Gwent Archives
Monmouthshire Hunt Club and the Monmouth Races, records
1835-1946 (mainly 1877-1927)
GB0218.D4487
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Gwent Archives
- Creator
- Monmouthshire Hunt Club.
- Title
- Monmouthshire Hunt Club and the Monmouth Races Records
- ID
- GB0218.D4487
- Date
- 1835-1946 (mainly 1877-1927)
- Extent
- 0.015 Cubic Metres
- General Physical Description note
- To be supplied
- Language
- English
Biographical/Historical note
The Monmouthshire Hunt Club was established in about 1835 and ran the Monmouthshire Hunt until 1945. It also held balls and various race meetings including the Monmouth Races.
Scope and Contents note
Records relating to the Monmouthshire Hunt Club and the Monmouth Races, 1835-1946, including miscellaneous minutes, rules and other administrative papers, 1878-[c. 1900], 1946; financial records, 1877-[c. 1900]; letters, 1850-1881; programmes for race meetings, 1869-1898; notices, 1835-1881; newspaper cuttings, 1890-1927; photographs, [c. 1890]-[1924].
Arrangement note
Arranged into the following: administrative; financial; publications; pictorial; miscellaneous.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Gwent Archives
Conditions Governing Access note
Usual conditions apply
Conditions Governing Use note
Usual copyright regulations apply
Accruals note
Accruals are not expected
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
No information found
Appraisal note
All records have been retained
Controlled Access Headings
Subject(s)
- Fox hunting--Wales--Monmouthshire; Horse racing--Wales--Monmouthshire; Monmouthshire Hunt Club--Archives;
Other Finding Aids note
Hard copies of the catalogue are available at Gwent Record Office.
Collection Inventory
Administrative |
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D4487/1 Minutes of Monmouthshire Hunt Club. Jul 1878 |
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D4487/2 List of members 1878 |
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D4487/3 Rules for Monmouth Hunters Race Meeting 1880 |
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D4487/4 Notice of Monmouth Hunters’ Race Meeting. Sep 1881 |
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D4487/5 Officials' Licences for racing 1946 |
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D4487/6 Criteria for entry to drybridge stakes c.1900 |
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D4487/7 Notes on rules and regulations c.1900 |
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D4487/8 Notes on the Croft-y-Bwla and Drybridge Stakes c.1900 |
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Financial |
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D4487/9 Misc. expenses 1877-1879 |
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D4487/10 Statement of accounts 1877-1879 |
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D4487/11 Letter: Arthur W. Mackworth to (H.M.) Kennard, giving him a statement of his expenses in connection with the Hunt Ball Fund Feb 1878 |
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D4487/12 Bills for expenses relating to Monmouth County Ball 1878 |
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D4487/13 Receipts for band and refreshments at Hunt Balls 1878-1880 |
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D4487/14 Accounts of Monmouthshire Hunt Club 1879 |
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D4487/15 List of payments for stakes 1880 |
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D4487/16 Bill payable by Monmouth Race Ball Committee to the Monmouth Hotel Company Ltd 1880 |
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D4487/17 List of expenses 1882 |
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D4487/18 Notes regarding ‘General Expenses of a pack of foxhounds hunting 3 days a week.’ c.1900 |
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D4487/19 Notices of Monmouth Races 1835-1840 |
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D4487/20 Photocopies of newscuttings (partly from the Monmouthshire Beacon) regarding the Monmouth races [1844-1880] |
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D4487/21 Copy letter: Francis Herbert at Clytha to Capel [?Hanbury]. He is surprised at the offence caused by his letters to the Honorary Secretary Nov 1850 |
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D4487/22 Letter: James H. Howard at the Great Western Hotel, Abergavenny to John A. Rolls, esq., regarding the running expenses of the Monmouthshire Foxhounds Jun 1878 |
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D4487/23 Letter: the stewards of the Hunt Ball to the Beaufort Arms Hotel, Monmouth, setting the date of the Hunt Dinner Dec 1881 |
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Publications |
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D4487/24 Programme for first day of Monmouth Races 1869 |
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D4487/25 Programme for Monmouth Steeple Chases (first-page) TORN 1870 |
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D4487/26 Programme for first day of Monmouth Races 1870 |
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D4487/27 Programme for first day of Monmouth Races 1871 |
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D4487/28 Programme for second day of Monmouth Races 1871 |
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D4487/29 Programme for first day of Monmouth Races 1872 |
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D4487/30 Programme for second day of Monmouth Races 1872 |
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D4487/31 Programme for Lydbrook Races 1875 |
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D4487/32 Programme for Monmouth Races 1880 |
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D4487/33 Programme of Monmouth Hunters’ Race Meeting 1881 |
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D4487/34 Programme for Monmouth Races 1881 |
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D4487/35 Programme for Monmouth Polo Pony & Galloway Races 1882 |
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D4487/36 Programme for Monmouth Polo Pony & Galloway Races 1883 |
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D4487/37 Programme for Monmouth Races 1883 |
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D4487/38 Programme for Monmouth Polo Pony & Galloway Races 1885 |
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D4487/39 Programme for Monmouth Races 1885 |
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D4487/40 Programme for first day of Monmouth steeplechases and Hurdle Races 1895 |
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D4487/41 Programme for second day of Monmouth Steeplechases and Hurdle Races 1895 |
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D4487/42 Programme for first day of Monmouth Steeplechases and Hurdle Races 1896 |
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D4487/43 Programme for first day of Monmouth Steeplechases and Hurdle Races 1897 |
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D4487/44 Programme for first day of Monmouth Steeplechases and Hurdle Races 1898 |
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D4487/45 Newscuttings regarding racing at Caerleon, Raglan and Monmouth [1890, 1925, 1927 & n.d] |
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Pictorial |
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D4487/46 Cutting showing illustrations of portraits, including one of Martyn Kennard, esq. (steward in the Monmouth Races), at the Royal Academy 1891 |
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D4487/47 Glass lithograph of Monmouth Races 1904 |
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D4487/48 Photograph of Monmouth Race Course 1906 |
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D4487/49 Photograph (black and white) of Vauxhall Race Course, Monmouth c.1890 |
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D4487/50 Photograph (black and white) of Vauxhall Race Course, Monmouth c.1900 |
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D4487/51 Photograph (black and white) of Vauxhall Race Course, Monmouth c.1900 |
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D4487/52 Negatives of Monmouth Race Course 3 negatives c.1900 |
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D4487/53 Photograph (black and white) of J. T. Edwards, of Monmouth, book-maker, at the Vauxhall Race Course, Monmouth c.1924 |
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Miscellaneous |
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D4487/54 Certificate of Examination by Augustus Bowles, veterinary surgeon, relating to two geldings Nov 1876 |
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D4487/55 Offprint of chapters III - V and XI, relating to the Monmouth Races, from When Diamonds Were Trumps, by R. Herbert 1908 |
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D4487/56 Transcription of ‘Expenses of a hunting establishment of twelve horses and fifty couples of hounds from 1st January 1838 to 1st January 1839’, from The Noble Science of Fox Hunting by Delme Radcliffe c.1900 |
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