George Besford (1871–1938)
George Besford started out as a shipbuilder, but went on to become a cinema manager.
Chollerton
Chollerton is a village in Northumberland on the River North Tyne, about 6 miles (10 km) north of Hexham. Its church of St Giles was built around the twelfth century, and four Roman columns taken from the fort at Chesters stand in its south aisle.
Besfords were married and buried at St Giles through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Mary Besford (later Herdman) (1755–1833)
Mary Besford was born at Birtley, Northumberland. She married John Herdman in 1787. The couple had four children.