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Hunt facts: Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn’s

19 December, 2005

Hunt: the fourth Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn established a pack of hounds in 1788, but reports exist of an earlier baronet being killed while out hunting in 1749

Country: covers large tracts of Clwyd, Cheshire and Shropshire, extending from the Nantcol valley in northern Wales to its boundary with the Cheshire hunt in the east. Often referred to as the Wynnstay, the hunt is famous for being predominantly grassland with thorn hedges and numerous well-dispersed fox coverts

No of subscribers: 150

Masters: Lord Daresbury, Steven Lloyd, Sir Jonathan Clark and Richard Tyacke

Staff: Bert Loud is the kennel-huntsman and first whipper-in, countryman is Paul Conolly. The hunt horses are kept at livery with Steve Wynn

Best thing about the hunt: “We have the most wonderful pack of hounds, the most fantastic country and an incredibly supportive local rural community that loves the hounds and gives us tremendous support. As a result the atmosphere here is simply wonderful” — Lord Daresbury, joint-master since 1991

Cost of a subscription: from £770 to hunt one day a week

Cost of visiting: £100

Hunt secretary: Anthony and Sally Anson (tel: 01948 667200) and Nancie Shepherd (tel: 01948 860589)



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