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2 unusual facts about Belford


Belford, Northumberland

Geoffrey Hornblower Cock,MC, World War I flying ace died in Belford in 1980

Westhall is a privately owned Victorian house built in the style of the castellated fortified house that it replaced on the same site.


Branxton, New South Wales

James Busby (1801 – 1871) widely regarded as the "father" of the Australian wine industry planted his first grape vines on his property "Kirkton", which is located at Belford in the Branxton district.

Christine Belford

Christine Belford's feature-length films include Christine (1983), the Paul Newman film Pocket Money (1972), the George Peppard film The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972), and the straight-to-video 1986 film The Ladies Club, where she played a doctor who aided a rape-victim vigilante group by castrating the rapists captured by the women.

Christine Belford is best known for her portrayal of exasperated insurance investigator Carlie Kirkland during the second season (1973–74) of the George Peppard TV series Banacek.

Galanthus nivalis

'Sandersii' was the first to be named (as G. nivalis var. sandersii) in 1877; it was found near Belford, Northumberland; 'Flavescens', a taller, finer clone, was found in a cottage garden in Whittingham, Northumberland in 1889 (and named G. flavescens).

Hugh Allan

He married Eva Belford Travers, daughter of John N. Travers and a niece of General James Travers V.C. The couple lived quietly with ther son at 112 King Street in Brockville, Ontario, where he managed the Bank of Montreal office.

James B. Belford

Elected to the Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh, and Forty-eighth Congresses Belford was United States Representative for the first district from March 4, 1879 to March 3, 1885.

Upon the admission of Colorado into the Union as a State, Belford was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fourth Congress as United States Representative for the first district of Colorado and served from October 3, 1876, until March 3, 1877.

Westhall, Northumberland

Westhall is a privately owned castellated house at Belford in Northumberland, England now in use as a farm.


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