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
The National Land Company was founded as the Chartist Cooperative Land Company in 1845 by the chartism, chartist Feargus O'Connor to help working-class people satisfy the landholding requirement to gain a vote in county seats in Great Britain. ...
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[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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Business people from Worcestershire
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