You may find the following people of particular interest when exploring the history of Holywell-cum-Needingworth.
| Name | Ref | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kate Langham Butcher | P10499 | A cook in Bluntisham Rectory in 1901 when Dorothy L Sayers was 7 years old |
| Robert Butcher | P1014 | Kate's father, a blacksmith who died in Langham House in 1908 from an accident with a gun he was cleaning |
| John Butcher | P1011 | Robert's father, a beer retailer & blacksmith in the Hammer and Anvil, who once applied for a licence when he was "in a state of non-sobriety" |
| William Chaderton | P7966 | Rector of Holywell, rebuilt Moynes Hall, became Bishop of Lincoln in 1595 |
| Henry Alexis Chodak-Gregory | P14127 | Born in Tashkent in 1889, he escaped when all his family were massacred, trained as a a Doctor in St Andrews, helped with the first Aldeburgh festival, farmed at Manor Farm, but fled when bankrupt and was extradited from France |
| Isaac Crowson | P3194 | Proprietor of Messrs. Crowson and Son, High Class Provision Merchants of London exporting around the empire, lived in Victoria House |
| Mavis de Vere Cole | P127 | Brought up as Mabel Wright in Mill Cottage, she married Horace de Vere Cole (a prankster), then Sir Mortimer Wheeler, she was a muse of Augustus John, and jailed for six months for shooting Lord Vivian |
| Jonathan Miles Weston Flood | P4693 | A gentleman, who among other duties was Overseer of Needingworth workhouse in 1834 |
| Robert Winchester Fraser | P7858 | One of a large family of artists, many of whom lived in Holywell |
| Mary Anne Garrett | P4709 | A lady's maid to Queen Victoria in Windsor Castle in 1881 |
| Lizzie Gaunt | P3003 | All four sons died before her own death in 1940 |
| John Thang Harradine | P1216 | A farmer, also of Langham House, who in 1856 ran off with large debts, stole a horse, and was transported for 14 years to Western Australia |
| Benjamin Hutchinson | P7977 | Rector of Holywell, Circulated proposals for a Natural History and Antiquities of Huntingdonshire, at a guinea subscription, but without much success; in 1803 he became deranged and died, leaving a widow and large family |
| Elizabeth Joceline | P8731 | Said to be "one of the most notable young women of the times of James I", author of The Mothers Legacie to Her Vnborn [i.e. Unborn] Childe [i.e. Child], owned Moynes Hall |
| Josiah Newell | P7919 | Joe Newell was born in 1921 and lived for the first 14 years of his life at Manor Farm, Holywell. He wrote three amply-illustrated books about Holywell and Needingworth (see Books) |
| Sir Ambrose Nicholas | P8147 | Became a Salter in London, and eventually became Lord Mayor of London in 1575 |
| William Radford | P1510 | Brought up in the Rose and Crown, he emigrated in 1852 to Wisconsin and with brother Stephen founded a large saw mill |
| Sanders Spencer | P329 | World famous Middle White pig breeder |
| Thomas Tenison | P7970 | Rector of Holywell, Archbishop of Canterbury 1694-1715 |
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