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No longer used racecourses
Link to current courses
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A brief of resume of the courses appears below the 'movement' list including links to some individual course details pages.
Hunt And Course
Movements
(Hunt changes in red) (n.b. - this table is still being altered as
schedules are established)
New courses |
Courses closing |
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| The Southdown & Eridge move from Rodmell to Godstone | |||
| The Southdown & Eridge move from Heathfield to Rodmell |
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| Tickham and West Street join up but retain both
meetings. The CLC return - going to Parham |
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| The CLC move from Midhurst to in Hampshire | |||
First South East Hunts Club meeting - at Parham |
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| The E. S. R. & M. move from Heathfield to Bexhill | |||
| The Southdown & Eridge move from Parham to Heathfield | |||
| Extra Grand National Appeal Meeting (Detling) | |||
| Southdown merge with Eridge but retain both meetings | |||
| The Mid Surrey Drag move from Lingfield to Charing |
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| The Weald of Kent Drag at
Charing (1 season only!) Both the West Kent and the Old Surrey & Burstow move to Penshurst |
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Crockham Hill and Ightham |
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| The Old Surrey & Burstow move frrom
Lingfield
to Crockham Hill The Chiddingfold & Leconfield join up with the Cowdray at Midhurst |
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| The Tickham move from Charing to Detling | |||
| We lose - The Royal Engineers | |||
| The Old Surrey & Burstow & Mid Surrey Farmers move from Limpsfield to Lingfield (on inside of racecourse) | |||
| We lose - The Chiddingfold Farmers The Surrey Union take over at Peper Harow |
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| The Surrey Union race move from Rudgwick to
do a single year at Tweseldown. The Southdown move from Ringmer to Parham The Chiddingfold & Leconfield move from Rudgwick to Parham |
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| The Romney Marsh join up with the East Sussex at Heathfield | |||
| The Old Surrey & Burstow move from Edenbridge to Limpsfield | |||
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| The Ashford Valley Action at Charing has now moved to the new course
beside the A20. Charing (Newlands) closes and
the course the other side of the village opens. After losing their '62 & '63 meetings the West Street now return to Aldington after a 14 year gap After losing their '62 & '63 meetings the Eridge join the East Sussex at Heathfield The Mid Surrey Draghounds (formerly the Mid Kent Staghounds?) open at Limpsfield |
Charing |
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| The Mid Kent Staghounds become the Mid Surrey Farmers
(unconfirmed at moment) East Sussex open up at Heathfield The West Kent race at Charing as a result of problems with their Ightham course The OS&B move from their Edenbridge course a couple of miles up the road to Four Elms |
Four Elms and Heathfield |
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| The West Street move from Betteshanger to Manston |
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| The Royal Engineers move from Aldington to Bredhurst | |||
| The Tickham move from Doddington to
Lynsted The West Street move from Whitfield to Betteshanger The Surrey Union move from Burgh Heath to Rudgwick |
Lynsted and Betteshanger |
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| The Royal Engineers move from Hollingbourne to Aldington | Burgh Heath, Doddington, and Whitfield |
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| Crawley & Horsham move from Dial Post
to Parham Surrey Union move from Charlwood to Burgh Heath |
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| Eridge, having lost their meeting at Eridge move to Edenbridge | |||
| The Royal Engineers stage their first meeting - racing at Hollingbourne | |||
| Old Surrey & Burstow move from Marsh Green
(south end of Edenbridge) to the Spitals Cross course at the north end of
Edenbridge The West Street, having done a single eason at Aldington, move to Whitfield |
Edenbridge and Whitfield |
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The East Kent move from Brabourne to
Aldington where the West Street also make their
post-war restart. |
Aldington and Peper Harow |
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| The Romney Marsh, having started pre-war at Icklesham now transfer to East Guldeford | |||
| The Eridge move from Brabourne to
Eridge The Chiddingfold Farmers hold a shared meeting with the Garth and the Hampshire at (1949 as well) |
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| The East Sussex resume at Hellingly - the
course they used before the war. The Chiddingfold Farmers hold a meeting at West Horsley The Ashford Valley move from Bethersden to the Charing(Newlands) course. The Mid Kent Staghounds move from Brabourne to the Charing(Newlands) course. |
Icklesham and West Horsley |
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Hunt racing resumes after the second world war |
Bethersden |
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**1 The site editor has no record of any Chiddingfold Farmers (CF) point-to-point meetings in the period 1937 up to the last pre-war meetings in 1939. When the CF returned after the war they held (certainly in 48 & 49) Bone Fide meetings at Tweseldown in conjunction with the Hampshire Hunt - it is therefore quite possible that they were doing the same prior to the war. Prior to the war the Chiddingfold Hunt and the Lord Leconfield's were separate hunts holding their own point-to-points (at Cranleigh and Rudgwick respectively). It would appear that 'post-war' the two hunts amalgamated with a single post war hunt racing meeting.
Brief course details - where known !
Left/right |
Approx. circuits per 'normal' 3 mile race | |
Bethersden |
Not known |
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Left |
2.0 |
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Not known |
Not known |
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Left |
2.2 |
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Right |
2.4 |
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Not known |
Not known |
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Not known |
Not known |
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Figure of eight |
2.2 |
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Not known |
Not known |
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Figure of eight |
2.5 |
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U-shaped - 1.5 Left + 0.5 Right |
2.2 |
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Not known |
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Icklesham |
Not known |
Not known |
Left |
2 large and 1 small |
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Not known |
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Right |
2.2 |
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Right |
2.3 |
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Right |
2 large and 1 small |
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Not known |
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Left |
2.4 |
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Upper Broyle Farm - Right |
2.1 |
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Left |
3.1 |
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'62 (approx.) - Figure of eight |
2.2 |
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History by course
Location |
By |
Last used |
| Aldington | 1952 - East Kent 1964 - West Street |
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| Bethersden | 1946 - Ashford Valley | |
| Betteshanger | 1957 - West Street | |
| Bexhill (/Catsfield) | 1986 - East Sussex & Romney Marsh | |
| Brabourne | 1946 - East Kent (same as before war)
plus Mid-Kent Staghounds 1947 - Eridge (one year only) |
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| Bredhurst | 1958 - Royal Engineers | |
| Burgh Heath | 1954 - Surrey Union | |
| Charing (A20) | 1964 - Ashford Valley & Royal Engineers (& Tickham to 1971) | |
| Charing (Newlands) | 1947 - Ashford Valley (same as before war) & Mid Kent Stag | |
| Charlwood (Gatwick) | 1946 - Surrey Union | |
| Crockham Hill | 1974 - OS&B | |
| Detling | 1972 - Tickham | |
| Dial Post | 1946 - C&H (same as before war) | |
| Doddington | 1946 - Tickham | |
| East Guldeford (Brookland) | 1948 - Romney Marsh | |
| Edenbridge | 1952 - OS&B 1954 - Eridge |
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| Eridge | 1948 - Eridge | |
| Four Elms | 1963 - OS&B | |
| Godstone | 2002 - Southdown & Eridge | |
| Heathfield | 1963 - East Sussex 1964 - Eridge 1968 - Romney Marsh join the East Sussex |
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| Hellingly | 1946 - East Sussex (same course as before the war) | |
| Hollingbourne | 1952 - Royal Engineers | 1954 or 1955 |
| Icklesham | 1946 - East Sussex and The Romney Marsh | |
| Ightham | 1946 - West Kent | |
| Kippings Cross | 1960 - Eridge | |
| Limpsfield | 1964 - Mid Surrey Farmers 1967 - OS&B |
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| Lingfield | 1971 - OS&B and Mid-Surrey | |
| Lynsted | 1957 - Tickham | |
| Manston | 1959 - West Street | |
| Marsh Green | 1946 - OS&B (same as before war) | |
| Midhurst | 1947 - Cowdray | |
| Parham | 1954 - Crawley & Horsham 1969 - Chid. & Lec. and Southdown (Southdown left after 1999) |
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| Penshurst | 1977 - OS&B and West Kent | |
| Peper Harow | 1950 - Chiddingfold Farmers (left
1969) 1970 - Surrey Union |
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| Ringmer | 1946 - Upper Broyle Farm - Southdown 1967 - Upper Lodge Farm - Southdown |
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| Rodmell | 2000 - Southdown & Eridge | |
| Rudgwick | 1946 - Chid. & Lec. 1957 - Surrey Union |
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| West Horsley | 1947 - Chiddingfold Farmers | |
| Whitfield (Shepherdswell) | 1951 - West Street |
History by hunt
Location |
By |
Last used |
| Ashford Valley | 1946 - Bethersden 1947 - Charing (Newlands) 1964 - Charing (A20) |
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| Chiddingfold Farmers | 1947 - West
Horsley 1948 - joint meeting at Tweseldown in Hampshire 1950 - Peper Harow |
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| Chiddingfold & Leconfield | 1946 -
Rudgwick 1969 - Parham (with Cowdray from 1988) |
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| Cowdray | 1947 - Midhurst (see Chid. & Lec. from 1988 ) | |
| Crawley & Horsham | 1946 - Dial
Post 1954 - Parham |
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| East Kent | 1946 -
Brabourne 1951 - Aldington |
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| East Sussex | 1946 - Icklesham 1947 - Hellingly 1954 - Ringmer 1963 - Heathfield (with Romney Marsh from 1968) 1986 - Bexhill (/Catsfield) |
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| Eridge | 1947 -
Ightham 1948 - Eridge 1954 - Edenbridge 1960 - Kippings Cross 1964 - Heathfield (with Southdown from 1969) 2000 - Rodmell 2002 - Godstone |
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| Mid Kent Staghounds Mid Surrey Draghounds |
(MK) 1946 -
Brabourne (MK) 1947 - Charing (Newlands) (MS) 1964 - Limpsfield (MS) 1971 - Lingfield (MS) 1979 - Charing (A20) |
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| Old Surrey & Burstow | 1946 - Marsh
Green 1948 - Charlwood (with Surrey Union) 1949 - Marsh Green 1951 - Edenbridge 1963 - Four Elms 1967 - Limpsfield 1971 - Lingfield 1974 - Crockham Hill 1977 - Penshurst (with West Kent from 2000) |
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| Romney Marsh | 1946 - Icklesham 1948 - East Guldeford (see East Sussex for 1968 on) |
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| Royal Engineers | 1952 -
Hollingbourne 1956 - Aldington 1958 - Bredhurst 1965 - Charing (A20) |
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| South East Hunts Club | 1987 -
Parham 1992 - Charing (A20) |
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| Southdown | 1946 -
Ringmer (Upper Broyle
Farm) 1966 - Ringmer (Upper Lodge Farm) 1968 - Parham (with Eridge from 1969) 2000 - Rodmell 2002 - Godstone |
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| Surrey Union | 1946 -
Charlwood (Gatwick) 1954 - Burgh Heath 1957 - Rudgwick 1969 - Tweseldown 1970 - Peper Harow |
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| Tickham | 1946 -
Doddington 1957 - Lynsted 1965 - Charing (A20) 1972 - Detling (with West Street since 1991) |
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| West Kent | 1946 -
Ightham ('63 at Charing
(Newlands)) 1977 - Penshurst (with Old Surrey & Burstow from 2000) |
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| West Street | 1950 -
Aldington 1951 - Whitfield 1957 - Betteshanger 1959 - Manston 1964 - Aldington (with Tickham since 1991) |
By hunt summary
| Southdown Eridge |
YYYY YBY |
YYYYYYYYYY YYYWYYYYWW |
YYYYYYYYYY YYWWYYYYYY |
YYYYYWYYWY YYYYYWYYYY |
YYYYYYFYWY YYYWYYWYYW |
YYYYYYYHYY YYYDWYYYWY |
YMYYYF YMYYYY |
53- 7 48-11 |
| Old Surrey & Burstow West Kent |
YYBY YYYY |
YYYYYYYYYY YYYYYYYYYY |
YYYYYYYYYY YYYDYYSYYY |
YYYYYWYYWY YYYYYWYYYY |
YYYYYYYYYY YYYYYWYYYY |
YYYYYYYYYY YYYYYYYYYY |
YMYYYY YMYYYY |
57- 3 58- 2 |
| Tickham West Street |
YYYY |
YYYYYYYYYY YYYYYYYYWY |
YYYYNYYYYY YYGWYYYYYN |
YYYYYYYYYY YYYYYWYYYY |
YYYYYYYWYY WYYWYYYYYY |
YYYYYYYYYY YYYYYYYHYY |
YMYYYS WMYYYY |
57- 3 47- 9 |
| Chidd. & Lec. Cowdray Chidd., Lec & Cowdray |
YYYY YBY |
YYYYYYYYYW YYYYYYYYYY |
YYYYNYYYYY
YYYYYYYYYY |
YYY YYY YYYYYYY |
YYYWYYYYYY |
YYYYYYYYYY |
YYYYFF |
24- 2 25- 0 30- 3 |
| East Sussex Romney Marsh ES & Romney Marsh |
YYYY YYNY |
YYCYYYYYYY YYYYYYYYYY |
YYYYYWWY YYYYYYYY YY |
YYYYYYYYWY |
YYYYYWWYYY |
YYYYWYYHYY |
YMYYYY |
20- 2 21- 1 34- 4 |
| Ashford Valley | YYYY | YYYYYYYYWY | YYYYYYYYYY | YYYYYWYYYY | YYYYYYYYYY | YYYYYYYYYY | YMYHYY | 57- 3 |
| Crawley & Horsham | YYYY | YNYYYYYYYY | YYYYYYNYYY | YYYYYYYYYY | YYYYYYYYYY | YYYYYYYYYY | YMYYYY | 59- 1 |
| East Kent | YYYY | YYYYYYYYWY | YYYYYYYYYY | YYYYYWYYYY | YYYWYWYYYY | YYYYWYYYYY | YMYYYY | 56- 4 |
| Surrey Union | YYBY | YYYYYYYYYY | YYYYYYYYYY | YYYYYWYYYY | YYYYYYYYYY | YYYYYYYYYY | YMYYYY | 58- 2 |
| Mid Kent Staghounds Mid Surrey Draghounds |
YYYY |
YYYYYYYYYY |
YYY WYYYYWY |
YYYYYWHHYY |
YYYYYYYYYY |
YYYYYYYYYY |
YYYYYY |
17- 0 39- 4 |
| South East Hunts Club | YYY | YYYYYYYYYY | YYYYYY | 19- 0 | ||||
| Royal Engineers | YYYYYYYY | YYMYNYYYYY | YY | 18- 2 | ||||
| Chiddingfold Farmers | YBB | YYYYYYYYYY | YYYYYYYYYY | (*=11) | 23- 0 | |||
| TOTAL LOST MEETINGS | ??1? | 0000000032 | 0033312011 | 0000051130 | 1003011111 | 0001200310 | 1*0112 |
62 meetings lost in 60 years (out of 881 meetings - 7%)
(32 to excess water, 12 to foot and mouth, 6 to hard ground, 5 unknown, 4
to frost, 1 each to fog, course damage and snow)
Red signifies
a lost meeting
Blue signifies a re-arranged meeting (letter shows reason
for postponement)
Green B means - held a 'Bone-Fide" meeting
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M = Foot & Mouth
D = Course Damage from an earlier meeting
S = Snow
F = Frost
G = Fog
W = Too wet
H = Ground too hard
N = Reason not known
