Notable People
- Edward MacLysaght (1887 – 1986) genealogist of twentieth century Ireland.
- Field Marshal Roland Christopher Gibbs GCB, CBE, DSO, MC, KStJ (1921–2004) was Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army.
- Noah Marullo, actor.
- Dr Leonard Curtis Luckwill (1914-2005), pioneering cider apple breeder & grower, also founded the Mendip Morris Men in the 1950s and was the Chairman of the English Folk Dance & Song Society for 1973, lived at "Mayscroft" on the Clevedon Road between 1945 & 1985.
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