Beachampton

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title: "Beachampton" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-buckinghamshire", "civil-parishes-in-buckinghamshire", "catherine-parr"] description: "Village in Buckinghamshire, England" topic_path: "general/villages-in-buckinghamshire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beachampton" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in Buckinghamshire, England ::

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Field	Value
static_image_name	Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Beachampton. - geograph.org.uk - 881491.jpg
static_image_caption	Parish church of the Assumption
country	England
official_name	Beachampton
coordinates
os_grid_reference	SP7737
label_position	bottom
population	184
population_ref	(2011 Census)
civil_parish	Beachampton
unitary_england	Buckinghamshire
lieutenancy_england	Buckinghamshire
region	South East England
constituency_westminster	Buckingham and Bletchley
post_town	Milton Keynes
postcode_district	MK19
postcode_area	MK
dial_code	01908
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	11
mapframe-point	on
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|static_image_name=Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Beachampton. - geograph.org.uk - 881491.jpg |static_image_caption= Parish church of the Assumption |country= England |official_name= Beachampton |coordinates = |os_grid_reference= SP7737 |label_position= bottom |population= 184 |population_ref= (2011 Census) |civil_parish= Beachampton |unitary_england = Buckinghamshire |lieutenancy_england = Buckinghamshire |region= South East England |constituency_westminster= Buckingham and Bletchley |post_town= Milton Keynes |postcode_district= MK19 |postcode_area= MK |dial_code= 01908 |website= | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 11 | mapframe-point = on 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 mi east of Buckingham and a similar distance west of the centre of Milton Keynes.

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.

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.

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 1603 visit of Queen Anne of Denmark, wife of King James I and VI; the gardens were laid out at this time.

The Church of England parish church of the Assumption of St Mary the Virgin dates from the 14th century, and is grade II* listed. G.E. Street, a Gothic Revival architect, rebuilt upper part of the bell-tower in 1873–74. It has a large monument to Simon Benett Bt. (1682). The Bennetts (or Bennets) have been Lords of Beachampton (styled Lord de Beachampton) and of the neighbouring manor of Calverton since 1616. Both these manorial lordship titles, though not the lands, remain in the possession of the Bennett family to the present day.

The parish has a further nine listed buildings and structures.

References

Sources

References

1. link. (4 March 2016 , Accessed 3 February 2013)
2. "Parliamentary 2024 Constituency Map for Buckingham and Bletchley".
3. "Key to English place names". Institute for Name-Studies, [[University of Nottingham]].
4. {{NHLE. (25 September 1951)
5. {{NHLE. (13 July 1966)
6. Taylor, John. "Lady Grace Bennett - butchered by the butcher". Milton Keynes Heritage Association.
7. "Beachampton Manor". [[The National Archives (United Kingdom)]].
8. "The Manorial Register". The Manorial Society of Great Britain.
9. "Search results: Beachampton".

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