George Gartshore

George Gartshore (1830 to 1917) early in his career was a farrier with the stage coaches and as such he travelled all over the country in the course of his work. He later became the farrier to Lord Stamford who was Master of the Quorn Hunt from 1856 to 1862, which is what brought George and his family to Quorn. In later years he had a blacksmith's shop at the back of the White Horse and his anvil was found there when the building was demolished in the 1960s. He lived in a cottage opposite Soar House and the photograph shows him having just finished shoeing Lord Lonsdale's horse which is held by a groom. Lord Lonsdale was Master of Fox Hounds from 1893 to 1898. Edwin Gartshore, George's son, was farrier to the Leicestershire Yeomanry.

Submitted on: 2009-07-18

Submitted by: Kathryn Paterson

Artefact ID: 276

Artefact URL: www.quornmuseum.com/display.php?id=276

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