Royal Rock Beagles

Royal Rock Beagles
Royal Rock Beagles by John Dalby, 1845.
Hunt typeBeagling
Country United Kingdom
History
Founded1845
Disbanded2015
Hunt information
Hound breedBeagle
Hunt countryWirral Peninsula
QuarryHare

The Royal Rock Beagles was a pack of beagles founded at Rock Ferry in 1845.[1] The pack was used to hunt hare in the Wirral and subsequently in Wales as the character of the Cheshire countryside changed.[2] It was for a long time the oldest beagle pack in the UK but ceased to hunt in 2015.[2]

References

  1. ^ Nathaniel Caine (1895), History of the Royal Rock Beagle Hunt
  2. ^ a b "Horn sounds for final time at historic pack", Daily Post, Conwy, 9 April 2015

See also

List of beagle, harrier and basset packs of the United Kingdom


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