Notable People
- Martin Lacey – the UK’s best known breeder of tigers who provided most of the Esso tigers for TV adverts during the 1950s – 1990s lives in the village.
- Elizabeth Shaw - Centenarian. She was born 22 April 1683, and was living at Keal Cotes in 1800. A portrait of her by R. Sheardown from the life was published in 1800 (Wellcome Library, London, no. 1814i)
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