Alec Stewart, the former England cricketer and wicketkeeper lives in the village.
Several years in the international wilderness followed, Read being overlooked in favour of first Paul Nixon and then James Foster as keeper-in-waiting in preparation for the retirement of Alec Stewart.
Prior made his 200th catch for England during the 4th test in Durham, and he is third in test dismissals all time behind Alan Knott (250) and Alec Stewart (277).
Birbeck made his County Championship debut just over a year later, playing for the first time in the 1995 tournament, in an innings defeat against Surrey which saw the opponents win by an innings margin thanks to centuries from Alec Stewart and Mark Butcher.
Having waited so long to make his Test debut (he had played One Day Internationals in 1989), he was dropped in favour of Alec Stewart in 1995, and never played for England again.
One such selection dilemma was that faced by England selectors in the 1990s between Jack Russell (the pure keeper) and Alec Stewart (the keeper/batsman).
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