Royal Rock Beagles

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Royal Rock Beagles

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Royal Rock Beagles by John Dalby, 1845.
Hunt type Beagling
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
History
Founded 1845
Disbanded 2015
Hunt information
Hound breed Beagle
Hunt country Wirral Peninsula
Quarry Hare

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 Wirrall 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]

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Rock Ferry area of Birkenhead on the Wirral Peninsula, England

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References

  1. ↑ Nathaniel Caine (1895), History of the Royal Rock Beagle Hunt
  2. 1 2 "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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