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Besford Crop Circles
In June 2014, a crop circle, featuring a star design, appeared in a field off Harewell Lane, in
Besford.
Besford Boys
The Besford Boys was a name given to a group of North East children who were sent by Sunderland Council in the 1940s and 50s to attend schools run by the Roman Catholic Church.
Besford in the Domesday Book
The Open Domesday project has made available the first free online copy of Domesday Book, revealing data about Besford which were originally collected during the 1990s to create the Domesday Explorer CD-ROM.