South Devon and Newton Abbot Agricultural Societies: The Annual meeting of these societies was held yesterday. The ploughmen competed on a fine slope of land on Westwood Farm near Newton Abbot. Sheep, pigs, etc. were exhibited in an adjoining field. The judges were: For sheep, horses and pigs – Messrs. G. May, Sheepham, Modbury; W. Wooland, Bridford Barton, Exeter and W. Burrington, Exminster: For malting barley, Messrs. J. Pinsent, Newton Abbot; and J. West, Tamar Brewery, Devonport …
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GRO0518 Devonport: John Ball Pinsent: 1819 – 1901