Roland Callingham Memorial at Bekonscot Model Village
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Roland Callingham Memorial at Bekonscot Model Village
Image: © David Hillas Taken: 3 Aug 2019
This photo shows the memorial stone to Roland Callingham who in the mid-1920s bought several parcels of land, dug a pond, built a few model houses, to which a friend, James Shilcock, added a model railway. Roland Callingham later called the village Bekonscot, 'Bekon' meaning 'beech trees' from 'Beaconsfield' and 'scot' from 'Ascot' the two places where he had lived. The wording on the stone is as below: ROLAND R CALLINGHAM 1879 to 1961 Founder & Creator of BEKONSCOT 1929
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Image Location
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51.614059
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-0.645386