Beaconsfield
Beaconsfield geographically, is a series of steep sided, often dry, valleys and ridges on the dip of the Chilterns sloping down towards London and the Thames Valley. Here are old towns like Amersham, Beaconsfield and, the largest of them, Slough. Furniture made from beechwood is one of the county's most notable manufactures. The area is largely agricultural. Thomas Gray is buried at Stoke Poges, in the country churchyard that inspired his Elegy.
The Town of Beaconsfield is just part of the Constituency to which it gives its name. It is a modern town in appearance, and it has, in fact, a long history. It was an important staging point on the London to Oxford Road in coaching days, Cromwell camped out in the surrounding field in the Civil War and fairs have been held in Beaconsfield since 1269 when the right was first granted. North of the railway is Bekonscot, the oldest model village in the world. It covers an area of 10,000 square yards and depicts life in rural England in the 1930s. It attracts visitors of all ages and from all over the world.
Benjamin Disraeli, the 1st earl of Beaconsfield, 1804 - 1881, was a Conservative Prime Minister and is regarded as the founder of the modern Conservative party with its policies of popular democracy and imperialism. He also incited more social change and social policy in the 6 years he was in office than any other Government.
For more information about Beaconsfield click on the links below:
::: Beaconsfield Conservatives
::: Bucks County Council
::: South Bucks District Council
Other links that might be of interest:
::: The Conservative Party
::: Your MEP James Elles
::: Download a full size map of the constituency
