbourhood are many handsome villas, and a few noblemens' seats. The Croydon canal passes along the north-western angle of the parish. A fair, chiefly for toys, is held on the Monday before St. Bartholomew's day. Beckenham is within the jurisdiction of a court of requests held every alternate Tuesday at Bromley, for the recovery of debts not exceeding forty shillings. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Rochester, rated in the king's books at £16. 18. 9. Joseph Rose, Esq. was patron in 1778. The church, dedicated to St. George, is a neat, spacious structure, erected about the beginning of the 17th century, with a lofty spire, which having been destroyed by lightning, was rebuilt in 1790. There is a place of worship for Baptists. Mrs. Mary Watson, in 1790, bequeathed an estate then producing £42. 10. per annum, for the education of poor children, which has been augmented, by subsequent benefactions, to £294 per annum; from this fund two schoolrooms in conjunction with the National Society, have been erected, in which seventy-four boys and sixty girls are instructed: Captain Leonard Bowyer, in 1717, gave £100 to this school, for the education of four additional scholars. To the east of the church are three unendowed almshouses, erected by Anthony Rawlins, Esq., in 1694. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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