The Field (magazine)

*The Field*
	Cover of the August 2024 issue
Editor	Alexandra Henton
Categories	Field sports
Frequency	Monthly
Circulation	28,294 (ABC Jan - Dec 2013); Print and digital editions.
First issue	1853; 171 years ago
Company	Future plc
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Website	thefield.co.uk

The Field is a British monthly magazine about country matters and field sports. It was started as a weekly magazine in 1853,^[2] and has remained in print since then; Robert Smith Surtees was among the founders.^[3] In the nineteenth century, it was known as Field: The Country Gentleman's Newspaper.^[4]^: 55 The magazine is one of the earliest hobby magazines.^[2] It is published by Future plc.^[5]^[6]

Editors of The Field

1853–1857: Mark Lemon
1857–1888: John Henry Walsh^[4]^: 55
1888–1899: Frederick Toms
1900–1910: William Senior
1910–1928: Sir Theodore Andrea Cook
1931–1937: Eric Parker
1938–1946: Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald
1947–1950: Leonard V. Dodds
1951–1977: Wilson Stephens
1977–1984: Derek Bingham
1984–1987: Simon Courtauld
1987–1991: Julie Spencer
1991–2020: Jonathan Young
2020–present: Alexandra Henton

Hunting and racing editors

1928–1936: William Fawcett^[7]

Notes

^ "ABC Certificates and Reports: The Field". Audit Bureau of Circulations. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
^ ^a ^b Conboy, Martin (2005). "The print industry – yesterday, today, tomorrow". In Richard Keeble (ed.). Print Journalism. A Critical Introduction. London; New York: Routledge. p. 11. doi:10.4324/9780203006764. ISBN 9780203006764.
^ Harvey, A. D. (January 2003). "One hundred and fifty years of The Field magazine". History Today. 53 (1).
^ ^a ^b Worboys, Michael, Julie-Marie Strange, Neil Pemberton (2018). The Invention of the Modern Dog: Breed and Blood in Victorian Britain. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 9781421426863.
^ "Buy The Field magazine subscription from MagazinesDirect". www.magazinesdirect.com. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
^ "The Field | Countryside issues, hunting, fishing, gun dogs & gun reviews". The Field. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
^ "Fawcett, William", in Who Was Who 1941–1950 (London: A. & C. Black, 1980 reprint, ISBN 0-7136-2131-1).

[1] "ABC Certificates and Reports: The Field". Audit Bureau of Circulations. Retrieved 15 February 2014.

[mcon-2] Conboy, Martin (2005). "The print industry – yesterday, today, tomorrow". In Richard Keeble (ed.). Print Journalism. A Critical Introduction. London; New York: Routledge. p. 11. doi:10.4324/9780203006764. ISBN 9780203006764.

[3] Harvey, A. D. (January 2003). "One hundred and fifty years of The Field magazine". History Today. 53 (1).

[mick-4] Worboys, Michael, Julie-Marie Strange, Neil Pemberton (2018). The Invention of the Modern Dog: Breed and Blood in Victorian Britain. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 9781421426863.

[5] "Buy The Field magazine subscription from MagazinesDirect". www.magazinesdirect.com. Retrieved 19 November 2023.

[6] "The Field | Countryside issues, hunting, fishing, gun dogs & gun reviews". The Field. Retrieved 19 November 2023.

[7] "Fawcett, William", in Who Was Who 1941–1950 (London: A. & C. Black, 1980 reprint, ISBN 0-7136-2131-1).

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