Beaconsfieldtown in South Bucks district, administrative and historic county of Buckinghamshire, England, in the Chiltern Hills.

The wide main street of the old town of Beaconsfield, bordered by 18th-century houses, contrasts with the modern town, in which commuters to London—28 miles (39 km) to the southeast—reside. Beaconsfield was adopted by Benjamin Disraeli, the 19th-century British prime minister, for his earl’s title and was also the home of Edmund Burke, the 18th-century statesman, who is buried in the parish church. Pop. (19912001) 1210,292679.