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Church of St. Peter · Photo: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Elwick, County Durham
Ferdinand Ashmall is the only name on the Elwick list
In 1695, the British clergy Ferdinand Ashmall was born. Their birth falls before the Georgians. 4 languages have an article about them. Hartlepool, 3 mi away, has 170 on its list, the best known Janick Gers.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Ferdinand Ashmall
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1695
Ferdinand Ashmall
Most common field
Faith
1 people
The best known
Born in Elwick
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Hartlepool · 3 miJanick Gers & 169 more
Billingham · 5 miJamie Bell & 24 moreSAHorden · 6 miStan Anderson & 17 moreBUWingate · 5 miBarry Unsworth & 9 moreMDTrimdon · 5 miMalcolm Dawes & 9 moreGMPeterlee · 6 miGina McKee & 6 moreKFBlackhall Colliery · 4 miKen Felton & 5 more
Wheatley Hill · 6 miEddie Hopkinson & 5 moreQuestions about famous people from Elwick
Who is the most famous person from Elwick?
Ferdinand Ashmall (British clergy) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages.
How many famous people were born in Elwick?
1 people born in Elwick have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Elwick known for?
Among its famous people, ministers and preachers: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 2% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Elwick?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Elwick’s built-up area (the ONS 2022 boundary), a hospital or district within it included, whose English Wikipedia article agrees. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a bigger area (“London”), another town, or missing, or their article may give no birthplace. We only list people both sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations) and English Wikipedia (each person’s article confirms the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are placed in the town by the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary (Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0). Ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across UK towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (3)
- Janick Gers: Scott Penner, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie Bell: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Hopkinson: Eskil Malmberg, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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