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Bekonscot in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, is the oldest original model village in the world. It portrays aspects of England mostly dating from the 1930s. Bekonscot was first created in the 1920s by a Beaconsfield resident, Roland Callingham (1881–1961). Callingham, an accountant, developed the master plan for his miniature empire as an addition to his large back garden, drawing in help from his staff: the gardener, cook, maid and chauffeur. Together they developed the model landscape portraying rural England at the time. The swimming pool became the first "sea" and the undulating rockeries were built up as hills. Bassett-Lowke, the large-scale model railway manufacturers, were commissioned to build an extensive Gauge 1 railway network for the project. Callingham named the village Bekonsc

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  • Bekonscot in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, is the oldest original model village in the world. It portrays aspects of England mostly dating from the 1930s. Bekonscot was first created in the 1920s by a Beaconsfield resident, Roland Callingham (1881–1961). Callingham, an accountant, developed the master plan for his miniature empire as an addition to his large back garden, drawing in help from his staff: the gardener, cook, maid and chauffeur. Together they developed the model landscape portraying rural England at the time. The swimming pool became the first "sea" and the undulating rockeries were built up as hills. Bassett-Lowke, the large-scale model railway manufacturers, were commissioned to build an extensive Gauge 1 railway network for the project. Callingham named the village Bekonsc (en)
  • Bekonscot en Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, estas la plej malnova miniaturvilaĝo de la mondo. Ĝi reproduktas (rilatume 1:12) aspektojn de Britio precipe en la 1930-aj jaroj. Pli ol 14.000.000 homoj jam vizitis ĝin. La parko estas flegata de 12 plentempuloj. Dum la somero pliaj dudek prizorgas la vizitantojn. - La juna reĝino Elizabeto vizitis la vilaĝon. Bekonscot kiel unua miniaturparko inspiris la konstruadon de pliaj tiaj parkoj: , Madurodam, Bourton-on-Water, Wimborne, Great Yarmouth, and Mini-Europe. (eo)
  • Bekonscot à Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, est le plus vieux parc de miniatures au monde. Le parc a été créé par Roland Callingham (1881-1961), un résident de la région dans les années 1920. À l'époque, cet homme commence à représenter l’Angleterre rurale à travers des miniatures dans son jardin. Le fabricant de trains miniatures fut engagé pour mettre en place un réseau ferroviaire. Le nom du parc « Bekonscot » fut choisi par Callingham d'après le nom du village Beaconsfield et de Ascot son ancien village. (fr)
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