The Essex and Suffolk Hunt is an
English fox hunting
Fox hunting is an activity involving the tracking, chase and, if caught, the killing of a fox, traditionally a red fox, by trained foxhounds or other scent hounds. A group of unarmed followers, led by a "master of foxhounds" (or "master of ho ...
pack founded in 1791.
History
The hunt is reputed to have been founded in 1791 by Sir William Rowley from a pack of hounds purchased from the Duke of York.
[ Essex and Suffolk Hunt.] The pack was originally kenneled at Sir William's residence, Tendring Hall Park in
Stoke-by-Nayland
Stoke-by-Nayland is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England, close to the border with Essex. The parish includes the village of Withermarsh Green and the hamlets of Thorington Street and Scotland S ...
.
[ Masters of Foxhounds Association.]
In 1808 Mr Carrington Nunn succeeded Sir William as Master, remaining for about 50 years before handing over to his nephew Captain White, who moved the hounds to new kennels he built in
Stratford St. Mary
Stratford St. Mary is a village in Suffolk, England in the heart of 'Constable Country'. John Constable painted a number of paintings in and around Stratford.
Stratford (the ford of the Roman ''Via Strata'') with its attached hamlet of High ...
.
The kennels were moved to their current location in
Layham
Layham is a small village and a civil parish in southern Suffolk, England, situated between the town of Hadleigh and the neighbouring village of Raydon.
The civil parish contains the villages of Upper Layham and Lower Layham, separated by the ...
during the Secord World War.
Hunt country
The hunt's country covers an area approximately 25 miles north to south and the same east to west, in
Essex and
Suffolk
Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowes ...
.
See also
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List of foxhound packs of the United Kingdom
References
Footnotes
Bibliography
Baily’s hunting directory, ''Essex and Suffolk Hunt'' retrieved 1 October 2016.
Masters of Foxhounds Association, ''Essex and Suffolk Hunt'' retrieved 1 October 2016.
retrieved 1 October 2016.
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Fox hunts in the United Kingdom