Editing Beaulieu, Hampshire (section)

== History ==
[[File:Buccleuch Cottages Beaulieu New Forest.jpg|left|thumb|Buccleuch Cottages, the most common local architectural style]]
The name "Beaulieu" comes from the [[French language|French]] ''beau lieu'', which means "beautiful place". It is derived from [[Beaulieu Abbey]], which was populated by 30 monks sent from the French abbey of [[Cîteaux]], the mother house of the [[Cistercian order]]. The medieval Latin name of the monastery was ''Bellus Locus Regis'' ("the beautiful place of the king") or ''monasterium Belli loci Regis''.

During the [[Second World War]], the Beaulieu Estate of Lord Montagu in the [[New Forest]] was the site of group B schools for agents operated by the [[Special Operations Executive]] (SOE) between 1941 and 1945.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC - History - World Wars: Training SOE Saboteurs in World War Two |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/soe_training_01.shtml |date=17 February 2011 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en-GB |access-date=2020-05-05 |archive-date=22 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222151408/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/soe_training_01.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> One of the trainers was [[Kim Philby]], who was later found to be spying for the [[Soviet Union|Soviets]]. In 2005, a special exhibition was installed at the Beaulieu Estate, with a video showing photographs from that era as well as voice recordings of former SOE trainers and agents.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2005-03-15 |title=Wartime school for spies revealed |language=en-GB |work=BBC News Online |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/4349121.stm |access-date=2020-05-05 |archive-date=18 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118124016/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/4349121.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Lett |first=Brian |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3JO0DAAAQBAJ&dq=hampshire+school+special+operations+1941+-1945+Beaulieu++Hampshire&pg=PT155 |title=SOE's Mastermind: The Authorised Biography of Major General Sir Colin Gubbins KCMG, DSO, MC |date=2016-09-30 |publisher=Pen and Sword |isbn=978-1-4738-6382-8 |language=en |access-date=7 August 2022 |archive-date=21 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021090735/https://books.google.com/books?id=3JO0DAAAQBAJ&dq=hampshire+school+special+operations+1941+-1945+Beaulieu++Hampshire&pg=PT155 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The village has remained largely unspoilt by industrial progress and is a favourite stop for tourists in the area, as well as birdwatchers seeking local species like the [[Dartford warbler]], [[European honey buzzard]], and [[Eurasian hobby]].