[3][4] In 1859 the nave was demolished and replaced by one in the Gothic Revival style[3] designed by the architect Henry Woodyer.

"Beenham, or Beenham-Vallence, a parish...adjacent to the Kennet and Avon canal and to the Berks and Hants Railway, 1 ¼. mile N of Aldermaston station, and 8½ WSW of Reading.

"[6] However, the suffix, Valence, is erroneous and was mistakenly transferred from the manor surrounding Benham Park.

[citation needed] In October 1966 children's nanny Yolande Waddington, age 17, was found dead having been stabbed and strangled in Beenham.

Less than six months later, two nine-year-old girls, Jeanette Wigmore and Jacqueline Williams, were found murdered at a local gravel pit.

David Burgess, of Beenham, was jailed for life in 1967 for the murder of the two girls and spent more than 25 years behind bars.

The UK Wolf Conservation Trust is based at Butlers Farm, Beenham, the wolves can be heard howling within a three-mile radius.