The symbol of Leicestershire County Council, and Leicester City Football Club, is the fox. Leicestershire is considered to be the birthplace of foxhunting as it is known today and Melton Mowbray and surrounding areas have long-running associations with foxhunting.

In 2005 Leicestershire County Council's Heritage Services were awarded a grant by the Heritage Lottery Fund to commence the "Foxhunting: Past, Present, Future?" project. The project ran for one year from October 2005 with the aim to record the impact of the Hunting Ban (2004) from all points of view and discover and compliment other foxhunting collections and resources.

Building upon the displays at Melton Carnegie Museum, information from this project has created an oral history archive, educational resources, highlights of relevant collections and Foxhunting website.

The following titles are available for reference only at the museum: Catalogue of Hunting Books at the Museum (PDF)

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If you would like to consult any of the titles on the list please contact the museum by telephone or send a written request for an appointment - please allow a minimum of three working days for us to make the titles you require available. We are constantly adding new titles. If you would like to donate a copy of a publication to the collection, please contact the museum.

We regret we are only able to undertake limited research on behalf of users.

Melton Mowbray Library hold a large collection of hunting books, see Catalogue of Hunting Books at Melton Library for more information.