Newport Show

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The Newport Show is an annual Agricultural show held in the Market town of Newport, Shropshire, at the Deer park show ground between Newport and Edgemond.

[edit] History

The show can trace its roots back to 1890, when a group of local farmers joined to become Newport and District Agricultural Society.

Friday August 8, 1890 became the chosen date for the first show, which was held at Victoria Park. A schedule of classes was drawn up to include livestock, root crops, implements, cheese, butter, wool, horse leaping and turnouts. There was even a prize for male and female servants of Society members.

Thus the Newport and District Agricultural Society was founded, to organise the annual Newport Show and for the improvement of agriculture. To this day, it bears all of the hallmarks of that early tradition and is acknowledged as the best one day show in the Midlands^{[citation needed]}. The show still keeps strong ties with the town and the town's educational establisments, especially Harper Adams University College.