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A famous former coaching town,
Beaconsfield lies within the rolling Chiltern
Hills and proudly boasts of its many old inns. The
Royal White Hart, for example, is said to have
played host to Elizabeth I.
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Bekonscot model village - Photo:
Peter Roberts
CCL |
A top attraction here is the Bekonscot Miniature
Village, which claims to be the oldest of its kind
anywhere in the world.
The British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli
(1804-81), otherwise known as Earl of
Beaconsfield, lived at Hughenden Manor, where he
is buried. The political philosopher Edmund Burke
was born in Beaconsfield in 1729 and is buried at
the town’s restored 15th century church. The town
was also the home to the writer GK Chesterton who
lived on the outskirts at Top Meadow. More famous,
perhaps, was the author Enid Blyton who lived at
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Beyond the residential area is a tranquil, wooded
park whose centrepiece is an ancient barn.
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