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The Olympic Torch Relay reached Barnard Castle on 20th June 2012. Jack Besford carried the Olympic torch past Bowes Museum.

The church of St Peter in Besford is a wonderful example of English church architecture and one of only a few timber frame churches in England.

Sonja Besford (Sonja Batinić-Besford) is a Serbian writer born in Belgrade.

Pat Besford (1919–1988) was a leading British sportswriter.

Steve Besford is an actor, playwright and screenwriter based in Leeds, writing period drama for the screen.

George Bestford was born at Bensham, Gateshead. He served in the First World War, and later moved to Pretoria where he joined the South African Police.

Besford Water Tower was built in the early 20th century to supply water to nearby Besford Court.

Mary Turnbull was born in 1865. She married David Besford (1863–1954) in 1887. The couple had 12 children.

Janet Besford married Albert Edward Partland in 1925. In 1928, Janet gave birth to a son, also named Albert Edward Partland. The family later moved to Wakefield and Motherwell.

John Besford was the son of Thomas Besford his second wife Isabella Besford (née Oliver). He died in a mining accident at Hartford Colliery.