Tring Agricultural Society

The meeting recently held was decidedly the most successful gathering of the society. The show of stock was larger than any previously exhibited, and the show of roots was finer. There was not quite so numerous an attendance of gentlemen as at the meetings of 1857 and 1858. The day fixed was later in the week than usual and Hemel Market interfered with the arrangements.   ...

 

Reports on events such as this one can be useful in your research because it names people particularly associating farm labourers with the farmer for whom they worked.

 

In the case of this meeting far more detailed records survive in the Society Minute book - which details the entries for each class. However, in most cases, press reports such as this one are all that survive.

 

Names Mentioned

 

Mr. Robert Baddrick
Mr Bennett	Rowsham
Mr Edwin Birch
Mr. John Brown
Mr. Brown
Mr. Edward Butcher
William Carpenter
Mr. C. Cooley
David Drake	ploughman to Mr George Underwood
Daniel Draper	ploughman to Mr. G. Underwood
Mr. C. Elliott
Charles Fincher
Mr J. K. Fowler	Prebendal Farm, Aylesbury
Mr R. Fowler	Braughton
Henry Gates	ploughman to Colonel A Smith Dorien
Mr G. L. Ginger
George Glenister	Berkhampstead
Mr Goddard	Amersham
Jessie Gomm	ploughman to Mr Edwin Birch
Charles Goodson	ploughman to Mr. John Brown
Mr William H. Grange	Wigginton
William Goodson
Mr J Hawkins	Pitstone
Mr Daniel Griffin
Stephen Hawkins	ploughman to Mr. C. Cooley
Mr. George Holland
Mr. Richard Horwood	Aston Clinton
T. Holland
Stephen Kempster	shepherd to Mr. R. Fowler
Mr. Thomas Kingsley
W. Ledbrook
Thomas Little
Charles Longman, Esq.
Earl of Lonsdale
Mr Lucas	Weedon
Mr. Thomas Mead	Aldbury
Frank John Moore, Esq
E. Minall
John Nutkins	Tring Grove Farm
David Pratt	ploughman to Mr. Thomas Procter
Mr. Thomas Procter
Francis Pursell	shepherd to Mr J. K. Fowler
Mr. Thomas Roads	Braughton
Mr. Robinson
Messrs. T & S Sheen	Aylesbury
Jonas Smith
Thomas Smith	Pendley Farm
Colonel A Smith Dorien
Mr Eleazer Southernwood	Tring Grove.
John Stevens	shepherd to Rev James Williams
David Sutton, Esq
Messrs Sutton
Jabez Timms
Mr George Underwood
Rev. James Williams	Tring Park
Mr. Woodman	Dunsley