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Benjamin Bomford was a prominent Worcestershire farmer in the mid-19th century. He joined the Royal Agricultural Society in 1847 while living at Great Dodford which he later sold to the Chartist National Land Company.Land for the landless, and votes for the disenfranchised. ''The history and archaeology of Rosedene, a surviving Chartist cottage. at Dodford with Grafton'', Shona Robson, in National Trust Annual Archaeological Review 1999-2000
He was an early user of steam technology for farming. He was also a director of the Evesham and Redditch Railway Company, formed in 1863.Bradshaw's railway manual, shareholders' guide, and official- directory, W. J. Adams, 1864 p7
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