|
List Of Foxhound Packs Of The United Kingdom
The following is a list of foxhound packs in the United Kingdom, which are recognised by the Masters of Foxhounds Association. Fox hunting is prohibited in Great Britain by the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002 and the Hunting Act 2004 (England and Wales), but remains legal in Northern Ireland. Since the inception of the ban, most registered hunts in Great Britain have switched to trail hunting as a legal alternative. England Traditional-style fox hunting with hounds in England is prohibited, with some exemptions, under the Hunting Act 2004. South West England * Avon Vale Foxhounds * Axe Vale Hunt"Devon" ''Masters of Foxhounds Association'', retrieved 21 December 2015. * Berkeley Hunt * Blackmore and Sparkford Vale Hunt [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The UK includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and most of List of islands of the United Kingdom, the smaller islands within the British Isles, covering . Northern Ireland shares Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border, a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. It maintains sovereignty over the British Overseas Territories, which are located across various oceans and seas globally. The UK had an estimated population of over 68.2 million people in 2023. The capital and largest city of both England and the UK is London. The cities o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essex And Suffolk Hunt
The Essex and Suffolk Hunt is an English fox hunting pack founded in 1791. History The hunt is reputed to have been founded in 1791 by Sir William Rowley from a pack of hounds purchased from the Duke of York.Essex and Suffolk Hunt. The pack was originally kenneled at Sir William's residence, Tendring Hall Park in Stoke-by-Nayland.Masters of Foxhounds Association. In 1808 Mr Carrington Nunn succeeded Sir William as Master, remaining for about 50 years before handing over to his nephew Captain White, who moved the hounds to new kennels he built in Stratford St. Mary. The kennels were moved to their current location in Layham during the Secord World War. Hunt country The hunt's country covers an area approximately 25 miles north to south and the same east to west, in Essex and Suffolk. See also * List of foxhound packs of the United Kingdom The following is a list of foxhound packs in the United Kingdom, which are recognised by the Masters of Foxhounds Association. Fox hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Courier (Dundee)
''The Courier'' (known as ''The Courier & Advertiser'' between 1926 and 2012) is a newspaper published by DC Thomson in Dundee, Scotland. As of 2013, it is printed in six regional editions: Dundee, Angus & The Mearns, Fife, West Fife, Perthshire, and Stirlingshire. However, by 2020 this had been reduced to three regional editions for Perth and Perthshire; Angus and Dundee; and Fife. In the months July to December 2024, the average daily circulation of the Courier was 17,737, a minor increase from 2023 although significantly down from the 30,179 copies sold in December 2019. History Established in 1801 as the ''Dundee Courier & Argus'', the entire front page of ''The Courier'' used to contain classified advertisements – a traditional newspaper format for many years. In 1809 it was taken over by Robert Rintoul who used the paper to campaign for political reform, and criticism of local politicians such as Alexander Riddoch. In 1926, during the General Strike ''The Courier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Of Buccleuch's Hunt
The Duke of Buccleuch's Hunt was a fox hunt which hunted in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Since the Scottish ban on fox hunting it has become a trail hunt which lays an artificial scent trail for hounds to follow. History The Duke of Buccleuch's Hunt was founded in 1827 by Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch who purchased the pack from George Baillie. The huntsmen of the Duke of Buccleuch's Hunt have been: * Will Williamson (1827–63) * Will Shore (1863–1902) * George Summers (1902–48) * Tom Smith (1948–64), kennel huntsman until 1977 * Sir Hugh Arbuthnot (1964–76) * Captain Simon Clarke (1976–80) * Lionel Salter (1980–87) * Tony Mould (1987–89) * Trevor Adams (1989–2014) * Tim Allen (2014–2024) * Poppy Tutcher (2024–present) The Duke of Buccleuch's Hunt hounds are English Foxhounds, originally Old English Foxhounds were used but more modern lines were introduced from the 1970s. Hunt country The hunt's country is the largest in Scot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodland Pytchley Hunt
The Woodland Pytchley Hunt is a foxhound pack based in Northamptonshire. The Pytchley Hunt country used to include areas of the Rockingham Forest but was split to form the Woodland Pytchley Hunt. Country The Woodland Pytchley hunt country stretches about twenty miles from East to West and eighteen miles from North to South. The furthest point to the North West is Market Harborough. The village of Bulwick is the furthest point to the East, where the country borders the Fitzwilliam and Cottesmore hunts, and Irthlingborough is its furthest point south. After the Hunting Act Although "hunting wild mammals with a dog" was made unlawful in England and Wales by the Hunting Act 2004, which came into effect in 2005, a number of exemptions stated in Schedule 1 of the 2004 Act permit some previously unusual forms of hunting wild mammals with dogs to continue, such as "hunting... for the purpose of enabling a bird of prey to hunt the wild mammal".Stephen Moss, The banned rode on: Eighteen m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Wold Hunt
__NOTOC__ The South Wold Hunt is a registered English Foxhound, foxhound pack based in the village of Belchford, Lincolnshire, England. Its hunt country centres on the Lincolnshire Wolds, and adjoins that of the Blankney Hunt, Blankney, Brocklesby and Burton Hunts. The Hunt became known as the South Wold in 1822. The first Fox hunting#People, Master of Foxhounds was Hon. George Pelham who took office in 1823 – Pelham was brother to the Charles Anderson-Pelham, 1st Earl of Yarborough, 1st Earl of Yarborough. Hounds have been kennelled in Belchford since 1857. South Wold became subject to a Hunting Act 2004, Hunting Act of Parliament in 2004. The Hunt's Point-to-Point race is held annually at Revesby Park and its related activities include the Pony club branches of South Wold Hunt North and South. South Wold Hunt gave its name to a type II hunt class destroyer - HMS Southwold (L10), HMS ''Southwold''. References External links {{Portal, EnglandHunt Photographs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quorn Hunt
The Quorn Hunt, usually called the Quorn, established in 1696, is one of the world's oldest fox hunting packs and claims to be the United Kingdom's most famous hunt. Its country is mostly in Leicestershire, together with some smaller areas of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. After the abolition of traditional fox hunting implemented by the Hunting Act 2004, the Quorn continues to go out on four days of the week during the autumn and winter months, stating they operate within the constraints of the law. History The hunt traces its origins to a pack of foxhounds established in 1696 at Tooley Park, Leicestershire, by the youthful Thomas Boothby (1677–1752). Its present name comes from the village of Quorn, also known as Quorndon, where the hounds were kennelled between 1753 and 1904.About the Hunt page at quornhunt.co.uk They were established th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pytchley Hunt
The Pytchley with Woodland Hunt is an organisation formerly based near the Northamptonshire village of Pytchley, but since 1966 has had kennels close to Brixworth. The Pytchley country used to include areas of the Rockingham Forest but was split to form the Woodland Pytchley Hunt. Today, it covers an area of western and central Northamptonshire characterised by rolling hills, hedgerows and small areas of woodland. History 1635 – a pack at Althorp was well established. 1750 – the Pytchley Club was formed. 1790 – A set of eight hunting prints depicting the great Pytchley hunt, published by the engraver Francis Jukes after Charles Loraine Smith. This set is the only visual record of the hunt led by the celebrated huntsman Dick Knight. At that time there existed a great rivalry between the Quornites and the Pytchley followers. The prints follow the various mishaps and eventual triumph of Dick Knight. Knight used three horses during the course of the run in order to achiev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cottesmore Hunt
The Cottesmore Hunt, which hunts mostly in Rutland, is one of the oldest foxhound packs in Britain, with origins dating back to 1666. Its name comes from the village of Cottesmore, Rutland, Cottesmore where the hounds were kennelled. History The Cottesmore Hunt's origins may be traced back to 1666 when Viscount Lowther made the long journey by a road with his own pack of foxhounds from Lowther Castle in Westmorland to Fineshade Abbey in East Northamptonshire. The Lowther family sold their pack to the Earl of Gainsborough. From 1696 to 1779 there had been a joint arrangement between John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland, Master of the Belvoir, and the Earl of Gainsborough, Earl Cardigan, Lord Howe and Lord Gower, to hunt one pack on a shared basis in the huge area from Belvoir southwards into East Northamptonshire. Hounds were moved between three different kennels, including Cottesmore, each season. The Gainsborough family withdrew from this joint Hunt in 1732 and took 25 couple of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blankney Hunt
The Blankney Hunt is an English foxhound pack, based in the village of Blankney, Lincolnshire, with hunting country of around by within Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire. History and masters The hunt dates from 1871, when the old Burton Hunt was divided; the "country" as now constituted has existed since the end of the nineteenth century. The hounds were owned by a Mr. Cockburn from 1896, before being sold to Edgar Lubbock in 1904. Lubbock (1847–1907) was a lawyer who moved to nearby Caythorpe following his marriage in 1886 and after riding with both the Belvoir and Blankney Hunts, became Master of the Blankney in 1904. Following Lubbock's death, the hounds were sold to Lord Charles Bentinck who sold them on to Sir Robert Filmer in 1909. Vernon Willey, 2nd Baron Barnby (1884–1982), soldier and politician, was Master of the hunt in 1919 and 1933. Description of country The country covers the Lincoln Heath and is mainly arable country with stone walls and hedges. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belvoir Hunt
The following is a list of foxhound packs in the United Kingdom, which are recognised by the Masters of Foxhounds Association. Fox hunting is prohibited in Great Britain by the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002 and the Hunting Act 2004 (England and Wales), but remains legal in Northern Ireland. Since the inception of the ban, most registered hunts in Great Britain have switched to trail hunting as a legal alternative. England Traditional-style fox hunting with hounds in England is prohibited, with some exemptions, under the Hunting Act 2004. South West England * Avon Vale Foxhounds * Axe Vale Hunt"Devon" ''Masters of Foxhounds Association'', retrieved 21 December 2015. * |
Warwickshire Hunt
The Warwickshire Hunt is an English fox hunting pack founded in 1791. History The hunt was founded in 1791 by John Corbet of Sundorne, near Shrewsbury. John Corbet established the Hunt Club at the White Lion Inn, Stratford-upon-Avon, where once a fortnight the club’s members would meet for a dinner, during the dinner the first toast was always to "the King" and the second to "the blood of the Trojans", ''Trojan'' being a favourite hound from which most of the hunt’s hounds descended. During this time, John Corbet hunted almost the entire county of Warwickshire with the hunt. John Corbet kenneled the pack at the White Lion during the hunting season, whilst he would return it to his seat at Sundorne Castle during the summer months. Originally the pack comprised about 70 couples of hounds (140 hounds) and were hunted in two packs, a bitch pack and a dog pack, the bitch pack being preferred by many huntsmen for their quickness of scent, and activity. In 1811, the pack was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
