Witton Park
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Famous people born in Witton Park
- Brigadier General Roland Boys Bradford VC—youngest ever Brigadier General in the British Army at 25
- Hebrew scholar 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 Spoor.
- Frederick Lewis, 1st Baron Essendon World shipping magnate was born and lived in Dents Villas.
References
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External links
- A detailed study of the impact on the village of the 'Schedule D' status conferred on Witton Park by the 1951 Durham County Plan, which banned new development and enforced housing demolition, a 1979 MA thesis by R Snowdon: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/10107/1/10107_6901.PDF?UkUDh:CyT
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