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The New International Encyclopædia/Beckenham

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Edition of 1905. See also Beckenham on Wikipedia; and the disclaimer.

BECKENHAM, bĕk'en-am. A town in Kent, England, 8¾ miles southeast of London, with two stations on the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (Map: England, F 5). The municipality owns an electric-lighting plant and public baths and maintains a technical institute. Population, in 1891, 20,700; in 1901, 26,300.