History of the Airedale Beagles

Dawson Jowett and Tom Clark 1891

The Dawson Jowett Memorial Plaque

Dick Hudsons (The Fleece)1954

The Airedale Beagles were established in 1891 through the co-operation of business and working men. This followed a chance encounter on Ilkey Moor between Dawson Jowett and Tom Clark. Tom became the kennelman and Dawson the huntsman. The Hunt had links to the Bradford harriers that had disbanded just a couple of years before and the long tradition of beagling in the Jowett family.

Whilst 1891 is generally accepted as the date of their establishment. a reference to a hunt of the Airedale Beagles has been found in a copy of The Bradford Observer dated 2 March 1865.

Originally trencher fed, in 1922 land was bought at Eldwick and kennels and a huntsman's house built. In 1935 new hound-proof railings were installed. The cost was raised by subscription as a memorial to Mr. Dawson Jowett, who was Master for a period of forty two seasons. They moved to their present kennels in 1983.

Masters of the Airedale Beagles

Dawson Jowett	1891-1933
W Mold and GL Hudson	1933-1936
H A Jowett and D Bain	1936-1938
H A Jowett	1938-1947
H A Jowett and P Highley	1947-1948
P Highley	1948-1955
P Highley and RE Mathias	1955-1957
RE Mathias	1957-1961
RE Mathias and JWD Paisley	1961-1967
J W D Paisley and M Davidson	1980-1984
J W D Paisley, M Davidson and J J Eaton	1984-1986
J W D Paisley and J Eaton	1986-1989
J J Eaton and J C Richardson	1989-1993
J J Eaton	1993-1998
J Taylor, J W D Paisley and S R Winpenny	1998-2000
J W D Paisley, S R Winpenny, P Myers. and G Brereton	2000-2001
S R Winpenny, P Myers, and G Brereton	2001-2004
G Brereton and B Robinson	2004-2006
G Brereton, B Robinson and M Spilsbury	2006-2007
M Spilsbury	2006-2008
M Spilsbury and H Allan	2008-2011
M Spilsbury, H Allan and P A Osbaldiston	2011-2013
M Spilsbury and P A Osbaldiston	2013- 2017
M Spilsbury, P A Osbaldiston. K Parsons	2017 - 2019
M Spilsbury and K Parsons	2019 - 2020
P A Osbaldiston, V Stockdale and A Rawlinson	2020 -