Beckenham

{| border=1 cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="right" width=300 style=margin-left:10px |- !colspan=2 align=center bgcolor="#ff9999"|Beckenham |- |width="50%"|British national grid reference system:|| |- !colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Administration |- |width="50%"|Borough:||London Borough of Bromley |- |width="50%"|Administrative counties of England:||Greater London |- |width="50%"|Regions of England:||Greater London |- |width="50%"|Home Nations:||England |- !colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Other |- |width="50%"|Ceremonial counties of England:||Greater London |- |width="50%"|Traditional counties of England:||Kent |- !colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Post Office and Telephone |- |width="50%"|Post town:||BECKENHAM |- |width="50%"|Postal counties of Great Britain:||Kent |- |width="50%"|Postcode:||BR3 |- |width="50%"|UK telephone numbering plan:||020 |- |} Beckenham is a town in the London Borough of Bromley. It is 8.4 miles (13.5 kilometre) south east of Charing Cross. It is referred to as Bacheham in the Domesday Book of 1086, and its name probably means Beohha's village (ham). The River Beck was named after the town. 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. Nearest places: * Bromley * Elmers End * Penge * West Wickham * Bellingham * Catford Nearest railway stations: * Beckenham Junction railway station * Bromley South railway station * New Beckenham railway station * Shortlands railway station * Clock House railway station Nearest tram stations: * Beckenham Junction tram station * Beckenham Road tram station Famous people who lived in Beckenham and/or have been buried in Beckenham: * Enid Blyton * David Bowie * WG Grace * Thomas Crapper * Frederick York Wolseley * Carey Blyton * Col/Sgt Bourne of Rorkes pass * Walter de la Mare - between 1899 and 1906 lived in 195 Mackenzie Road * Admiral Sir Peircy Brett * Dinah Craik * Bob Monkhouse * Julie Andrews * Peter Frampton * Buster Mottram * Duncan Goodhew * Bill Wyman * Robin Knox-Johnston * Kate Lawler ==Notable Places== * Kelsey Park * Chinese Garage * Croydon Road Recreation Ground * St George's Parish Church * Beckenham Place Park * Beckenham Crematorium aka Elmers End Cemetery * South Norwood Country Park ==Reference== * [http://www.beckenham.net/articles.asp?option=sp&item=1502 Beckenham Town Introduction], as of March 29, 2003. ---- Beckenham, Western Australia is also a Perth Suburb List of Perth, Western Australia, Western Australia. Districts of London Bromley

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