Chudleigh District Agricultural Show: The seventeenth annual meeting of the Chudleigh District Agricultural society comprising the parishes of Chudleigh, Bovey Tracey, Hennock, Trusham, Ashton and Christow and Ideford was held on Thursday at Bovey Tracey in fields adjoin the town, kindly lent by Messrs. Joll and Pinsent when prizes to the value of £100 were offered for competition in cattle, sheep, horses, green crops, butter, and farms, ploughing, hedging and thatching and servitude: … The Sheep: For the best ram, any age or breed: 1, Mr. Pinsent, Bovey Tracey; 2, Mr. James Edwards, Christow; r. Mr. Bawdon, Leigh, Hennock … … For the best pen of five ewes, any breed, 1, Mr. Pinsent, Whitestone, Bovey Tracey; 2, Mr. A. C. Loveys, Barne, Christow. … … For the best pen of five yearling, ditto, any breed: – 1, Mr. Pinsent, Bovey Tracey; 2, J. S. Bawdon, Leigh, Hennock; r. Mr. John White, Lower Barton, Ashton …
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GRO0412 Hennock: Henry Pinsent: 1844 – 1894