Wiltshire Horn Sheep Society Ltd (WHSS)

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2019 Diary Dates

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Here’s a summary of important dates for the Society in 2019. There are show dates, the official sales dates and some deadline dates for members too. Event Date RWAS Smallholding Festival (WHSS stand only) 18th & 19th May NSA Welsh Sheep (WHSS stand only) 21st May Members Weekend 1st & 2nd June Kenilworth Show 8th […]

About the Wiltshire Horn Sheep Society

The Wiltshire Horn Sheep Society exists to promote, preserve and improve the Wiltshire Horn breed, to define the breed standard and record pedigrees. It came into being on the 13th January 1923, when 40 farmers and breeders met in the Grand Hotel, Northampton to put the  breed onto “sound pedigree lines”. The meeting concluded with the establishment of  the “Wiltshire or Western Horn Sheep Breeders Association”, together with the flock book, a constitution and a managing council. 22 attendees joined on the spot and paid their first annual subscription: 1 guinea ! Today the Society organises … Read More

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Paul McAvoy
Crouchley Hall Farm
Crouchley Lane
Lymm
Cheshire, WA13 0AT

01925 754932

About the Breed

The Wiltshire Horn sheep is the original no-shearing sheep: the traditional choice for the 21st century.  It has the strengths of a native lowland breed, combined with low maintenance and low input costs, and has the ability to meet the most stringent requirements of the modern sheep industry, in both the commercial and … Read More

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