Hunt Country

The county lies in Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, between Gloucester and Bristol. The hill country above Dursley and Wotton-under-Edge is hunted mainly in March and early April, and ajoins the Duke of Beaufort's estate. The Vale country comprises largely dairy and stock farms with much grass, although arable is increasing. Gloucestershire (pronounced ; GLOSS-ter-sher) is a county in South West England. ... South Gloucestershire is a local government area in South West England. ... Gloucester (pronounced ) is a city and district in south-west England, close to the Welsh border. ... Bristol is a unitary authority with city and ceremonial county status in South West England. ... Location within the British Isles Arms of the former Dursley Rural District Council Dursley is a market town in Gloucestershire, England, which gained borough status in 1471 (and lost it in 1886). ... Location within the British Isles Wotton-under-Edge is an attractive market town located near the southern end of the Cotswolds in the county of Gloucestershire, England. ... Look up March in Wiktionary, the free dictionary March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Look up April in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Hunt History

Hounds have been kept at Berkeley since the 12th century, at first to hunt the stag and the buck, but since the 18th century to hunt the fox. Genera About 15 in 4 subfamilies. ... Subfamilies Capreolinae Cervinae Hydropotinae Muntiacinae A deer is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. ... A Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) A fox is a member of any of 27 species of small omnivorous canids. ...

The Berkeley family still own the hounds and the kennels.

Trivia

The English slang, "Berk" is a contraction of "Berkeley Hunt", which in turn refers to a vulgarity rhyming with "hunt". This is an example of Cockney rhyming slang. The English are an ethnic group directly associated with England and the English language. ... Slang, is the non-standard or non-dialectal use of words in a language of a particular social group, and sometimes the creation of new words or importation of words from another language. ... Cunt is an English slang word that refers to the human female genitals. ... Cockney rhyming slang (sometimes abbreviated as CRS) is a form of English slang which originated in the East End of London. ...