History

The Society originated from a meeting of farmers in 1890 at the Harewood End Inn and in 1891 was known as the Harewood End Ploughing Society, shortly changing its name to the Harewood End Agricultural Society. Since then it has been progressive, supported technical and agricultural improvements and promoted training and education.

The place where the Society was founded in Herefordshire is a rural county renowned for its rich soil capable of producing a wide and diverse range of agricultural products that are distributed nationwide. Over the years the Society collected a valuable archive that had been listed by an enthusiastic team to form the history of the Society that was published in 2015. The book serves as a permanent record for future generations and contributes to further knowledge of farming in Herefordshire.

HEAS Book

The book, written by local historian Heather Hurley and featuring a foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales, is the culmination of an ambitious project to research and document the history of the Society and rural life in South Herefordshire since the society was founded in 1890.  The hardback edition documents the many changes in agriculture over the last 125 years, the farm competitions and country life of the generations of farming families in the original 34 parishes incorporated in the Society’s membership.

Copies of the book priced at £18 are available from:

Julia Wilde on 01989 564281           E: [email protected]

Heather Hurley on 01989 566752    E: [email protected]