MORETON SHOW ANNUAL PLOUGH SUNDAY CELEBRATION 2025
Plough Sunday is a traditional English celebration of the beginning of the agricultural year with origins said to date back to at least medieval times. Today the words we will follow date to a Victorian service where the parish ploughs, bedecked with ribbons, would be dragged to church to be blessed, as the ploughing season began. This ushered in the start of the farming cycle, reminding us to break up our fallow ground. The following morning, on Plough Monday, the teams would drag the ploughs around the village seeking contributions for an 'Ale' or night of revelling at the tavern. Typical festivities included Morris Dancing, a ‘Feast of Fools’, ‘Mab and his Wife’ and sometimes a man dressed as a bear.
Plough Tuesday more often than not would be spent recovering – then, they would return to work after the Christmas season in earnest!
At our 2025 Plough Sunday celebration, which is kindly being hosted by St Johns Church, Great Rissington, we welcome again the Cotswold sheep to represent all livestock to our celebrations to sit alongside the plough and milk churn, and would be delighted for you to come and join us. We are also hosting a lunch beforehand at 12noon at The Lamb Inn, Great Rissington, if you would like to come for lunch this must be pre-booked through the show office.
Full details on our Plough Sunday celebration and lunch booking form can be found by clicking here.
COMPETE WITH THE BEST AT MORETON SHOW
Competitions are held throughout the day for everything from Photographs to Dairy Goat Milking!! Our exhibitors always put so much time and effort into making sure their exhibits are turned out to such a high standard whether it be a 1000 kilogram Hereford Bull or a delicately crafted Handsewn Cushion, so whatever your interest there will be something for you to go and be entertained by.
The Home and Garden marquee is always full to the brim with flowers, handicrafts and homebaking exhibits. If your looking for some summer holiday entertainment for the kids, our childrens classes are always popular and provide excellent craft projects for them to get stuck into!!
ACCESSIBILITY AT MORETON SHOW
Our aim is to ensure that every visitor to Moreton Show has a positive experience at the event. We have taken steps to ensure the showground is more accessible to visitors with additional needs with the addition of a quiet room and a Mobiloo. We are proud to support the Hiddden Disabilities Sunflower Scheme; not every disability is visible, some are hidden. The Sunflower lanyards are a discreet sign to indicate that a person has a hidden disability and may need additional support, help or a little more time. All our Show Officials have been briefed to be mindful of anyone wearing the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower. Sunflower Lanyards are available from the main Show Secretaries tent. For full details regarding accessibility at Moreton show please visit our Accessibility Page here.
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