BEAKESBORN, (Kent) 4 m. S.E. of Canterbury, has long been a member of the port of Hastings, and enjoyed the Liberties of a Cinque-port, by virtue of a special grant of Edw. III. It was the ancient possession of the Bekes, who held lands here by grand-serjeantry, to find a ship when Hen. III. had a mind to pass the seas. The Abps. of Canterbury had a neat house here, encompassed with the r. Leaving which is a trout stream.