East Beckham

Infobox UK place
official_name= East Beckham
country= England
region= East of England
shire_district= North Norfolk
shire_county= Norfolk
civil_parish= West Beckham
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static_image_caption = Gur Beck in East Beckham
population= 222 (parish, 2001 census)
population_density= 300 / km² (778 / sq mi)
os_grid_reference= TG160390
latitude= 52.87
longitude= 1.21
post_town= CROMER
postcode_area= NR
postcode_district= NR11
dial_code= 01263
constituency_westminster= North Norfolk
london_distance= 137 East Beckham is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk ["OS Explorer Map 252 - Norfolk Coast East". ISBN 978 0 319 23815 8.] . The village is 23.4 miles north of Norwich, 5 miles south-west of Cromer and 137 miles north-east of London. The nearest railway station is in the town of Sheringham where access to the national rail network can be made via the Bittern Line to Norwich. The nearest Airport is Norwich International Airport. East Beckham is within the area covered by North Norfolk District Council.

Gresham Family

James Gresham (1442-1497), Lord of the Manor of East Beckham, was the grandfather of the Sir John Gresham who founded Gresham's School"I Will Plant Me a Tree: an Illustrated History of Gresham's School" by S. G. G. Benson & Martin Crossley Evans (James & James, London, 2002)] in 1555 and the great-grandfather of the Sir Thomas Gresham who established Gresham College and the Royal Exchange in the City of London.

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