BURNHAM BEECHES, a wooded tract of 3 7 Sac. in Buckinghamshire, England, acquired in 1879 by the corporation of the City of London, and preserved for public use. This tract, the remnant of an ancient forest, lies west of the road between Slough and Beaconsfield, and 2 miles north of Burnham Beeches station on the Great Western railway. Near the township of Burnham are slight Early English remains of an abbey founded in 1265. The district is developing as a residential centre. Popu lation of civil parish of Burnham (192 1) 4,113.
urban district, Essex, Eng land, 43m. E. by N. from London on a branch of the L.N.E. rail way. Pop. ) 3,395. Burnham lies 6m. from the North sea; below it the Crouch is joined on the south side by the Roch, which branches into numerous creeks, and, together with the main estuary, forms Foulness, Wallasea, Potton and other low, flat islands, embanked and protected from incursions of the sea. The church of St. Mary is principally late Perpendicular, a good example; it has decorated portions and a Norman font. There are extensive oyster beds in the Crouch estuary.