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A shrewd decision
Details of Beaconsfields history. Name earliest recorded 1184 AD Bekensfeld – clearing in the beeches. Old english name probably in a period of relative calm when danish in the area about 880-920. It was felt that Alfred the Great may have created Bekensfeld after defeating the Danes closer to 900AD. beaconsfield chosen as light, well drained soil with good water supply, and halfway between London and Oxford.
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