Vinovia or Vinovium was a Roman fort and settlement built around AD 79 situated just over 2 miles to the south-west of Byers Green.

Wright was educated at King James I Grammar School in nearby Bishop Auckland prior to being apprenticed to a clockmaker in the town.

By 1734, after various adventures, Wright had progressed to making a huge working model of the universe (an orrery) for an aristocratic London patron.

Harold Orton was the son of a schoolmaster at Byers Green and attended King James I Grammar School in Bishop Auckland followed by Merton College, Oxford.

[2] Sir Percy Cradock, GCMG, (1923–2010) a senior British civil servant, was born in Byers Green.

He was educated at Alderman Wraith Grammar School, Spennymoor followed by St John's College, Cambridge, where he read law.

Later in his career he was labelled by the media as the 'UK's most senior spy' because he chaired the Joint Intelligence Committee (UK) under Margaret Thatcher's government.

Since the line was lifted in the late 1960s, the station buildings have been demolished, but the site is part of the Auckland County walking system.