Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| race course, Burgh by Sands | ||
| locality:- | North End | |
| locality:- | Burgh by Sands | |
| civil parish:- | Burgh by Sands (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | race course (once) | |
| coordinates:- | NY32905930 (roughly) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3259 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY35 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 15 8) |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. "Race Post" |
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| text:- |
Marked out by posts in the fields to the north of the parish church. |
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| This was a National Hunt meeting, founded by the Mulcaster Family, long connected
with racing and coursing in the North. The first meeting was 10th April, 1882. This
included: the Beaumont Plate of ~25 for half-bred maiden hunters, 2 miles on the flat,
eleven runners; the Solway Plate of ~40 for hunters that never won a race value ~50,
3 miles; the Burgh Plate of ~30 for maiden hunters, 2 miles flat; The Cumberland Hunt
Plate of ~25 for hunters, 3 miles; The Border Plate of ~30 for hunters that never
won a race value ~50, 3 miles. The meeting was a domestic affair for local hunting
men and in keeping with the original intention of National Hunt sport; later it was
no longer confined to hunters. The last fixture was 16 April 1900 |
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| Fairfax-Blakeborough 1950 |
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