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BURNHAM BEECHES , a wooded See also:tract of 375 acres in See also:Buckinghamshire, See also:England, acquired in 1879 by the See also:Corporation of the See also:city of See also:London, and preserved for public use. This tract, the remnant of an See also:ancient See also:forest, the more beautiful because of the undulating See also:character of the See also:land, lies See also:west of the road between See also:Slough and See also:Beaconsfield, and 2 M. See also:north of Burnham Beeches station on the See also:Great Western railway. The poet See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:- GRAY
- GRAY (or GREY), WALTER DE (d. 1255)
- GRAY, ASA (1810-1888)
- GRAY, DAVID (1838-1861)
- GRAY, ELISHA (1835-1901)
- GRAY, HENRY PETERS (1819-18/7)
- GRAY, HORACE (1828–1902)
- GRAY, JOHN DE (d. 1214)
- GRAY, JOHN EDWARD (1800–1875)
- GRAY, PATRICK GRAY, 6TH BARON (d. 1612)
- GRAY, ROBERT (1809-1872)
- GRAY, SIR THOMAS (d. c. 1369)
- GRAY, THOMAS (1716-1771)
Gray, who stayed frequently at Stoke Poges in the vicinity, is enthusiastic concerning the beauty of the Beeches in a See also:letter to See also:Horace See also:Walpole in 1737. Near the township of Burnham are slight See also:Early See also:English remains of an See also:abbey founded in 1265. Burnham is an See also:urban See also:district with a See also:population (1901) of 3245.
BURNHAM-ON-CROUCH, an urban district in the See also:south-eastern See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Essex, England, 43 M. E. by N. from London on a See also:branch of the Great Eastern railway. Pop. (1901) 2919. The See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:Mary is principally See also:late Perpendicular, a See also:good example; it has Decorated portions and a See also:Norman See also:font. There are extensive See also:oyster beds in the Crouch See also:estuary. Burnham lies 6 m. from the North See also:Sea; below it the Crouch is joined on the south See also:side by the See also:Roch, which branches into numerous creeks, and, together with the See also:main estuary, forms Foulness, Wallasea, Potton and other See also:low, See also:flat islands, embanked and protected from incursions of the sea. Burnham is in some repute as a watering-See also:place, and is a favourite See also:yachting station. There is considerable See also:trade in See also:corn and See also:coal, and See also:boat-See also:building is carried on.
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