Yeovil Poultry Show: The Annual exhibition of poultry, pigeons, cage birds, rabbits and cats was held yesterday in the Town Hall, corn Exchange, Market, and adjacent buildings at Yeovil. The show was the largest ever held in the West of England, there being nearly 1,700 entries, comprising about 3,000 birds and animals, and a finer display is scarcely ever seen. … Poultry: Dorkings, coloured (cock) – £1 10s and cup, W. S. Pinsent, Highweek, Newton Abbot. … (also) … Poultry: Silver cup, value three guineas, presented by Spratt’s Patent for the best pen in Classes 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11 – Mr. W. S. Pinsent, Newton Abbot:
[see similar Western Daily Press: Thursday 26th January 1882]
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GRO0911 Devonport: William Swain Pinsent: 1843 – 1920