Benjamin Bomford Explained

Benjamin Bomford was a prominent Worcestershire farmer in the mid-19th century. He joined the Royal Agricultural Society in 1847 while living at Great Dodford^[1] which he later sold to the Chartist National Land Company.^[2]

He was an early user of steam technology for farming.^[3] He was also a director of the Evesham and Redditch Railway Company, formed in 1863.^[4]

Notes and References

1. British farmer's magazine, 1847, p79 Google books
2. http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-ar_d_land.pdf Land for the landless, and votes for the disenfranchised. The history and archaeology of Rosedene, a surviving Chartist cottage. at Dodford with Grafton, Shona Robson, in National Trust Annual Archaeological Review 1999-2000
3. Reports of the committees appointed to investigate the present state of steam cultivation, Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, Volume 3; Volume 28 By Royal Agricultural Society of England Google digitised copy
4. Bradshaw's railway manual, shareholders' guide, and official- directory, W. J. Adams, 1864 p75 Google books