Beeching is an English surname. Either a derivative of the old English bece, bæce "stream", hence "dweller by the stream" or of the old English bece "beech-tree" hence "dweller by the beech tree". People called Beeching include:- Henry Beeching (1859–1919) clergyman, author and poet Jack Beeching (John Charles Stuart Beeching) (1922–2001), British poet Richard Beeching (1913–1985), chairman of British Railways Thomas Beeching (1900–1971), English soldier and cricketer Vicky Beeching (Victoria Louise Beeching) (born 1979), British-born Christian singer See also Beeching Axe, informal name for the report "The Reshaping of British Railways" References English-language surnames