Themes

This page brings together a range of themes from the articles on this site.

Articles we would like to write but which are only partially complete.

Variations of the name include Bessforth, Besfort, Besford, Bessford and Bestford.

The site names 22 Johns, 12 Georges and six Davids. In nine generations of the Northumberland family, 26 of 56 sons carried one of the three names.

Can the Besfords in the period 1369–1453 be linked to the modern family history that traces back to James Besford in 1679?

Could the Besfords of Norfolk and Suffolk be descended from the Besford family in Northumberland?

Besfords who have settled permanently in a new country.

Besfords who have been involved in sport.