Witton Park
Encyclopedia
Witton Park is a village in County Durham
, in England
. It is situated to the west of Bishop Auckland
.
County Durham
County Durham is a ceremonial county and unitary district in north east England. The county town is Durham. The largest settlement in the ceremonial county is the town of Darlington...
, in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It is situated to the west of Bishop Auckland
Bishop Auckland
Bishop Auckland is a market town and civil parish in County Durham in north east England. It is located about northwest of Darlington and southwest of Durham at the confluence of the River Wear with its tributary the River Gaunless...
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Famous people born in Witton Park
- Brigadier General Roland Boys BradfordRoland Boys BradfordBrigadier General Roland Boys Bradford VC MC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces...
VC -- youngest ever Brigadier General in the British Army at 25 (see the Bradford Brothers website for more information)
- Hebrew scholar Dr. Thomas Witton Davies raised and educated in Witton Park
- Henry Bolckow, the German partner of Bolckow & Vaughan became a Member of Parliament as did Witton Park (and later Bishop Auckland) tradesman Ben SpoorBen SpoorBenjamin Charles Spoor was a British Labour Party politician. He took a particular interest in India and in the Movement for Colonial Freedom....
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- Lord Essenden (William Lewis) world shipping magnate was born and lived in Dents Villas.
External links
- http://www.castinparadise.co.uk An historical novel based in Witton Park by Howard Chadwick