Meynell and South Staffordshire Hunt to disband

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Meynell and South Staffordshire Hunt
Image caption,The pack first formed in 1793

By Liam Barnes and Simon Hare

BBC News

A hunt that was founded 230 years ago will end as it looks at sharing resources with neighbouring groups.

The Meynell and South Staffordshire Hunt says it will work with the North Staffordshire, South Notts and Moorlands Hunts, with all of its hounds to be rehomed.

In a statement it said the move was down to “increasing urbanisation and development across the countryside”.

Staff will remain employed until 1 May.

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Meynell and South Staffordshire Hunt
Image caption,All of the kennel’s hounds are due to be rehomed

Founded in 1793 as the Sudbury Hunt, the Meynell family took on the hounds of Lord Vernon following his death 20 years later.

Its current Sudbury kennels were built in 1872, when it became a subscription hunt, and it was merged with the South Staffordshire group in 1970.

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