Beadle - Other Uses

Other Uses

The most numerous officers designated as Beadles, after religious and educational institutions, are the officers of secular bodies of some antiquity.

Sometimes the title is used by uniformed security guards. For example, security duties at the Burlington Arcade, an upmarket shopping mall in Piccadilly, London are carried out by staff in what appears to be nineteenth century uniforms, who are called Beadles.

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