Benjamin Bomford was a prominent Worcestershire farmer in the mid-19th century. He joined the Royal Agricultural Society in 1847 while living at Great Dodford which he later sold to the Chartist National Land Company.
He was an early user of steam technology for farming. He was also a director of the Evesham and Redditch Railway Company, formed in 1863.
References
- British farmer's magazine, 1847, p79 Google books
- Land for the landless, and votes for the disenfranchised. The history and archaeology of Rosedene, a surviving Chartist cottage. at Dodford with Grafton, Shona Robson, in National Trust Annual Archaeological Review 1999-2000 Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
- Reports of the committees appointed to investigate the present state of steam cultivation, Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, Volume 3; Volume 28 By Royal Agricultural Society of England Google digitised copy
- Bradshaw's railway manual, shareholders' guide, and official- directory, W. J. Adams, 1864 p75 Google books