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](_blank)
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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