Monmouth Show

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Monmouth Show is the largest one-day agricultural show in Wales. The origins of the show date back to the 1790s when the town's agricultural society organised ploughing matches. Another landmark event was on May 30th, 1857, when the eighth Duke of Beaufort and Sir Charles Morgan M.P. each put £10 into a fund to start the Monmouth Cattle Show. The modern origins of the show date to 1875 when a show was held in the town's newly established cattle market in Chippenham Fields. The show was then held annually (firstly in October, but then eventually moved to August - taking up its now traditional date of the last Thursday in August) up until the First World War. The show was restarted in 1919 when it was renamed the Monmouthshire County Show. The show was not held during the period of the Second World War, but since 1946 it has been held each year on the grounds of Vauxhall Fields. The show was not held in 1956 or 2001 due to outbreaks of foot and mouth disease.