Famous and Notable People
George Wood, an early member of a prominent local gentry family, was born in Monk Bretton in 1534 and died there in 1589. He was the ancestor of the 19th century Liberal politician Charles Wood, who took the title 1st Viscount Halifax of Monk Bretton for his 1866 peerage. Famous people from Monk Bretton include Yorkshire, Essex and England cricketer Darren Gough, and Sam Nixon, who came third in ITV's Pop Idol in 2003. Keith Laybourn, long serving Professor of History at Huddersfield University, was born in Monk Bretton. As a youth the renowned cricket umpire Harold "Dickie" Bird is said to have worked at the colliery.
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