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Agnes Jane Hewit grew up in Ashington, and married Jack Besford in 1914, supporting the family through Jack’s trade union and political activities.

William was born in 1851 at Cowpen, Blyth and worked as a coal miner. In 1877, he married Jane Temple at Morpeth Register Office. The couple had one daughter.

Besford railway station served Besford, Worcestershire, on the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, from 1841 to 1846.

William Thomas Besford worked as a miner before becoming landlord of The Waterloo Hotel at Amble, Northumberland.

Alice Dodds married Tommy Besford in 1925. They and their children emigrated to Australia in 1928.

A star-design crop circle appeared in a Besford field in June 2014, the second in two years.

There are approximately ten companies in the UK with Besford in their name, spread across England and Scotland.

Chef Cyrus Todiwala created this gently spiced aubergine pickle at Café Spice Namaste and named it after a regular customer.

John David Besford trained as a cabinetmaker in Glasgow and sailed for Boston in 1907, later working as a carpenter in Ontario.

Catherine Besford worked as a general servant in a household in Bedlington. In 1903 she married Robert Gordon, a coal miner, at Gateshead Register Office.