John Noake

Born in Sherborne, Dorset, in 1816, he later moved to Worcester, where he built his career in local journalism. He worked for Berrow's Worcester Journal, later for the Worcestershire Chronicle, and eventually became sub-editor of the Worcester Herald.

He is best remembered for his writing on Worcestershire history and antiquities. His books include The Rambler in Worcestershire, The Monastery and Cathedral of Worcester, Notes and Queries for Worcestershire, and Worcestershire Relics, works that helped preserve details of the county's buildings, traditions, and local stories.

He died in Worcester in 1894. Available sources describe him as a careful local historian whose journalism and antiquarian writing made him an important recorder of nineteenth-century Worcestershire.