The Cheshire Hunt-Home

The Cheshire Hunt was founded in 1763. The area hunted encompassed the whole of Cheshire. This vast area was subsequently divided between the Cheshire and the South Cheshire Hunts in 1877, and the two portions were then reunited in 1907. This separation occurred again from 1931 until 1946.

The country now hunted is about twenty five square miles with the main centres around Tarporley and Nantwich, with Chester, Kelsall, Whitchurch and Malpas at its boundaries,

The Hunt meets on a Tuesday and Saturday at 11.am from November until mid March, with a bye day being held once a fortnight on a Thursday at 12noon.

Cheshire is predominately a dairy county with miles of grass, fenced by hedges and ditches.

The Hunt uniform is a scarlet coat with hunt buttons. A green collar is worn by Hunt Staff, Masters, and by invitation of the Tarporley Hunt Club.

The kennels are situated in the north of the country. Thirty five couple of hounds are kept and the pack will vary from either a bitch or a mixed pack depending on the meet. Hounds are bred for speed and endurance, and many miles will be covered in a day’s activities.

Guy Mather, a former amateur whip under the legendary Johnnie O’Shea has hunted hounds since 1990. He is assisted by first whip, Shane Francis and two keen amateur whips.

Richard Thomas heads the team of four Masters along with Andrew Lee Jones, a farmer in the north of the country, Chris Stockton, a property developer, and Robert Walker who is a very successful Show Hunter producer. All field master in their particular areas.