BEESTON RACECOURSE |
The Norfolk village of Beeston has a racecourse farm implying that they once had a racecourse. However, although precious few details are known about the meeting, Clare Buxton did mention it in her dissertation, an extract from it is shown below |
I am grateful to Clare Buxton for providing details about Beeston Races, shown below, from her excellent dissertation, ‘18th and early 19th Century Race Grounds in Norfolk and Suffolk’ completed in September 2005. |
Course today; No evidence of the former course remains. |
If anyone can provide further details about this racecourse then please contact johnwslusar@gmail.com |
If you have photos, postcards, racecards. badges, newspaper cuttings or book references about the old course, or can provide a photo of how the ground on which the old racecourse stood looks today, then email johnslusar@fsmail.net |
Much of the information about this course has been found using internet research and is in the public domain. However, useful research sources have been:- London Illustrated News Racing Illustrated 1895-1899 The Sporting & Dramatic Illustrated Northern Turf History Volumes 1-4 by J.Fairfax-Blakeborough The Sporting Magazine A Long Time Gone by Chris Pitt first published in 1996 ISBN 0 900599 89 8 Racing Calendars which were first published in 1727 |