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Studley Castle Horticultural College for Women, 1910.
\nSource: Windows on Warwickshire (click for original)<\/span><\/p>\n

Update:\u00a0<\/strong>Carrie de Silva of Harper Adams University College has assembled a more complete and thorough list than the one which appears below. \u00a0It is available online in pdf\u00a0here<\/a>. \u00a0Like the list below, she emphasizes that her chronology is tentative, and is open to correction.<\/p>\n

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A few weeks ago, I spent some time chopping together a list and outline history of the various agricultural colleges founded in Britain and Northern Ireland, generally culled from various sources on the internet. \u00a0I have fairly reliable foundation dates for all but a few. \u00a0The actual names of the institutions are harder to nail down, because not only did they change, but they seem to have been referred to variously by the name of the county in which they were located, the farm on which they were built, or perhaps the village or town which they were near. \u00a0Further, sometimes a generic name like “farm institute” will be applied to a place that’s really maybe called an “agricultural college” or “farm school”. \u00a0But, rather than wait to polish all this up through intensive research, I’ve assembled my tentative list in this post in case it may be of use to anyone.<\/p>\n

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I believe this to be pretty comprehensive (a few local agriculture courses notwithstanding), though I think a few might have been created after the 1960s where this list cuts off. \u00a0These institutions are important to know about, by the way, since at least as many agricultural experts associated with the state seem to have come from these institutions, as from full-fledged agricultural programs at universities. \u00a0The colleges should be thought of as highly regional institutions — although in many ways important for educating people who linked the state to the local administration of its policies, they have doubtless been more associated with rural communities and local agricultural industry.<\/p>\n

Finally, note that British Path\u00e9 has two<\/a> films<\/a>\u00a0(update:\u00a0three films<\/a>, actually) of life at these colleges. \u00a0The Media Archive for Central England also has one<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Royal Agricultural College at Cirencester<\/strong> (1845)<\/span><\/p>\n

Aspatria Agricultural College<\/strong>, Cumberland (1874-1914)<\/span><\/p>\n

Set up by local landowners, never funded by the Board of Agriculture<\/p>\n

Downton Agricultural College<\/span><\/strong>, near Salisbury (1880-1906)<\/span><\/p>\n

A private college<\/p>\n

Web:\u00a0http:\/\/www.southwilts.com\/site\/downtonbuildings\/BREAMORE-ROAD.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Tamworth Agricultural College and Training Farm<\/strong>, (1886-1914)<\/span><\/p>\n

A private college established by the Sillito brothers<\/p>\n

Swanley Horticultural College<\/strong>, Kent (1889-1945)<\/span><\/p>\n

1889<\/strong>: Established<\/p>\n

1891<\/strong>: Women students admitted<\/p>\n

1903<\/strong>: Attendance limited to women<\/p>\n

1945<\/strong>: Absorbed into Wye College<\/p>\n

1949<\/strong>: Land purchased by Kent County Council for a new Horticulture Institute<\/p>\n

Article: Donald L. Opitz, “‘A Triumph of Brains over Brute’: Women and Science at the Horticultural College, Swanley, 1890-1910”<\/a>\u00a0Isis\u00a0<\/em>104 (2013): 30-62.<\/p>\n

Film at: http:\/\/www.britishpathe.com\/video\/land-students-in-training<\/a><\/p>\n

Cheshire School of Agriculture<\/strong> (1890)<\/span>
\nalso known as Reaseheath Farm Institute<\/p>\n

1890<\/strong>: Agricultural Instruction Committee established in Cheshire<\/p>\n

Later renamed Worleston Dairy Institute<\/strong><\/p>\n

1895<\/strong>: Holmes Chapel College of Agriculture established in association with University of Manchester<\/p>\n

1919<\/strong>: Activities transferred to Reaseheath Hall<\/p>\n

1921<\/strong>: Renamed Cheshire School of Agriculture<\/p>\n

1926<\/strong>: Closure of Worleston Dairy Institute<\/p>\n

1967<\/strong>: Becomes Reaseheath College<\/p>\n

Lancashire College of Agriculture<\/strong> (1892)<\/span><\/p>\n

1892<\/strong>: Agricultural courses established by county council at Preston Institute for the Diffusion of Knowledge (Harris Institute) in Avenham<\/p>\n

1894<\/strong>: Lancashire County Institute of Agriculture established at Hutton south of Preston<\/p>\n

1948<\/strong>: Winmarleigh Hall added to school<\/p>\n

1967<\/strong>: Renamed Lancashire College of Agriculture<\/p>\n

1969<\/strong>: College reopens as a new site at Myerscough<\/p>\n

1979<\/strong>: Renamed Lancashire College of Agriculture and Horticulture<\/p>\n

1993<\/strong>: Incorporated independent of county council as Myerscough College<\/p>\n

1997<\/strong>: Winmarleigh site abandoned*<\/p>\n

1999<\/strong>: Hutton site sold<\/p>\n

Web: http:\/\/www.myerscough.ac.uk\/?page=history<\/a><\/p>\n

East Anglian Institute of Agriculture, Chelmsford<\/strong> (1893)<\/span><\/p>\n

1893<\/strong>: Established as Essex Technical Laboratories<\/p>\n

Other names: Essex Institute of Agriculture, Writtle Agricultural College; now Writtle College<\/p>\n

Uckfield Agricultural and Horticultural College<\/strong> (1894-1915)<\/span><\/p>\n

1894<\/strong>: Established by Sussex County Council<\/p>\n

1915<\/strong>: College closed<\/p>\n

The county council replaced Uckfield with the East Sussex Agricultural Institute<\/p>\n

Web: http:\/\/www.nationalarchives.gov.uk\/a2a\/records.aspx?cat=179-pac&cid=0#0<\/a><\/p>\n

South Eastern Agricultural College, Wye<\/strong> (1894-2009)<\/span><\/p>\n

2000<\/strong>: Removed from independence within University of London system; becomes Imperial College at Wye<\/p>\n

2009<\/strong>: Closed by Imperial College London<\/p>\n

Ridgmont Agricultural Institute<\/strong>, Bedfordshire (1895-1911)<\/span>
\nPossibly Ridgmont Farm School<\/p>\n

1896<\/strong>: Opens to students<\/p>\n

1911<\/strong>: Closes after its funds are embezzled<\/p>\n

Web: http:\/\/www.bedfordshire.gov.uk\/CommunityAndLiving\/ArchivesAndRecordOffice\/CommunityArchives\/Ridgmont\/WarrenFarmAndTheAgriculturalInstituteRid.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

Midland Agricultural (and Dairy) College<\/strong>, Sutton Bonington (1895)<\/span><\/p>\n

1895<\/strong>: Midland Dairy Institute established at Kingston-on-Soar<\/p>\n

1905<\/strong>: Name changed to Midland Agricultural and Dairy College<\/p>\n

1913<\/strong>: Expansion planned at Sutton Bonington; buildings completed in 1915<\/p>\n

1943<\/strong>: Enters into close relationship with University of Nottingham, Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture<\/p>\n

1946<\/strong>: Advisory staff move to Shardlow Hall, Derbyshire<\/p>\n

1948<\/strong>: The College is absorbed into the newly chartered University of Nottingham<\/p>\n

Web: http:\/\/www.nottingham.ac.uk\/biosciences\/schoolinformation\/history.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

Cumberland and Westmorland Farm School<\/strong>, Newton Rigg (1896)<\/span>
\naka. Newton Rigg Farm School<\/p>\n

2011<\/strong>: Activities at Newton Rigg campus transferred from University of Cumbria to Askham Bryan College<\/p>\n

Hampshire Farm Institute<\/strong>, Sparsholt, Winchester (1899)<\/span><\/p>\n

1899<\/strong>: Establishment of Hampshire Farm School in Basing, by Hampshire County Council<\/p>\n

1914<\/strong>: Transfer to Westley Farm, Sparsholt<\/p>\n

now Sparsholt College<\/p>\n

Web: http:\/\/www.sparsholt.ac.uk\/pages\/template.aspx?idSection=54&idPage=36<\/a><\/p>\n

West of Scotland Agricultural College<\/strong> (1899)<\/span><\/p>\n

1899<\/strong>: Established from Agricultural Department of Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College (est. 1887) and Scottish Dairy Institute<\/p>\n

1900<\/strong>: Located at Blythswood Square, Glasgow<\/p>\n

1927<\/strong>: College obtains Auchincruive\/Girvan estate in Ayr<\/p>\n

1974<\/strong>: Blythwood Square site closed<\/p>\n

1990<\/strong>: Merged with North of Scotland College of Agriculture and East of Scotland College of Agriculture to form Scottish Agricultural College, which retains original campuses<\/p>\n

Edinburgh and East of Scotland Agricultural College\u00a0<\/strong>(1901)<\/span><\/p>\n

1901<\/strong>: Established, absorbs Edinburgh School of Rural Economy, which had begun offering extension courses in 1894<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

1990<\/strong>: Merged with West of Scotland Agricultural College and North of Scotland Agricultural College to form the Scottish Agricultural College, which retains the original campuses.<\/p>\n

Harper Adams Agricultural College<\/strong>, Newport (1901)<\/span>
\ncontains National Institute of Poultry Husbandry<\/p>\n

now Harper Adams University College<\/p>\n

Studley Castle Horticultural and Agricultural College for Women<\/strong> (1903-1969)<\/span><\/p>\n

1898<\/strong>: Coleyhurst hostel (Lady Warwick Hostel) offers agricultural training to women in association with Reading College<\/p>\n

1902<\/strong>: Association with Reading College broken<\/p>\n

1903<\/strong>: Lady Warwick College opens at Studley Castle<\/p>\n

1908<\/strong>: Named changed to Studley College<\/p>\n

1926<\/strong>: Official recognition by Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries<\/p>\n

1969<\/strong>: Closed<\/p>\n

For more information, see: http:\/\/www.nationalarchives.gov.uk\/a2a\/records.aspx?cat=007-war5&cid=0#0<\/a><\/p>\n

Also:\u00a0http:\/\/edwardianpromenade.com\/education\/lady-warwicks-horticultural-agricultural-college-for-women\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Also: Anne Meredith, “Horticultural Education in England, 1900-1940: Middle-Class Women and Private Gardening Schools,”<\/a>\u00a0Garden History\u00a0<\/em>31 (2003): 67-79.<\/p>\n

North of Scotland Agricultural College<\/strong>, Aberdeen (1904)<\/span><\/p>\n

1904<\/strong>: Established<\/p>\n

1990<\/strong>: Merged with West of Scotland Agricultural College and North of Scotland Agricultural College to form the Scottish Agricultural College, which retains the original campuses.<\/p>\n

Greenmount Agricultural College<\/strong>, Antrim (1912)<\/span><\/p>\n

1912<\/strong>: Established as Antrim Agricultural School<\/p>\n

Later Greenmount Agricultural College<\/p>\n

2004<\/strong>: Greenmount merges with Loughry and Enniskillen agricultural colleges to form the College of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Enterprise<\/p>\n

Monmouthshire Institute of Agriculture (and Horticulture)<\/strong>, Usk (1913)<\/span>
\nAlso known as Usk College of Agriculture<\/p>\n

Presently part of Coleg Gwent<\/p>\n

Madryn Castle Farm School<\/strong>, Pwllheli\/Glynllifon Agricultural Institute (1913)<\/span><\/p>\n

1913<\/strong>: Established by Caernarvonshire County Council<\/p>\n

1952<\/strong>: Closed and moved to Plas Glynllifon, becoming Glynllifon Agricultural Institute<\/p>\n

1954<\/strong>: Renamed Glynllifon Agricultural College later Coleg Glynllifon<\/p>\n

1993<\/strong>: Merged with Coleg Meironnydd to form Coleg Meiron-Dwyfor; Glynllifon campus retained<\/p>\n

2010<\/strong>: Coleg Meiron-Dwyfor merges with Coleg Llandrillo Cymru<\/p>\n

Seale-Hayne Agricultural and Technical College<\/strong>, Newton Abbot (1915-2005)<\/span><\/p>\n

1919<\/strong>: Opens to students<\/p>\n

1978<\/strong>: Name changed to Seale-Hayne College<\/p>\n

1989<\/strong>: Joins with Plymouth Polytechnic, and incorporated into Polytechnic South-West<\/p>\n

1992<\/strong>: Becomes Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Land-Use at new University of Plymouth<\/p>\n

2005<\/strong>: The University of Plymouth closes the college<\/p>\n

Llyfasi Farm Institute<\/strong>, Ruthin (1919)<\/span><\/p>\n

1920<\/strong>: Officially opens as Llyfasi Farm Institute under the Denbighshire County Council<\/p>\n

c1967<\/strong>: Renamed Llyfasi College of Agriculture*<\/p>\n

2010<\/strong>: Merger of Llyfasi College with Deeside College<\/p>\n

Web: http:\/\/www.deeside.ac.uk\/llysfasi\/history.php<\/a><\/p>\n

Sittingbourne Farm Institute\/Kent Farm and Horticulture Institute<\/strong><\/span> (c1919)<\/p>\n

1919<\/strong>: Land purchased at Grove End Farm, Tunstall, near Sittingbourne for the Sittingbourne Farm Institute, Kent Farm Institute, or occasionally Borden Farm Institute<\/p>\n

1929<\/strong>: Nearby Borden Grammar School is occupied by the Farm Institute<\/p>\n

Web: http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/ww2peopleswar\/stories\/09\/a1993809.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n

1949<\/strong>: Swanley property purchased, forming the Swanley Horticultural Institute or Kent Horticultural Institute<\/p>\n

1958<\/strong>: The farm and horticultural institutes merge to form the Kent Farm and Horticulture Institute<\/p>\n

1960<\/strong>: Property purchased at Hadlow to bring the two institutes closer together<\/p>\n

1966<\/strong>: The agricultural institute moves to Hadlow<\/p>\n

1967<\/strong>: The horticultural institute moves to Hadlow, and the combined institute is renamed the Hadlow College of Agriculture and Horticulture<\/p>\n

Presently Hadlow College<\/p>\n

Chadacre Agricultural Institute<\/strong>, Hartest, Bury St. Edmonds (1920-1989)<\/span><\/p>\n

1920<\/strong>: Founded by Edward Guinness, First Earl of Iveagh<\/p>\n

1989<\/strong>: Closed<\/p>\n

Web: http:\/\/www.chadacre-trust.org.uk\/index.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Rodbaston Farm Institute<\/strong> (1921)<\/span>
\nAlso known as Staffordshire Farm Institute, Rodbaston<\/p>\n

1921<\/strong>: Established as Rodbaston Farm Institute under Staffordshire County Council<\/p>\n

1967<\/strong>: Renamed Staffordshire College of Agriculture<\/p>\n

1994<\/strong>: Becomes independent, renamed Rodbaston College<\/p>\n

Presently part of South Staffordshire College<\/p>\n

For additional information, see the note below<\/a> by Tim Johnson.<\/p>\n

Hertfordshire Agricultural Institute<\/strong><\/span>, Oaklands, St. Albans (1921)<\/p>\n

1921<\/strong>: Founded as Hertfordshire Agricultural Institute by the Hertfordshire County Council<\/p>\n

Later named Hertfordshire College of Agriculture and Horticulture<\/p>\n

Also known as Oaklands Farm Institute<\/p>\n

1991<\/strong>: Hertfordshire College of Agriculture and Horticulture merged with De Havilland College and St. Albans City College to form Oaklands College<\/p>\n

Somerset Farm Institute<\/strong> at Cannington Court (1921)<\/span><\/p>\n

1921<\/strong>: Established<\/p>\n

Later called Cannington College<\/p>\n

Evidently merged into Brymore School and Cannington Centre for Land-Based Studies at Bridgwater College<\/p>\n

Northamptonshire Farm Institute<\/strong>, Moulton (1921)<\/span><\/p>\n

1921<\/strong>: Established as Northamptonshire Farm Institute<\/p>\n

Later called Northamptonshire Agricultural College<\/p>\n

Presently Moulton College<\/p>\n

East Sussex School of Agriculture\/Plumpton College of Agriculture<\/strong> (1926)<\/span><\/p>\n

1919<\/strong>: Estate bought by the county council<\/p>\n

1926<\/strong>: First intake of students at East Sussex Agricultural Institute<\/p>\n

1934<\/strong>: Renamed East Sussex School of Agriculture<\/p>\n

1967<\/strong>: Renamed Plumpton Agricultural College<\/p>\n

Presently part of Plumpton College<\/p>\n

Film (1967): http:\/\/www.britishpathe.com\/video\/farming-school<\/a><\/p>\n

Web: http:\/\/www.nationalarchives.gov.uk\/a2a\/records.aspx?cat=179-pac&cid=0#0<\/a><\/p>\n

Web: http:\/\/www.plumpton.ac.uk\/pages\/viewpage.aspx?PageClass=Information&PageID=445&PageTitle=College%20History&DepartmentID=117<\/a><\/p>\n

Durham College of Agriculture and Horticulture<\/strong>, Houghall (1938)<\/span>
\nAlso known as Houghall College; possibly earlier as Durham School of Agriculture, Houghall<\/p>\n

1999<\/strong>: Incorporated as part of East Durham and Houghall Community College<\/p>\n

Now known as East Durham College<\/p>\n

Surrey Farm Institute, Merrist Wood<\/strong><\/span> (1945)<\/p>\n

1945<\/strong>: Founded as Surrey Farm Institute, Merrist Wood, Worplesdon<\/p>\n

1967<\/strong>: Renamed Merrist Wood Agricultural College<\/p>\n

2003<\/strong>: Becomes part of Guildford College<\/p>\n

Web:\u00a0http:\/\/www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk\/collections\/getrecord\/SHCOL_5387<\/a><\/p>\n

Shuttleworth Agricultural Col<\/strong><\/span>lege<\/strong> (1946-1996)<\/span><\/p>\n

1988<\/strong>: Absorbed into Cranfield Rural Institute of Cranfield Institute of Technology<\/p>\n

1996<\/strong>: Shuttleworth activities transferred to Silsoe College<\/p>\n

Web: http:\/\/www.shuttleworth-sca.co.uk\/index.php?page=history-of-the-college<\/a><\/p>\n

Bicton Farm Institute\/Agricultural College<\/strong>, East Budleigh, Devonshire (1947)<\/span>
\nAlso known as Devon School of Agriculture<\/p>\n

1947<\/strong>: Established as Bicton Farm Institute<\/p>\n

1967<\/strong>: Renamed Bicton Agricultural College<\/p>\n

2002<\/strong>: Renamed Bicton College<\/p>\n

Web: http:\/\/www.bicton.ac.uk\/about\/history_of_bicton_college.php<\/a><\/p>\n

Warwickshire Institute of Agriculture<\/strong>, Moreton Morrell (c1948)<\/span>
\nPresently Moreton Morrell Centre of Warwickshire College<\/p>\n

Kesteven Farm Institute<\/strong>, Caythorpe Court (1948-2002)<\/span><\/p>\n

1948<\/strong>: Established<\/p>\n

c1965<\/strong>: Renamed Kesteven Agricultural College<\/p>\n

1980<\/strong>: Amalgamated with Lindsey College of Agriculture and Holbeach Agricultural Centre to form the Lincolnshire College of Agriculture and Horticulture<\/p>\n

1994<\/strong>: Absorbed into De Montfort University as its School of Agriculture<\/p>\n

2001<\/strong>: Lincolnshire School of Agriculture moves from De Montfort to the University of Lincoln<\/p>\n

2002<\/strong>: Caythorpe campus closed; activities relocated to the Riseholme College campus<\/p>\n

Web: http:\/\/www.parksandgardens.ac.uk\/component\/option,com_parksandgardens\/task,site\/id,740\/tab,history\/Itemid,\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Yorkshire Institute of Agriculture\/Askham Bryan College of Agriculture and Horticulture<\/strong> (1948)<\/span><\/p>\n

1948<\/strong>: Opens to students as Yorkshire Institute of Agriculture<\/p>\n

1967<\/strong>: Renamed Askham Bryan College of Agriculture and Horticulture<\/p>\n

Presently Askham Bryan College<\/p>\n

Derbyshire Farm Institute\/Broomfield Agricultural College<\/strong> (1948)<\/span>
\nLater called Broomfield Agricultural College<\/p>\n

2002<\/strong>: Merged with Mackworth Tertiary College and Wilmorton Tertiary College to form Derby College; Broomfield campus retained<\/p>\n

Gloucestershire Farm Institute<\/strong><\/span> (1948)<\/p>\n

1948<\/strong>: Established as Gloucestershire Farm Institute at Hartpury House<\/p>\n

Later called\u00a0Hartpury College<\/p>\n

Dorset Farm Institute<\/strong>, Kingston Maurward (1949)<\/span>
\nLater changes names, likely to Dorset College of Agriculture<\/p>\n

Presently Kingston Maurward College<\/p>\n

Shropshire Farm Institute<\/strong> (1949)<\/span><\/p>\n

1979<\/strong>: Renamed Walford College of Agriculture*<\/p>\n

2001<\/strong>: Merger with North Shropshire College to form Walford and Northshropshire College<\/p>\n

Film (1952-3): http:\/\/www.macearchive.org\/Archive\/Title\/shropshire-farm-institute-walford\/MediaEntry\/181.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Web: http:\/\/www.wnsc.ac.uk\/index.php?id=2234<\/a><\/p>\n

Norfolk School of Agriculture\/College of Agriculture and Horticulture<\/strong>, Easton (1949)<\/span><\/p>\n

1949<\/strong>: Established as Norfolk School of Agriculture<\/p>\n

Also known as Norfolk Farm Institute<\/p>\n

Later Norfolk Colleges of Agriculture and Horticulture<\/p>\n

1974<\/strong>: Easton College formed by merger of Norfolk College of Agriculture and Norfolk College of Horticulture<\/p>\n

Riseholme Farm Institute\/Lindsey Agricultural College<\/strong> (1949)<\/span><\/p>\n

1949<\/strong>: Established<\/p>\n

Renamed Lindsey Farm Institute<\/p>\n

1966<\/strong>: Renamed Lindsey College of Agriculture<\/p>\n

1980<\/strong>: Merged with Kesteven Agricultural College and Holbeach Agricultural Centre to form the Lincolnshire College of Agriculture and Horticulture<\/p>\n

1994<\/strong>: Absorbed into De Montfort University as its School of Agriculture<\/p>\n

2001<\/strong>: Lincolnshire School of Agriculture moves from De Montfort to the University of Lincoln<\/p>\n

Web: http:\/\/www.lincoln.ac.uk\/riseholmecollege\/Non%20Course%20Pages\/history.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Berkshire Institute of Agriculture<\/strong> (1949)<\/span><\/p>\n

1949<\/strong>: Established<\/p>\n

1968<\/strong>: Renamed Berkshire College of Agriculture<\/p>\n

Web: http:\/\/www.bca.ac.uk\/history-of-bca\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Wiltshire Farm Institute\/Lackham School of Agriculture<\/strong><\/span> (1950)<\/p>\n

1945<\/strong>: Lackham Farm purchased for use as a farm institute, but loaned for training of ex-servicemen<\/p>\n

1950<\/strong>: Wiltshire Farm Institute founded under the county council<\/p>\n

Name changed to\u00a0Lackham School of Agriculture<\/p>\n

c1966<\/strong>: Name changed to\u00a0Lackham College of Agriculture\u00a0following 1966 Pilkington Report<\/p>\n

1993<\/strong>: Named changed to\u00a0Lackham College<\/p>\n

2000<\/strong>: Lackham, Trowbridge, and Chippenham Colleges merge to form\u00a0Wiltshire College<\/p>\n

Web:\u00a0http:\/\/www.lackham.co.uk\/history\/documents.asp<\/a><\/p>\n

Kirkley Hall Farm Institute\/Northumberland College of Agriculture<\/strong><\/span> (1951)<\/p>\n

1951<\/strong>: Established as\u00a0Kirkley Hall Farm Institute<\/p>\n

1968<\/strong>: Becomes\u00a0Northumberland College of Agriculture<\/p>\n

1989<\/strong>: Becomes\u00a0<\/strong>Kirkley Hall College<\/p>\n

2000<\/strong>: Becomes part of\u00a0Northumberland College<\/p>\n

Web:\u00a0http:\/\/www.communigate.co.uk\/ne\/friendsofkirkleyhall\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Golden Grove (Gelli Aur) Farm Institute, Carmarthenshire<\/strong><\/span> (1952)<\/p>\n

1952<\/strong>: Founded as\u00a0Golden Grove Farm Institute<\/p>\n

Later\u00a0Carmarthenshire Agricultural College<\/p>\n

Gelli Aur Farm now part of\u00a0Coleg Sir Gar<\/p>\n

Pershore College<\/strong> (c1954)<\/span><\/p>\n

1954<\/strong>: Founded as a horticultural station<\/p>\n

2007<\/strong>: Merges into\u00a0Warwickshire College, now Pershore Centre<\/p>\n

Bishop Burton Agricultural College<\/strong>, Yorkshire (1954)<\/span><\/p>\n

Presently Bishop Burton College<\/p>\n

Norwood Hall Institute of Horticultural Education\u00a0<\/strong>(1955<\/span>)<\/span><\/p>\n

1955<\/strong>: Founded as Norwood Hall Institute for Horticultural Education<\/p>\n

Later part of Ealing Tertiary College<\/p>\n

1996<\/strong>: Closed, students transferred to Capel Manor College<\/p>\n

Web:\u00a0http:\/\/www.londongardensonline.org.uk\/gardens-online-record.asp?ID=EAL037<\/a><\/p>\n

Film (1960):\u00a0http:\/\/www.britishpathe.com\/video\/norwood-hall-horticultural-school\/query\/Perry<\/a><\/p>\n

National College of Agricultural Engineering\/Silsoe College<\/strong> (1960)<\/span><\/p>\n

1960<\/strong>: Established<\/p>\n

1962<\/strong>: Opens at Boreham House, Chelmsford<\/p>\n

1963<\/strong>: Moves to Silsoe<\/p>\n

1975<\/strong>: Merges into Cranfield Institute of Technology<\/p>\n

1983<\/strong>: Name changed to Silsoe College within Cranfield Institute of Technology<\/p>\n

1987<\/strong>: Cranfield Rural Institute formed<\/p>\n

1988<\/strong>: Shuttleworth College joins Cranfield Rural Institute<\/p>\n

1999<\/strong>: Silsoe College becomes Cranfield University at Silsoe<\/p>\n

2007<\/strong>: Silsoe farm retained; academic activities moved to main campus of Cranfield University.<\/p>\n

Web: http:\/\/www1.bluemoose.org.uk\/pmwiki.php<\/a><\/p>\n

Otley Agricultural and Horticultural College<\/strong> (1960)<\/span><\/p>\n

1960<\/strong>: Agricultural Research Centre established at Witnesham by the East Suffolk County Council<\/p>\n

1970<\/strong>: Site moved to present location<\/p>\n

1983<\/strong>: Name changed to Otley College of Agriculture and Horticulture*<\/p>\n

Holme Lacy Agricultural College<\/strong> (1963)<\/span><\/p>\n

1963<\/strong>: Founded<\/p>\n

2007<\/strong>: Becomes Holme Lacy campus of Herefordshire College of Technology<\/p>\n

Web:\u00a0http:\/\/htt.herefordshire.gov.uk\/smrSearch\/Monuments\/Monument_Item.aspx?ID=30474<\/a><\/p>\n

Capel Manor Institute of<\/strong> Horticulture<\/strong>\u00a0(1967)<\/span><\/p>\n

1967<\/strong>: Founded as Capel Manor Institute of Horticulture<\/p>\n

1986<\/strong>: Becomes Capel Manor College of Horticulture<\/p>\n

1996<\/strong>: Becomes Capel Manor College<\/p>\n

Cambridgeshire Farm College<\/strong>, Milton (1968)<\/span><\/p>\n

1968<\/strong>: Cambridgeshire Farm College founded at Milton<\/p>\n

1987<\/strong>: Merged with Isle of Ely College, Wisbech to form\u00a0<\/strong>Cambridgeshire College of Agriculture and Horticulture<\/p>\n

1998<\/strong>: Combines with Norfolk College of Arts and Technology<\/p>\n

2006<\/strong>: Merges with Isle College, Wisbech, to form the College of West Anglia<\/p>\n

Limited Information<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Kirton Agricultural Institute<\/strong> (est. c 1925?)
\naka Holland Farm Institute near Boston, Lincolnshire<\/p>\n

Pibwrlwyd Farm Institute<\/strong>, Carmarthen<\/p>\n

Alconbury<\/strong>, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire (c1948)<\/p>\n

Ethy, Barton<\/strong>, Cornwall<\/del><\/p>\n


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Studley Castle Horticultural College for Women, 1910. Source: Windows on Warwickshire (click for original) Update:\u00a0Carrie de Silva of Harper Adams University College has assembled a more complete and thorough list than the one which appears below. \u00a0It is available online in pdf\u00a0here. \u00a0Like the list below, she emphasizes that her chronology is tentative, and is<\/p>\n

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