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31: 47: 1012: 54: 1098: 548:. David Burgess, of Beenham, was jailed for life in 1967 for the murder of the two girls and spent more than 25 years behind bars. Waddington's killer was not identified at the time. Burgess subsequently admitted to the crime but challenged the police to "prove it". Following advances in 257: 543:
In October 1966 children's nanny Yolande Waddington, age 17, was found dead having been stabbed and strangled in Beenham. Less than six months later, two nine-year-old girls, Jeanette Wigmore and Jacqueline Williams, were found murdered at a local
552:, in November 2011 the 64-year-old Burgess was re-arrested, and subsequently tried and convicted of her murder. He received his third life sentence with a minimum term of 27 years. 494:...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 927: 853: 116: 281: 333: 1043: 931: 788: 274: 243: 1771: 704: 677: 510: 406: 269: 793: 430:
begins in about the end of the 12th century. An old print of the original building shows that it had some 13th century
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2011 Published Statistics: Population, home ownership and extracts from Physical Environment, surveyed in 2005
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and a 16th-century window. In 1794 the church was struck by lightning and burnt down and was replaced with a
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catering for approximately 100 pupils aged 4 to 11. There is one pub in the village, the Six Bells. The
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is based at Butlers Farm, Beenham, the wolves can be heard howling within a three-mile radius.
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The following is an extract from the 1870s gazetteer of the
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visionofbritain.org.uk website). Retrieved 2014-12-03
783: 450:. The 1794 brick bell tower was retained and has a 1051: 789:"Church of Saint Mary (Grade II*) (1303517)" 731:"Beenham online Beenham Village Design Statement" 1753: 966:: A History of the County of Berkshire, Volume 3 956: 576:Bus routes 41 and 44 connect the village with 1037: 820: 397:Beenham is 2 mi (3.2 km) north of 770: 768: 766: 405:is a woodland within the village that is a 1044: 1030: 760:Page & Ditchfield, 1923, pages 277-279 442:was demolished and replaced by one in the 763: 454:of six bells. The church is a Grade II* 972: 907:"Establishment: Beenham Primary School" 461: 1754: 756: 754: 752: 750: 748: 373:centred 6 miles (9.7 km) east of 1025: 699: 697: 928:"Wolf project is a howling success" 745: 678:List of civil parishes in Berkshire 407:Site of Special Scientific Interest 81:8.05 km (3.11 sq mi) 13: 794:National Heritage List for England 694: 14: 1783: 993: 875:"Soham echoes of Beenham murders" 532: 417: 1096: 1010: 52: 45: 29: 920: 899: 888: 438:building of brick. 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Beenham is located in Berkshire
Berkshire
2011 census
Density
OS grid reference
SU5868
Civil parish
Unitary authority
West Berkshire
Ceremonial county
Berkshire
Region
South East
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Reading
Postcode district
RG7
Dialling code
Police
Thames Valley
Fire
Royal Berkshire
Ambulance
South Central
Beenham Online
UK

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