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John de Besford (1295-1341)
Born about 1295 in Besford, Worcestershire. Child of Alexander de Besford and Margaret Beatrix Besford. Father of Sir Alexander Besford. Died 1341 in Besford, Worcestershire.
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Sir Alexander Besford (1319-1403)
Born 1319 in Besford, Worcestershire. Child of John de Besford and Joan de Harley. Father of Agnes de Besford. Died 1403 in Besford, Worcestershire, aged 84 years. Wikitree↗
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Besford Crop Circles
In June 2014, a crop circle, featuring a star design, appeared in a field off Harewell Lane, in Besford.
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Besford Court
Besford Court was the last great, gothic English country house. It is a Grade II*-listed building, located in the village of Besford.
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Besford Boys
The Besford Boys was a name given to a group of North East children who were sent by Sunderland Council in the 1940s and 50s to attend schools run by the Roman Catholic Church.
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Besford in the Domesday Book
The Open Domesday project has made available the first free online copy of Domesday Book, revealing data about Besford which were originally collected during the 1990s to create the Domesday Explorer CD-ROM.
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Sheri Besford
Sheri Besford led the communications team at BDP, a major international practice of architects, designers, engineers and urbanists, for many years.
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Besford & Croome reunion videos
YouTuber RWvideoproductions has uploaded videos of a number of reunions of former pupils of Besford Court School and Croome Court School.
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Besford House
Besford House, Belle Vue, Shrewsbury, was built originally as a private residence in 1893. In 1911 it was set up a boys’ home, as a way of getting children out of the workhouses. It has now been restored as a family home.
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Ian Besford (judge)
Ian Besford is a District Judge on the North East Circuit, sitting predominantly at Kingston-upon-Hull Combined Court.