Warwickshire Hunt

Warwickshire Hunt

Hunt type	Fox hunting
Country	England
History
Founded	1791
Founded by	Mr Corbet
Hunt information
Hound breed	Foxhound
Hunt country	Warwickshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire.
Master(s)	Charmian Green, Barbara Hester, Lynne Deakin, Keith Arnold, Kim Cockburn & Simon Richards.
Quarry	Fox
Kennelled	Little Kineton
Website	www.warwickshirehunt.co.uk/

The Warwickshire Hunt is an English fox hunting pack founded in 1791.

History

The hunt was founded in 1791 by a Mr Corbet, the kennels were built in their current location in Little Kineton in 1839. Between World War I and World War II the Warwickshire Hunt was considered one of the premier hunts midland shires.^[1]

Hunt country

The hunt’s country covers areas of Warwickshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire and is a mixture of pasture and arable, crossed mainly by means of hedges, timber and hunt jumps.^[1]

Adjacent hunts

Adjacent hunts include the Atherstone Hunt, the Pytchley Hunt, the Bicester with Whaddon Chase Hunt, the Heythrop Hunt, the North Cotswold Hunt, the Croome and the West Warwickshire Foxhounds.^[2]

See also

List of foxhound packs of the United Kingdom

References

Footnotes

1. Warwickshire Hunt.
2. Liam’s.

Bibliography

• Baily’s hunting directory, Warwickshire Hunt, retrieved 5 December 2015.
• Liam’s hunting directory, Warwickshire Hunt, retrieved 5 December 2015.
• Warwickshire Hunt website, retrieved 5 December 2015.