Beeching is an English surname. Either a derivative of the old English ''bece'', ''bæce'' "stream", hence "dweller by the stream" or of the old English ''bece'' "beech-tree" hence "dweller by the beech tree".
[''Oxford Dictionary of English Surnames'', Reaney & Wilson, Oxford University Press 2005]
People called Beeching include:-
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Henry Charles Beeching (1859–1919) clergyman, author and poet
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Jack Beeching (John Charles Stuart Beeching) (1922–2001), British poet
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Richard Beeching (1913–1985), chairman of British Railways
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Thomas Beeching (1900–1971), English soldier and cricketer
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Vicky Beeching (Victoria Louise Beeching) (born 1979), British-born Christian singer
See also
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Beeching Axe
The Beeching cuts (also Beeching Axe) was a plan to increase the efficiency of the nationalised railway system in Great Britain. The plan was outlined in two reports: ''The Reshaping of British Railways'' (1963) and ''The Development of the ...
, informal name for the report "The Reshaping of British Railways"
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English-language surnames