Notable Residents
- Isaac Gulliver, the famous Smuggler lived in Highe House in East End
- William Joyce, who is better known as 'Lord Haw-Haw', once lived in the Court House.
- Gladys Mitchell, the detective writer and creator of Mrs Bradley, lived in the village at the end of her life.
- Hugh Miles, British filmmaker who specialises in wildlife films.
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