In February 1977 the village made national headlines when two employees at the local branch of Williams & Glyn's Bank were murdered during a robbery. Whilst the sub-branch was closed for lunch 22-year-old senior cashier Ian Jebb was repeatedly stabbed and his assistant 19-year-old Susan Hockenhull kidnapped. As the branch was staffed only by these two, the alarm was only raised when customers were unable to enter the bank after the lunchtime closing period .The Times, London, Saturday 26 February 1977, page 1 Miss Hockenhull's body was later discovered on moorland, where she had died from hypothermia.The Times, London, Monday 28 February 1977, pages 1, 2
