What is "beckingham"

Beckingham may refer to:

• Beckingham, Lincolnshire
• Beckingham, Nottinghamshire
  • Beckingham railway station, defunct railway station in Nottinghamshire
• Rowneybury, otherwise known as Beckingham Palace
• Beckingham (surname), people with the name Beckingham

Beckingham or De Beckingham is a surname of English origin, derived from the parishes of the same name in Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire.

People with the surname include:

• Charles Beckingham (1699–1731), English poet and dramatist
• Elias de Beckingham (died 1305), English judge
• John Beckingham (1510–1566), English politician, MP for Salisbury
• Peter Beckingham (born 1949), British diplomat and Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands
• Steven Beckingham (born 1978), English actor
• Stuart Beckingham (born 1981), Australian figure skater

People born with the surname but known by other names include:

• Anne Dudley (born 1956), musician (Art of Noise) and film score composer, born Anne Beckingham
• Simon Pegg (born 1970), English actor, born Simon Beckingham
• Bobby Valentino (British musician), born Robert Beckingham