History and description Beaconsfield

st mary , saints church, beaconsfield , tomb of edmund waller

in 1624, waller s family acquired wilton manor , hall barn in town. wallers, came speldhurst, kent, says victoria county history of buckinghamshire, settled @ beaconsfield 14th century.

dominic grieve member of parliament beaconsfield, first elected in 1997, , former attorney general. tony blair, former prime minister of united kingdom famously contested seat in by-election in 1982 , lost tim smith, neil hamilton took part in cash-for-questions affair financial part of major ministry sleaze uncovered before united kingdom general election, 1997.

beaconsfield home of bekonscot model village, first model village in world; , beaconsfield film studios becoming national film , television school, many film directors , technicians have learned craft. birthplace of terry pratchett, author of discworld series of fantasy novels. several scenes in brief encounter, classic film woman in dull middle class marriage undertakes affair, filmed in town: station parade served milford high street , boots on burke s parade alec runs laura. exterior of royal saracens head inn can seen in james bond film thunderball, , interior shots pub in hot fuzz filmed in royal standard pub. new town features in 2 other postwar colour films, john & julie , fast lady. many other parts of town have been used in films due old film studio , nearby pinewood studios. more has been used location tv murder mystery series, midsomer murders , inspector morse spinoff lewis.

beaconsfield film studios in 2011: nfts

the new town built 1 mile further north, when railway arrived, @ turn of 20th century. railway station on chiltern main line out of marylebone towards high wycombe branches aylesbury, , birmingham snow hill. old beaconsfield grew on oxford road in part serve coach traffic, mirrored new beaconsfield has grown round station.

beaconsfield home chiltern shakespeare company, annually holds amateur performances of shakespeare plays, beaconsfield theatre group (over 60 years old), beaconsfield musical & operatic society (over 100 years old) , young theatre (at beaconsfield), theatre company run young people young people , winners of british festival of 1 act plays in 2004.

dr liam fox gp here before being elected parliament.

local pop band hit parade released single on road beaconsfield , celebration of enid blyton , life in town, in 1994.

beaconsfield named britain s richest town (based on average house price of £684,474) daily telegraph in 2008. in 2011 post town had highest proportion in uk of £1 million-plus homes sale (at 47%, compared 3.5% nationally). in 2011, burkes road named second expensive road in country outside london.