Beaconsfield

Beaconsfield is in the Central English county of Buckinghamshire. Despite its relatively small population of 12,000, it is the economic and cultural center in the region Chiltern Hills.

Geography and History

The convenient location halfway between London and Oxford made ​​Beaconsfield early became an important trading post for the English domestic trade. In the Middle Ages it was thereby one of the wealthiest cities in Europe and even today the region belongs to Beaconsfield to the areas with the highest per capita income in England.

Attractions and acquaintance

In Beaconsfield Bekonscot is the oldest model park in the world.

Literary fame The city gained some works by the Hungarian poet Marek Fondras who lived in Beaconsfield from 1913 until his death in 1931. His tomb on the South Cemetery of Beaconsfield is still the destination of many tourists. The well-known English author Enid Blyton spent much of their lives in Beaconsfield, where she lived from 1938 until her death in 1968. Your house in Penn Road was demolished in 1973. Today, only one named after their street Blyton Clos on their time in Beaconsfield.

1971 was founded on the site of the old Beaconsfield Studios, the National Film and Television School - the most important film school in Britain.

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