▁at ▁F are ham . ▁The ▁Bas ing st oke ▁and ▁Al ton ▁Light ▁Railway ▁ran ▁north ▁to ▁Bas ing st oke . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁some ▁passenger ▁bus es ▁in ▁the ▁Al ton ▁area ▁were ▁operated ▁by ▁Stage co ach ▁South . ▁ ▁Notable ▁people ▁▁ ▁William ▁de ▁Al ton ▁( c . ▁ 1 3 3 0 – 1 4 0 0 ), ▁Domin ican ▁Fri ar , ▁writer ▁and ▁the ological ▁phil os opher ▁during ▁King ▁Edward ▁II ' s ▁reign , ▁became ▁famous ▁for ▁as ser ting ▁that ▁the ▁Virgin ▁Mary ▁was ▁poll uted ▁with ▁original ▁sin ▁ ▁Edmund ▁Sp enser ▁( 1 5 5 2 – 1 5 9 9 ), ▁the ▁Elizabeth an ▁poet ▁and ▁contemporary ▁of ▁William ▁Shakespeare , ▁may ▁have ▁lived ▁in ▁a ▁now ▁well - pres erved ▁T ud or ▁c ott age ▁at ▁ 1 ▁Am ery ▁Street ▁in ▁about ▁ 1 5 9 0 . ▁A ▁pla que ▁on ▁the ▁house ▁states ▁that ▁he ▁" l ived ▁some ▁time ▁in ▁these ▁parts ". ▁ ▁John ▁Pitts , ▁bi ographical ▁author , ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Al ton ▁in ▁ 1 5 6 0 ▁▁ ▁John ▁Murray ▁( 1 7 4 1 – 1 8 1 5 ), ▁born ▁in ▁Al ton , ▁a ▁pione ering ▁minister ▁of ▁the ▁Universal ist ▁church ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁ ▁William ▁Curt is ▁( 1 7 4 6 – 1 7 9 9 ), ▁botan ist , ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Al ton