Beenham

Beenham
Picklepythe Lane
Beenham
Beenham shown within Berkshire
Area	8.05 km² (3.11 sq mi)
Population	459 (2011 census)
• Density	57/km² (150/sq mi)
OS grid reference	SU5868
Civil parish	Beenham
Unitary authority	West Berkshire
Ceremonial county	Berkshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Reading
Postcode district	RG7
Dialling code	0118

Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Royal Berkshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
Website	Beenham Online
List of places UK England Berkshire 51°24′59″N 1°08′52″W / 51.416295°N 1.147744°W / 51.416295; -1.147744Coordinates: 51°24′59″N 1°08′52″W / 51.416295°N 1.147744°W / 51.416295; -1.147744

Beenham is a village and civil parish centred 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Newbury in the West Berkshire district of Berkshire, England, United Kingdom.

The Old Copse is a woodland within the village that is a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

The history of the Church of England parish church of Saint Mary begins in about the end of the 12th century. An old print of the original building shows that it had some 13th century lancet windows and a 16th-century window. In 1794 the church was struck by lightning and burnt down and was replaced with a Georgian building of brick. In 1859 the nave was demolished and replaced by a Gothic Revival one designed by the architect Henry Woodyer. The 1794 brick tower was retained and has a peal of six bells.

The following is an extract from the most detailed 1870s gazetteer of the British Isles.

"Beenham, or Beenham-Vallence, a parish...adjacent to the Kennet and Avon canal and to the Berks and Hants Railway, 1 ¼. mile N of Aldermaston station, and 8½ WSW of Reading. It has a post office...Acres, 1,890. Real property, £2,548. Pop., 505. Houses, 105. The property is much subdivided. Beenham House and Beenham Lodge are chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £250. Patron, Mrs. Bushnell. The church was chiefly rebuilt in 1860. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel and a National School. Stackhouse, the author of the "History of the Bible," was [its] vicar."

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