BEACHAMPTON, a parish in the hundred and county of BUCKINGHAM, 5 miles (N. E. byE.) from Buckingham, containing 251 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Buckingham, and diocese of London, rated in the king's books at £ 14. 16. 5., and in the patronage of the Master and Fellows of Caius College, Cambridge. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The river Ouse runs through the parish. William Elmer founded a free grammar school in 1652, and endowed it with £35 per annum; he also bequeathed, in addition to other benefactions, £5 per annum for apprenticing a poor boy. Sir Simon Benet left £10 per annum for clothing six poor men.