Famous Residents
Barnabe Barnes Elizabethan poet
Tony Blair Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997-present)
Edward Bradley Novelist (’Cuthbert Bede’)
Count Joseph Boruwlaski Celebrated dwarf
George Camsell International footballer
Paul Collingwood English cricketer
John Bacchus Dykes Hymnologist
John Meade Falkner Arms manufacturer and novelist (Moonfleet)
Godric of Finchale Hermit and popular medieval saint
Dora Greenwell Poet
Canon William Greenwell Antiquary
John Gully Pugilist
Ian Hay Novelist
Lorna Hill Author of the ‘Wells’ ballet books
Violet Hunt Novelist and ‘new woman’
Cyril Edwin Mitchinson Joad Philosopher and radio broadcaster
James Finlay Johnston Science lecturere and educational benefactor
Lawrence of Durham Poet
Anna Maria Porter Novelist
Jane Porter Novelist
Reginald of Durham Hagiographer
Simeon of Durham Historian
Christopher Smart Poet
Joseph Spence Literary memoirist
Anne Stevenson Poet
Robert Surtees Historian and antiquarian
Hugh Walpole Novelist
Walter of Durham 13th century painter
Sir Arnold Wolfendale Astronomer Royal