The Chertsey Show
The Chertsey Agricultural Association was founded in 1833 when a group of local farmers and landowners, who met at local ploughing matches, decided to form the C.A.A. This was to encourage a more widespread knowledge of, and to improve the use of, agricultural techniques in arable and livestock farming.
The ploughing matches led to the foundation of the Chertsey Show at which livestock classes and classes for Market Acreage were judged.
AWARDS. Awards were made annually to encourage agricultural labourers, both for long service with the same Master and rearing the largest families without the aid of Parish Poor Law relief.
By the end of the 19th Century the Annual Show had developed into an important local event with show classes for horses, cattle, pigs and sheep, basically serving an area within a 15-mile radius of Chertsey Church.