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It held its first annual agricultural show, the Fair and Cattle Show, at Guildford on 7 November 1834. [1] [2] [3] The show was moved to the Claremont Showground in 1905, [4] when it became the Perth Royal Show. [5] [6] In 1907, a range of other agricultural societies merged. [7] Despite the action, separate agricultural societies remain ...
Horsham (/ ˈ h ɔːr ʃ ə m /) is a market town on the upper reaches of the River Arun on the fringe of the Weald in West Sussex, England.The town is 31 miles (50 km) south south-west of London, 18.5 miles (30 km) north-west of Brighton and 26 miles (42 km) north-east of the county town of Chichester.
Horsham Friends Meeting House is a Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) place of worship in the town of Horsham, part of the district of the same name in West Sussex, England. It was built in 1786 to replace a meeting house nearly 100 years older on the same site, built for a Quaker community which had been active in the town for several years.
The Anglican parish church of St Nicolas dates the first building on its site from around 1170, and the building was in its present form by the mid-14th century. It was extensively restored in 1847. The church has a gargoyle, on a pillar inside the church, which is said to have inspired Lewis Carroll , who lived in Guildford, to create the ...
Biddle Air National Guard Base (formerly Horsham Air Guard Station, 2011–2021) is owned by the Pennsylvania Air National Guard and located in Horsham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The Air National Guard plays host to many different Army National Guard Units as well as other government agencies.
The Topsfield Fair is known as America's Oldest County Fair. Started in 1818 by the Essex County Agricultural Society, the Topsfield Fair was originally a one-day cattle show. [1] The goal of the society was to showcase agriculture in order to educate the public as well as provide somewhere for farmers to exchange ideas and methods.
The Royal Show, also known as the Royal Agricultural Show, was an annual agricultural show held by the Royal Agricultural Society of England every year from 1839 to 2009. [4] The event covered all aspects of farming, food production and rural living, from British livestock to business methods and technology used in the farming industry.
In 1827 the society was renamed the Derbyshire Agricultural Society, and over the years the organisation running the show took various names until acquiring its current name in 1929. [citation needed] In 1980 the show became a two-day event. [4] [5] The 2015 event was the 185th show, 196 years after the first. [6]