Famous past Anstey residents include Ned Ludd (Ludlam),[REF] the machine-wrecker whose name was appropriated by the Luddites - whose name was adopted in a recent household development in the village: Ned Ludd Close, and snooker player and commentator Willie Thorne, who started playing snooker at the village's Conservative club [REF].
According to legend, the last wolf to be killed in England was shot in a forest "near Anstige in Wolfdale" [REF].