Monmouthshire Show
Welsh agricultural show
The Monmouthshire Show is a one-day agricultural show in Wales, taking place annually in Monmouth on the 3rd Sunday in August. Historically it is the largest one-day agricultural show in Wales.
Origin
The origin of the show dates back to the 1790s when Monmouth's agricultural society organised ploughing matches. However, it was not until 1857 that it was proposed that a cattle show should be created. On 30 May 1857, the eighth Duke of Beaufort gave ten pounds and John Rolls placed twenty pounds into a fund to start the Monmouth Cattle Show. The show was first staged in the October of the same year. Rolls was President of the show for his lifetime and he was succeeded by his son John Allan Rolls in 1870.
Venues
In 1876 the show was held in the town's newly established cattle market in Chippenham Fields. The show was then held annually (firstly in October, but then eventually moved to August – taking up its now traditional date of the last Thursday in August) up until the First World War. The show was restarted in 1919 when it was renamed the Monmouthshire County Show.
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