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Beachampton is a village and civil parish beside the River Great Ouse in the unitary authority area of Buckinghamshire, England. The village is about 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Buckingham and a similar distance west of Milton Keynes.

Beachampton
Parish church of the Assumption
Beachampton Location within Buckinghamshire
Population	184 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid reference	SP7737
Civil parish	Beachampton
Unitary authority	Buckinghamshire
Ceremonial county	Buckinghamshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Milton Keynes
Postcode district	MK19
Dialling code	01908
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Buckinghamshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Buckingham
List of places UK England Buckinghamshire 52.025°N 0.875°W / 52.025; -0.875

History

The village toponym is derived from the Old English for "home farm by a stream". In the Domesday Book of 1086 it was recorded as Bechentone.[2]

Parts of the village stand on high ground, but most of the village is prone to regular flooding by the stream that runs through the village, a tributary of the River Ouse.

The family name "Beachampton" originates in this village, and was first recorded in manorial records in 1175 when Osmer de Beachampton was a tenant here. There is no documentary evidence for the tradition that Hall Farm in Beachampton was the home of Catherine Parr when she was married to King Henry VIII.[3]

Beachampton Hall, a Grade II* listed manor house, has elements dating from the 15th century. The present house was probably built by the Piggot family: Sir Thomas Piggot hosted a visit of Queen Anne of Denmark, wife of King James I, and her entourage in July 1603, when the gardens were also laid out.[4] As of 2020, the Hall is for sale with an asking price of £3.5M.

The Church of England parish church of the Assumption of St Mary the Virgin dates from the 14th century.[3] The Gothic Revival architect G.E. Street rebuilt upper part of the bell-tower in 1873–74.[5] It has family tombs of the Bennett baronets.[6]

References

Sources

• Page, William, ed. (1927). Victoria County History: A History of the County of Buckingham, Volume 4. pp. 149–153. available online at http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62556
• Pevsner, Nikolaus (1973) [1960]. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 61–62. ISBN 0-14-071019-1.

External links

Media related to Beachampton at Wikimedia Commons

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