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Beckenham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Beckenham

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Beckenham
Beckenham (Greater London)
Beckenham

Beckenham shown within Greater London
OS grid reference TQ375695
London borough Bromley
Ceremonial county Greater London
Region London
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BECKENHAM
Postcode district BR3
Post town LONDON
Postcode district SE20
Dialling code 020
Police Metropolitan
Fire London
Ambulance London
European Parliament London
UK Parliament Beckenham
London Assembly Bexley and Bromley
List of places: UKEnglandLondon

Coordinates: 51°24′28″N 0°01′19″W / 51.4077, -0.022

Beckenham is a town in the London Borough of Bromley, England. It is located 8.4 miles (13.5 km) south east of Charing Cross.

It is referred to as Bacheham in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name appears to derive from Beohha's homestead (Beohhan + ham in Old English).[1] The River Beck was named after the town. The word Beck also means a stream in Middle English. Many attribute John Cator as being responsible for turning the village of Beckenham into a significant town in the late 1700s - a process that accelerated after his death in 1806 with the arrival of the railway from the 1830s.

St George's church at the centre of Beckenham has a 13th century lychgate that is said to be the oldest in England.[1]

Beckenham Cricket Club staged the Kent All-Comers' Championships, an international tennis tournament, between 1886-1996. The club held the world's first Open grass-court tournament in June 1968 - one month after the sport became 'open' to amateur and professional players - with Australians Fred Stolle and Margaret Court winning the singles titles.

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[edit] Transport and locale

[edit] Nearest places

[edit] Nearest railway stations

[edit] Nearest tram stations

[edit] Beckenham today

[edit] Entertainment and leisure

The local Odeon cinema has four screens and is a grade II listed building

[edit] Notable people

Famous people who lived and/or have been buried in Beckenham include:

[edit] References in pop culture

  • In The Streets' song Who Got The Funk? from their first album Original Pirate Material Mike Skinner talks of London towns and names: 'Barnet; Brixton; Beckenham.'
  • In Simon Brett's long-running BBC Radio 4 comedy drama, No Commitments, Beckenham is the home of the wildly snobbish, socially aspirational and insecure sister Victoria, and the town is frequently mocked by association.

[edit] Notable places

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Brewer's Britain and Ireland, compiled by John Ayto and Ian Crofton, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005, ISBN 0-304-35385-X


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