Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire

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Beaconsfield is a town in Buckinghamshire

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Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Beaconsfield within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Beaconsfield in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Beaconsfield, par. and market town, S. Bucks, 5½ miles SW. of Amersham, 4541 ac., pop. 1635; P.O., T.O. Market-day, Wednesday. In the church are monuments to Waller (1605-1687), the poet, and Edmund Burke (1730-1797), who resided in the vicinity. Lord Beaconsfield (1805-1881) took his title from this par.

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