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A Brief History of The Society of Ploughmen Ltd
The Society of Ploughmen was formed in 1972 to enable the British National
Ploughing Championships to be held annually.
The first twenty-one British National Ploughing Championships were organised by the
British Ploughing Association which unfortunately foundered financially after holding the
1971 World Ploughing Contest in Somerset.
A meeting was arranged in a village pub in the Doncaster area which was attended by
eighty enthusiasts from as far afield as Cornwall, South Wales and Central Scotland.
It was unanimously decided that a new society be formed and a working party was
nominated to formulate the aims of the new society. Donations were given and £84
was collected by the end of the meeting for the new society.
The working party - consisting of the following representatives -
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Northern England |
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W Shield and F E Elliott |
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Midlands
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K H Chappell and H H Robson |
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East Anglia |
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A V Gardiner |
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Southern England |
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L Groves, H Samuel & N Tamblin |
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Scotland |
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W Ewan and W Dick |
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Wales |
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T Jones and J M Tanner |
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Acting Secretary |
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A Hall |
- had several meetings and the inaugural meeting of the Society of Ploughmen was held
at Agriculture House, Knightsbridge, London on 27th July 1972. The resolution to
form the Society of Ploughmen was put forward by Lord Lonsdale and approved by the 38
people present.
The articles of association were drawn up by the working committee and the Society was
incorporated as a Limited Company. The first Directors were elected on 17th October
1972.
The 1972 British National Ploughing Championships were organised by the East Suffolk
Farm Machinery Club with the help of many ploughmen from all parts of the country and the
profit of £1,054.04 was given to the Society of Ploughmen.
Ken Chappell (senior) 'volunteered' the services of his two sons - Ken and David - as
joint secretaries and found a site at Thorpe Willoughby, near Selby, North Yorkshire for
the 1973 Championships. The match was a great success and the Society of Ploughmen
has since gone from strength to strength.
VENUES OF THE BRITISH NATIONAL PLOUGHING CHAMPIONSHIPS
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Newton Kyme, Tadcaster, North
Yorkshire, England |
| 1952 |
Dunmore, Stirling, Scotland |
| 1953 |
Ashton-in-Makerfield,
Lancashire, England |
| 1954 |
Nynehead, Wellington, Somerset,
England |
| 1955 |
Sealand, Flintshire, Wales |
| 1956 |
Shillingford, Wallingford,
Oxfordshire, England |
| 1957 |
Ratho, Edinburgh, Scotland |
| 1958 |
Hough-on-the-Hill, Grantham,
Lincolnshire, England |
| 1959 |
Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire,
England |
| 1960 |
Ripon, North Yorkshire, England |
| 1961 |
Norwich, Norfolk, England |
| 1962 |
North Berwick, East Lothian,
Scotland |
| 1963 |
Halse, near Taunton, Somerset,
England |
| 1964 |
Nuneham Courtney, Oxfordshire,
England |
| 1965 |
Storeton, Wirral, Cheshire,
England |
| 1966 |
Stoneleigh, Kenilworth,
Warwickshire, England |
| 1967 |
Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire,
England |
| 1968 |
Alderbury, Shrewsbury
Shropshire, England |
| 1969 |
North Berwick, East Lothian,
Scotland |
| 1970 |
Wilsic, Doncaster, South
Yorkshire, England |
| 1971 |
Nynehead, Wellington, Somerset,
England |
| 1972 |
Otley, Ipswich, Suffolk, England |
| 1973 |
Thorpe Willoughby, Selby, North
Yorkshire, England |
| 1974 |
Fawley Court, Herefordshire,
England |
| 1975 |
Wispington, Horncastle,
Lincolnshire, England |
| 1976 |
Tamhorn Park, Lichfield,
Staffordshire, England |
| 1977 |
Crowhurst, Lingfield, Surrey,
England |
| 1978 |
Stannington, Newcastle,
Northumberland, England |
| 1979 |
Cross Houses, Shrewsbury,
Shropshire |
| 1980 |
Burwell, Newmarket,
Cambridgeshire, England |
| 1981 |
Wing, Aylesbury,
Buckinghamshire, England |
| 1982 |
Crosby-on-Eden, Carlisle,
Cumbria, England |
| 1983 |
Broadlands, Romsey, Hampshire,
England |
| 1984 |
Wispington, Horncastle,
Lincolnshire, England |
| 1985 |
Glamis, Forfar, Angus, Scotland
(CANCELLED) |
| 1985 |
Farmsfield, Newark,
Nottinghamshire, England |
| 1986 |
Bridge Sollers, Hereford,
Herefordshire, England |
| 1987 |
Ellington, Morpeth,
Northumberland, England |
| 1988 |
Weston, Crewe, Cheshire, England |
| 1989 |
Kingston, Modbury, Devon,
England |
| 1990 |
Worlaby, Brigg, South
Humberside, England |
| 1991 |
Burwell, Newmarket,
Cambridgeshire, England |
| 1992 |
Farnsfield, Newark,
Nottinghamshire, England |
| 1993 |
Shillingford, Wallingford,
Oxfordshire, England |
| 1994 |
Wansford, Peterborough,
Cambridgeshire, England |
| 1995 |
Nynehead, Wellington, Somerset,
England |
| 1996 |
Swinefleet, Goole, East
Yorkshire, England |
| 1997 |
Leeds, Maidstone, Kent, England |
| 1998 |
Preston Capes, Daventry,
Northamptonshire, England |
| 1999 |
Shillingford, Wallingford,
Oxfordshire, England |
| 2000 |
Lincoln,
Lincolnshire, England |
| 2001 |
Brougham, Penrith,
Cumbria, England (CANCELLED) |
| 2002 |
Wilsic, Doncaster,
South Yorkshire, England |
| 2003 |
Brougham, Penrith,
Cumbria, England |
| 2004 |
South Stoke,
Reading, Berkshire, England |
| 2005 |
Soham, Ely,
Cambridgeshire, England |
| 2006 |
Loseley Park,
Guildford, Surrey, England |
| 2007 |
Crockey Hill,
York, North Yorkshire, England |
| 2008 |
Marden, Tonbridge,
Kent, England |
| 2009 |
Soham, Ely,
Cambridgeshire, England |
| 2010 |
Grange-de-Lings,
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England |
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