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The Old Surrey Burstow and West Kent Hunt is a United Kingdom fox hunt,[1] with hunting country covering around 42 miles East to West and 30 miles North to South, within the counties of Surrey, Sussex and Kent.[1][2][3]
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History
The hunt has been formed from the merger of three separate foxhound packs, the 'Old Surrey', the 'Burstow' and the 'West Kent'.[1]
The first recorded pack on the Surrey country was in 1735 at Lovells Grove, Croydon, where the Earl of Onslow lived, and by 1800 a merchant pack was hunting the country. In 1808, the first evidence of the Old Surrey pack exits, based from Godstone, and retaining the merchant membership.[4]
The Burstow pack dates from around 1866, having previously been a harrier pack. Having been originally based at Poundhill, the pack moved to Felbridge in 1909.[4]
In 1915, the Old Surrey and Burstow hunts amalgamated, and took the Felbridge base of the Burstow as their home.[4]
The West Kent hunt dates back to 1776, and did not join with the Old Surrey and Burstow until 1999.[4]
Hunt Country
The hunt covers country three territories, which is a result of the merger of the three former hunts and gives the hunt a large country, although a large portion is not huntable due to urbanisation, and crossing by road and rail.[2] The country runs from the M23 motorway at the west to Hadlow in the East, and from the Isle of Grain at the North to Fletching in the south.
The hunt's best centres are Edenbridge, Horsted Keynes, Penshurst and Mereworth.[5]
Pony Club
The hunt is linked to branches of The Pony Club including an Old Surrey and Burstow Branch.
See also
- List of fox hunts in the United Kingdom
References
- ^ a b c "Old Surrey Burstow and West Kent". Master of Foxhounds Association. http://www.mfha.org.uk/directory/old-surrey-burstow-and-west-kent/view/kent/surrey/sussex/. Retrieved 2010-10-18.
- ^ a b "Hunt Country". Old Surrey Burstow and West Kent Hunt. http://www.osbwk.co.uk/the%20Country.htm.
- ^ "Hunting countries of UK and Ireland". BBC News. 1999-09-16. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/431934.stm.
- ^ a b c d "Hunt History". Old Surrey Burstow and West Kent Hunt. http://www.osbwk.co.uk/hunt%20History.htm.
- ^ Baily's Hunting Directory. 1937-1938. 1989. p. 108.
External links
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