Spofforth Castle Undercroft
Spofforth can refer to: Places * Spofforth, North Yorkshire, England People * David Spofforth (born 1969), English professional footballer *Gemma Spofforth (born 1987) British Olympic Swimmer *Fred Spofforth (1853–1926) Australian cricketer *Reginald Spofforth Reginald Spofforth (1769 ( baptised 12 September) – 8 September 1827) was an English musician. He was born in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, but moved to London around 1790. He was active as an organist, conductor and music teacher, but he is ...

Spofforth, North Yorkshire
Spofforth is a village in the civil parish of Spofforth with Stockeld in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England, about north west of Wetherby and south of Harrogate on the River Crimple, a tributary of the River Nidd. History Spofforth grew as a village at the time that Knaresborough was the important town in the area with Harrogate and Wetherby being less so. The village saw the building of the castle in the thirteenth century. Eighteenth century Knaresborough road builder Blind Jack Metcalf spent the latter years of his life in the village and is buried in the church yard. Stockeld Park, a Palladian villa was built in the 19th century. The railway came to Spofforth in 1847 with the building of the Harrogate to Church Fenton Line with Spofforth being the only intermediate station between Wetherby York Road station and Harrogate station. The line closed to passengers in 1964 and to goods in 1966 as part of the Beeching axe. Part of this forms the Harland Way c ...
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David Spofforth
David Spofforth (born 21 March 1969) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender in the Football League for York City, and in non-League football Non-League football describes association football, football leagues played outside the top leagues of a country. Usually, it describes leagues which are not fully professional. The term is primarily used for football in England, where it is s ... for Poppleton, York Railway Institute, Nestlé Rowntree and Selby Town. References External links David Spofforth at 11v11.com 1969 births Living people Footballers from York English men's footballers Men's association football defenders York City F.C. players York Railway Institute A.F.C. players Rowntrees F.C. players Selby Town F.C. players English Football League players {{England-footy-defender-1960s-stub ...
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Gemma Spofforth
Gemma Mary Spofforth (born 17 November 1987) is an English former competition swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympics, FINA world championships and European championships, and England in the Commonwealth Games. Spofforth is the former world record-holder and former world champion in the 100-metre backstroke, and won a total of eight medals in major international championships. Spofforth was born in Shoreham-by-Sea, England.British Swimming, Profile Gemma Spofforth Retrieved 6 June 2011. Spofforth represented 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, coming fourth in the 100-metre backstroke, four one-hundredths of a second (0.04) behind bronze medalist Margaret Hoelzer. She also came ninth in the 200-metre backstroke. At the 2009 World Aquatic Championships in Rome, she took the gold medal in the 100-metre backstroke, in a world record time of 58.12 seconds. Spofforth broke the 100-metre Backstroke world record on her way to winning her first world title in Rome, ...
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Fred Spofforth
Frederick Robert Spofforth (9 September 1853 – 4 June 1926), also known as "The Demon Bowler", was arguably the Australian cricket team's finest pace bowler of the nineteenth century. He was the first bowler to take 50 Test wickets, and the first to take a Test hat-trick, in 1879. He played in Test matches for Australia between 1877 and 1887, and then settled in England where he played for Derbyshire. In 2009, he was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame. Early life Spofforth was born in the Sydney suburb of Balmain, the son of Yorkshire-born Edward Spofforth, a bank clerk, and his wife Anna, ''née'' McDonnell.Christopher Morris,Spofforth, Frederick Robert (1853–1926), '' Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Vol. 6, MUP, 1976, pp 170–171. Retrieved 3 February 2013 Spofforth spent his early childhood in Hokianga, New Zealand and was later educated privately at the Reverend John Pendrill's Eglinton House on Glebe Road and, for a short time, at Sydney Grammar School. Spof ...
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