Notable Residents
- Isaac Casaubon (1559–1614), classical scholar and philologist, spent time in the town.
- George William Manby (1765–1854), inventor of a lifesaving rocket and the first modern form of fire extinguisher, was educated in the town.
- George Henry Dashwood (1801–1869), antiquary, was born in the town.
- Golding Bird (1814 – 1854), Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London, became an authority on kidney diseases.
- William Hayes Fisher, 1st Baron Downham PC, KStJ (1853 – 1920), was a British Conservative Party politician.
- Father Oswald Baker (1915–2004), controversial Catholic priest, lived in the town.
- Jim Russell (born 1920) is an English former racing driver.
- Patrick Holman (1945-), cricketer, was born in the town.
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