Plowden Golf Club, Shropshire. (1908 - WW1)

The club first appeared in 1908.

The secretary was Roger Plowden, Lydbury North. The family where the local landowners at Plowden Hall, near the village called Plowden, which had a railway station on the Bishop’s Castle railway. The club played matches against Wellington Golf Club.

Meeting for the proposed golf club in March 1908.

 

Plowden Golf Club, Shropshire. Meeting for the proposed club in March 1908.

From the Shrewsbury Chronicle Friday 2oth March 1908. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

 

Report of the course opening in August 1908.

 

Plowden Golf Club, Shropshire. Report on the opening of the course in August 1908.

From the Shrewsbury Chronicle Friday 4th September 1908. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.