Morris Dancing Bibliography 

by

Mike Heaney

2nd edition

Contents:

  • Introduction
  • General
  • Early Period
  • Modern Period
  • General
  • Cotswold
  • Forest of Dean
  • Border
  • Welsh
  • North-West
  • Carnival
  • Derbyshire
  • Lichfield
  • Molly
  • Other
  • Revival
  • Manuscripts
  • Indexes

    Introduction

    This bibliography has been compiled with two main intentions in mind.  The first is to provide a guide to those seeking enlightenment on what morris dancing is all about: its significance, its history, the various forms that it takes, and works that tell you how to do it (though no book alone can do this).  The second is to provide those who already know something of morris dancing with more detailed information about the dances they know and their background, and to widen their knowledge about all the various types of morris.

    The booklet is a revision of the late Russell Wortley's Bibliography of the Morris Dance, published in 1975 as Library Leaflet no.16.  Wortley died in 1980.  Since his death a veritable flood of works on morris dancing has appeared.  Cotswold morris has been the chief beneficiary of this activity, but research into North-West morris has also blossomed.  The flood has continued since the publication of the first edition of this bibliography in 1985, and several major new works have in many ways transformed the field.  As the first edition had gone out of print, it seemed opportune to revise the booklet and bring it up to date.

    The definition of morris dancing can be a vexing problem.  This is not the place in which to enter into the fray, but some decisions have to be made simply to define the scope of the bibliography.  I have followed Russell Wortley in excluding the various activities which, although sometimes called "morris dancing", are more commonly known by other names - notably sword dancing and mumming.  In other respects the criteria for inclusion are close to those outlined in Cawte etc.'s "Geographical index" (no.32).  Thus, although not called "morris dances" by the performers, the Molly dances of East Anglia and the Cadi Ha of Wales are covered.  A section on the modern revival has also been included.

    It is usual to classify the modern morris dance forms according to the areas where they were traditionally performed.  Most of the source material upon which this classification is based dates from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.  Written records of morris dancing in the eighteenth and the second half of the seventeenth century are less common, notwithstanding efforts to improve the situation (see nos.7, 20, 42).  Records of morris dancing in the sixteenth and first half of the seventeenth century are more numerous, but they suggest that what was being described as "morris dancing" was different in many ways from the forms of morris dancing now known to us; and what evidence there is does not suggest that there were regional variations as they exist now.  It is for these reasons that this bibliography is divided into separate sections for early and modern morris, with further subdivision for modern morris into regional types.  Most modern references to morris identify dancing and dances according to the place of origin of the dancers concerned: thus one speaks of "the Bampton tradition" or "the Pershore dances". Despite some work tending to undermine the presumptions underlying such usage (see nos. 47, 72), that convention has been retained here.

    Where sources are few I have cited most of them; but for the better documented sections (notably General Modern and Cotswold) it has been necessary to be very selective.  The main criteria for inclusion in the more selective sections have been detail and accessibility, with an additional bias towards dance notations and tunes.  All the works are available at the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library and many should be available elsewhere.  Items not for loan from the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library are marked with a star.  Photocopies of these items can be obtained.  The Library also has many sound recordings of both the music and the words of the musicians and dancers.

    Acknowledgements

    My grateful thanks are due to Tess Buckland, Roy Dommett, Keith Chandler, Derek Schofield and Malcolm Taylor, each of whom gave me valuable suggestions, comments, criticisms and corrections, saving me in the process from many errors.  Any that remain are mine alone.

    Conventions

    Books are generally cited, in so far as information is available, in the form Author, Title, Place: Publisher (Date), Pagination; journal articles in the form Author, "Title", Journal, Volume, Part (Date), Pagination.

    Abbreviations

    ED&S; - English Dance and Song
    FMJ - Folk Music Journal
    JEFDS - Journal of the English Folk Dance Society
    JEFDSS - Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society

    GENERAL

    See also the manuscript collections at nos. 204, 207, 208, 210, 212.

    1. V. Alford, "Morris and Morisca", JEFDSS, II (1935), 41-49.

    *2. American morris newsletter, I, 1-(1977- ).

  • Issued quarterly.

    3. Armstrong, L., "The ritual of morris", ED&S;, XLIII, 3 (1981), 17-18.

  • See also the ensuing correspondence in XLIII, 4 (1981), 25-26 and XLIV, 1 (1982), 24-25.

    4. Barrand, A.G., "ABCD morris? L,MNO morris! A critique of Russell Wortley's 'The XYZ of morris'", ED&S;, XLII, 3 (1980), 11-13.

  • See Wortley's article (no.13); also the ensuing correspondence in XLIII, 1 (1981), 19-21.  Barrand claims morris in its present form to be recent.

    5. "Comes the morris dancer in... a celebration of fifty years of the Morris Ring, 1934-1984", [Sheffield]: The Morris Ring (1984), [32 pp.]

    *6. R. Dommett, "Roy Dommett's morris notes", edited by A.G. Barrand. 2nd edition. [Boston]: CDSS of America (1986).
    Vol. 1: Cotswold or Wychwood morris (2 pt.: ix, 497 pp.)
    Vol. 2: North-West morris (ix, 135 pp.)
    Vol. 3: Garland dances (ix, 80 pp.)
    Vol. 4: Sword dances (vii, 44 pp.)
    Vol. 5: Other morris (ix, 183 pp.)

  • An incomparable treasury of Roy Dommett's work over thirty years, nearly one thousand pages of sources, history, analysis and invention.  Contains dance notations and tunes for all types of morris and associated dances.

    7. J. Forrest, "Morris and matachin: a study in comparative choreography", London: EFDSS & Sheffield: CECTAL (1984), vi, 64 pp.

  • See also the review articles by Heaney and Heath-Coleman (nos.8, 9).

    *8. M. Heaney, "A new theory of morris origins: a review article", Folklore, XCVI (1985), 29-37.

    *9. P.S. Heath-Coleman, "Forrest and matachin: an assessment of John Forrest's Morris and matachin", FMJ, V, 1 (1985), 83-96.

    10. F. Kidson & M. Neal, "English Folk Song and Dance", Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (1915), pp.97-145; 158-176.

    *11. The morris dancer, [Vol. 1], no.1-21, Colchester: The Morris Ring (1978-85 ); Vol. 2, no. 1- , South Croydon: The Morris Ring, 1985-

  • Originally issued three times a year, annual by 1995. The is an index for Vol. 1.

    *12. Morris matters, I, 1- , Windsor: Windsor Morris (1978- ).

  • Issued three times a year by Windsor Morris to 1988, then twice a year by Beth Neill from 1990.

    13. R.Wortley, "The XYZ of morris [typescript]", The Morris Ring (1978), 7 pp.

  • Reprinted in his memorial booklet (no.38), and in abridged form in American morris newsletter, XI, 3 (1978), 4-5; XI, 4 (1979), 1-3.  Among other things states the case for morris as a survival of a pagan fertility ritual; a claim contested by A.G. Barrand (see no.4).

    Early Period

    Many works of a general nature have something to say about the early history of morris dancing: see V. Alford (no.1), L. Armstrong (no.3), J. Forrest (no.7) and C.J. Sharp (no.36, Part I of both editions) in particular.  Burton's book (no.124) also goes into the early references in great detail.  Brand (no.15) and Douce (no.16) are the first scholars to pay the question serious attention, relying mainly on early literary and iconographic references; Billington (no.14) and Gallop (no.18) try to go further back in time (as does Armstrong, no.3), while Lowe (no.22), Pilling (no.25) and Smith (no.27) rely on early literary and non-literary references alike to try to establish what morris was like in the early period without jumping to conclusions about modern morris.  Much the most exhaustive undertaking has been the compilation of the Early Morris Database by Forrest and Heaney (see nos.17, 20).

    *14. S. Billington, "Routs and reyes", Folklore, LXXXIX (1978), 184-200.

    *15. J. Brand, "Observations on popular antiquities", I, London: Rivington (1813), 204-222.

  • There are many later editions of this work.

    *16. F. Douce, "On the ancient English morris dance", Illustrations of Shakespeare, II: Dissertation III, London: Longman (1807), 429-482.

  • The Library has the one-volume 1839 edition published by Tegg, in which the pagination is 576-607.

    17. J. Forrest and M. Heaney, "Charting early morris", FMJ, VI, 2 (1991), 169- 186.

  • Explores the history of morris dancing to 1750 by graphical, cartographical and analytical techniques.  Based on the database underlying no.20 below.

    18. R. Gallop, "The origins of the morris dance", JEFDSS, I, 3 (1934), 122-129.

    *19. M. Heaney, "Kingston to Kenilworth: early plebeian morris", Folklore, 100, i (1989), 88-104.

  • Discusses the references to morris and the attitudes towards it in the first century of records of the dance.

    20. M. Heaney and J. Forrest, "Annals of early morris". Sheffield: CECTAL in association with the Morris Ring (1991). viii, 111 pp.

  • A major chronological listing and classificatory analysis of all the references to events and literary descriptions of morris dances in the British Isles to 1750, based on a computer database.  Contains full bibliographical details of the sources and a topographical index. See also no.17.

    21. W. Kemp, "Kemp's nine daies wonder, performed in a daunce from London to Norwich". London: Lang (1600), [32 pp.]

  • The Library has a facsimile of the original, published with a biography of Kemp by C. Harris in 1983.

    22. B. Lowe, "Early records of the morris in England", JEFDSS, VIII, 2 (1957), 61-82.

  • Still the best compilation of sources, despite many inaccurate references and quotations.

    23. R. Marriott, "Staffordshire morris", ED&S;, XXI, 3 (1957), 106-107.

    24. E.J. Nicol, "Some notes on the Betley window", JEFDSS, VII, 2 (1953), 59-63 + frontispiece.

  • Also issued as Journal reprint no. 7.

    25. Julian Pilling, "The wild Morisco, or the historical morris", ED&S;, XLVI, 1 (1984), 26-29.

  • Originally appeared in the Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society Journal, VIII (1978), 15-21.

    *26. J. Pilling, "The lady of the ring: the historical morris II", Historical Dance, II, 1 (1980-81), 29-33.

  • Suggests links between the ring dance or early morris and the wooing play.

    27. J.R. Smith, "The suppression of 'pestiferous dancing' in Essex", ED&S;, XXXVI, 1 (1974), 9-11.

    *28. J.M. Ward, "The morris tune", Journal of the American Musicological Society, XXXIX, 2 (Summer 1986), 294-331.

  • Suggests that many of the early tunes associated with morris are variations on a single theme.

    Modern Period

    General

    Many of the items listed in the first section, especially the three magazines American morris newsletter, (no.2), The morris dancer (no.11) and Morris matters (no.12), all contain much on modern morris (both traditional and revival).  Roy Dommett's work (no.6) is also valuable.  The three main items in this section, Bacon's and Sharp's books (nos.30,36,37), contain notations and music for many of the dances performed today.  Heaney's book (no.33) attempts to elucidate the historical background of Cotswold, Border and Molly, with some earlier material.  The works of Needham (no.35) and Cawte et al. (no.32) are the only ones to cover all the geographical variants of morris dancing even-handedly.

    29. R. Ashton, "Jockey and Jenny: a manual of morris dances for junior and lower secondary age children" (1992) 52 pp.

  • Contains dance notations and tunes for Mollly and Border dances.

    *30. L. Bacon, "A handbook of morris dances". 2nd edition, The Morris Ring (1986), xxix, 321 p.

  • Now the standard aide-memoire for dancers; but presumes a prior knowledge of how to dance. Contains notations and tunes for Cotswold, Border, Lichfield and Winster dances. Arranged by place of origin of the dances.

    31. E.C. Cawte, "An index to Cecil J. Sharp, The Morris book", 5 vols 1911-1924, Sheffield: The Morris Ring and CECTAL (1983), 38 pp.

  • See the note to nos. 36,37.

    32. E.C. Cawte, A. Helm, R.J. Marriott, N. Peacock, "A geographical index of the ceremonial dance in Great Britain", JEFDSS, IX, 1 (1960), 1-41; addenda and corrigenda, IX, 2 (1961), 93-95.

  • An indispensable guide for all interested in the documented history of morris dancing, enlarging on the scope of its predecessor (no.35).

    33. M. Heaney, "Bedlam morris", Eynsham: Chandler Publications (1985), 48 pp.

  • Investigates the history of stick dances generally, and their relation to the Cotswold morris.

    *34. H. Lasnik, "Reference index to morris dances", Country dance and song, VIII (1977), 17-27.

  • A source list for tunes and notations for Cotswold, Derbyshire, some border and miscellaneous other morrises. Most are in fact in Bacon's book (no.30).

    35. J. Needham, "The geographical distribution of English ceremonial dance traditions", JEFDSS, III, 1 (1936), 1-45.

  • The basis of this work is a geographical list which has been superseded by Cawte et al. (no.32); but the accompanying analysis is still interesting and important.

    36. C.J. Sharp, "The morris book", 5 pt., London: Novello (1907-24).
    Pt. I (with H.C. MacIlwaine), 1st edn (1907), 80 pp.
    Pt. II (with H.C. MacIlwaine), 1st edn (1909), 46 pp.
    Pt. III (with H.C. MacIlwaine ), 1st edn (1910), 104 pp.
    Pt. IV (1911), 112 pp.
    Pt. V (with G.S.K. Butterworth) (1913), 122 pp.

    Pt. I, 2nd edn (1912), 122 pp.
    Pt. II, 2nd edn (1919), 68 pp.
    Pt. III, 2nd edn (1924), 124 pp.

  • The publishing history of Sharp's books is complex.  Parts I-III did not identify the villages from which dances had been collected; a change of approach and a re-appraisal of the earlier volumes began in 1911 with Part IV, and led to the publication of a 2nd edition of Parts I-III, which omitted some dances originally published and introduced some new ones; the whole was re-cast to take account of the villages of origin, and a new introduction was written.  The 2nd edition of Parts I-III and the unrevised Parts IV and V are usually taken as the definitive set, and it is this set which Cawte indexes (no.31).  The emphasis is on the Cotswold morris, but there are dances from Derbyshire and Wyresdale also.   Repr. in two volumes, EP Publishing, 1974-75; in one volume by the Morris Ring, 1991.

    37. C.J. Sharp, "Morris dance tunes", 10 sets, London: Novello (1907-24).

  • The tune sets have a parallel publishing history to The morris book, with two sets per book and 2nd editions of sets I-VI.

    38. R. Wortley, "Russell Wortley [memorial booklet]". Cambridge Morris Men (1980), 47 pp.

  • A collection of his major articles, including works on the general history of morris, on music, on the traditions of Bucknell, Bledington, Bromsberrow Heath, Dean Forest, and Sherborne; on East Anglian music and dance; and the previous edition of this bibliography.

    Cotswold

    The Cotswold dances have had much more written about them than have any other group of morris dances.  This is partly due to the fact that Sharp took most interest in them.  The main sources for dances and tunes, Bacon, Sharp and Dommett, have already been mentioned (nos.6,30,36,37), and many of the works mentioned in the General and General Modern sections have much to say about the Cotswold dances.  Forrest (no.7) and Heaney (no.33) each discuss the antecedents of the nineteenth-century dances; of the items listed here, Schofield's and Wortley's articles in particular (nos.52,53) also illustrate their history.  A great deal of work was done by Roy Dommett in the 1960s and later.  More recently Keith Chandler has expanded both our knowledge of and our sources for the social history, and this has now culminated in two volumes (nos.43,44) which, in the words of one reviewer, "should be read by every man or woman who dances morris . . .[and] should become a standard reference point in any serious discussion of the popular culture of rural England" (Alun Howkins, FMJ, VI, 4 (1993), 511).

    In the sources listed for individual communities below I have restricted myself in the main to those communities for which the dance notation and tunes can be found in Bacon's and Sharp's books.

    See also nos. 203,207,210,212.

    39. A.G. Barrand, "Six fools and a dancer: the timeless way of the morris", Plainfield, VT: Northern Harmony Publishing Company (1991), xii, 252 pp.

  • A critical analysis of morris dancing, and a fresh perspective on what the morris is all about. Contains dance notations and tunes for Besselsleigh, Bidford, Wheatley and Withington.

    40. G. Butterworth, "George Butterworth's diary of morris dance hunting, edited by R. Wortley and M. Dawney", FMJ, III, 3 (1977), 193-207.

  • An insight into the difficulties of collecting. Contains provisional dance notations for the Bucknell dances.

    *41. K. Chandler, "A biographical index to traditional morris dancers, musicians and fools", Morris matters, III, 1 (1980), 8-17; III, 2 (1980), 26-33; III, 3 (1980), 20-27; III, 4 (1980), 24-35.

  • An indispensable reference work, but now partially superseded by no.43.

    42. K. Chandler, "An interim checklist of references to morris dancing in local newspapers", Minster Lovell: K. Chandler.
    Part 1: 1733 to 1914 (1983), 48 pp.
    Part 2: The references, 1733-1884 (1985), 40 pp.

  • Part 1 indexes and classifies the references; part 2 gives the early texts.

    43. K. Chandler, "Morris dancing in the English south midlands, 1660-1900: a chronological gazetteer" (Publications of the Folklore Society: Tradition, 2), Enfield Lock: Hisarlik Press (1993), x, 246 pp.

  • Gives, for every known location within the area, a brief chronology of activity, biographical details of all the known performers, and references to all the known primary source material.

    44. K. Chandler, "Ribbons, bells and squeaking fiddles: the social history of morris dancing in the English south midlands, 1660-1900: a chronological gazetteer" (Publications of the Folklore Society: Tradition, 1), Enfield Lock: Hisarlik Press (1993), xii, 244 pp.

  • A thorough, scholarly, eminently readable and utterly indispensable history of the Cotswold morris.  Read this if you read nothing else.

    45. B. Cleaver, "Morris jigs from Bledington, Headington, Longborough and Bucknell". Morris Ring (1986), 34 pp.

  • Contains dance notations and tunes.

    *46. R. Dommett, "Summary list of known Cotswold morris dances, tunes, titles" [typescript], Fleet (1962), 14 pp.

  • Another valuable compilation indexing all the usable information about the dances.  Kept in the Library with his Notes on the morris (miscellaneous section).

    *47. M. Heaney, "Disentangling the Wychwood morrises", Traditional Dance, III (1985), 44-81.

    *48. A. Heffer, "The tour of the Travelling Morrice", EFDS News, IX (1925), 247-260.

  • The account of the first attempt to take morris back to the Cotswolds, and the first steps in taking research farther than Sharp's work.

    *49. J. Kirkpatrick & N. Wayne, "Plain Capers" [sleeve notes], Free Reed Records (FRR 010) (1976), 6 pp.

  • The record is also in the Library.

    *50. P. Manning, "Some Oxfordshire seasonal festivals", Folk-lore, VIII (1897), 307-324.

  • The results of the first antiquarian field work.

    51. M. Neal, "The Esperance morris book", 2 vols, London: Curwen (1910-12).

  • Contains dance notations and tunes for Headington, Abingdon, Bidford and Ilmington dances.

    52. R.K. Schofield, "The evolution of the morris dance", ED&S;, II, 5 (1938), 81-82.

    53. R. Wortley, "The Cotswold morris: hey-day, decline and revival", Ethnic, I, 2 (1959), 4-11.

  • Reprinted in his memorial booklet (no.38) and available as an offprint.

    Abingdon

    See also M. Neal's book (no.51).

    *54. "Abingdon Traditional Morris Dancers", Abingdon [1976], 6 pp.

    55. K. Chandler, "The Abingdon morris and the election of the Mayor of Ock Street", in Aspects of British calendar customs, edited by Theresa Buckland and Juliette Wood (The Folklore Society Mistletoe series, 22), Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press (1993), 119-136.

    56. K. Chandler, "The archival morris photographs, 1: Ock Street morris dancers, Abingdon, Berkshire, 1912", ED&S;, XLVI, 2 (1984), 22-23.

    *57. Europa-Preis f¸r Volkskunst, 1978, Hamburg: Stiftung F.V.S. (1978), 23-30.

  • Speeches made at the award of the Europa Prize for Folk Art to Abingdon Traditional Morris Dancers, with a history of the Abingdon morris and Mayor-making.

    58. J. Leach, "Morris dancing at Abingdon to 1914", Eynsham: Chandler Publications (1987), 41 pp.

    *59. "Mr Hemmings' Morris Dancers... a team with a long history", Abingdon (1982), 12 pp.

    Adderbury

    Chandler's book (no.44) contains a detailed case study of Adderbury. See also no.202.

    60. "Adderbury tradition: Cotswold morris dancing", Oadby: Morris Federation (1989), 78 pp.

  • Contains dance notations and tunes; also "Background to the Adderbury morris".

    *61. "They throw away discord... the Adderbury Morris Men dance and figure notations", Adderbury (1984), 22 pp.

    Ascott-under-Wychwood

    See also Heaney's article (no.47).

    *62. P.S. Heath-Coleman, "Morris dancing at Ascot under Wychwood", Morris matters, V, 4 (1983), 4-12.

    Badby

    *63. J. Joyce, "Some thoughts on the Badby morris", Morris matters, II, 4 (1979), 8-13.

    Bampton

    64. K. Chandler, "Morris dancing at Bampton until 1914", Minster Lovell: K. Chandler (1983), 36 pp.

    65. C. Carey, "Bampton morris dances 1912-1913: the Clive Carey notations", edited and annotated by P. Heath-Coleman, Eynsham: Chandler Publications (1985), 40 pp.

  • Contains dance notations and tunes.

    66. "William Wells: morris dancer, fiddler and fool (Journal reprint, no.8)", London: EFDSS (1957), 16 pp.

  • A reprint of the article in JEFDSS, VIII, 1 (1956), 1-15, containing also R. Wortley's "Notes on Bampton dances today".

    67. W. Wells, "Writings of 'Jinkey' Wells, edited by R. Wortley", FMJ, II, 1 (1970), 3-11.

  • Includes some letters, his essay "On morris dancing", and "The Bampton morris dances".

    Bidford

    *68. J. Graham, "Shakespearean Bidford morris dances", London: Curwen, [1907], x,12 pp.

  • Contains dance notations and tunes, but difficult to comprehend.

    69. R. Judge, "D'Arcy Ferris and the Bidford morris", FMJ, IV, 5 (1984), 443-480.

  • A detailed account of the 1886 revival.

    70. R. Judge & K. Chandler, "Shakespearean Bidford Morris Dancers, 1886: a source book", Eynsham: Chandler Publications (1985), 32 pp.

  • Indexes the D'Arcy Ferris collection in the Library and reproduces the extant newspaper accounts of the revival.

    *71. J.P. Taylor, "Bidford-on-Avon and its morris tradition [typescript]", (1982), 138 pp.

  • A history containing many illustrations.

    Bledington

    See also Cleaver's book (no.45).

    72. K. Chandler, "The Idbury and Bledington morris: continuity and interaction", Eynsham: Chandler Publications (1984), 36 pp.

    73. R.K. Schofield, "Morris dances from Bledington", JEFDSS, I, 3 (1934), 147-151.

  • Contains dance notations and tunes.

    74. R. Wortley, "Bledington morris: stages in the recovery of a dance tradition", ED&S;, XXXVIII, 3 (1976), 94; XXXIX, 1 (1977), 18.

  • Reprinted in his memorial booklet (no.38).

    Brackley

    75. K. Chandler, "Morris dancing at Brackley: a study in longevity", ED&S;, XLIII, 1 (1981), 16-18.

    76. F.B. Hamer, "The Hinton and Brackley morris", JEFDSS, VII, 4 (1955), 205-216.

  • Contains dance notations and tunes.

    Bucknell

    See also Butterworth's article (no.40) and Cleaver's book (no.45).

    *77. K.Chandler, "Morris dancing at Bucknell: an historical outline", Morris matters, VI, 2 [1983], 4-11.

    78. R. Wortley, "The Bucknell morris", ED&S;, XLI, 2 (1979), 12-14.

  • Reprinted in his memorial booklet (no.38).

    Chipping Campden

    79. K. Chandler, "The archival morris photographs, 2: Campden Morice Dancers, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, 1896", ED&S;, XLVI, 3 (1984), 6-8.

    Ducklington

    See also Heaney's article (no.47).

    80. K. Chandler, "Morris dancing at Ducklington", Minster Lovell: K. Chandler (1984), 44 pp.

    Eynsham

    *81. "Eynsham Morris", 2nd edn, Eynsham (1990), 12 pp.

    Field Town (=Leafield)

    See also Heaney's article (no.47).

    82. B. Cleaver, "Fieldtown dances and jigs", Morris Ring (1985), 48 pp.

  • Contains dance notations and tunes.

    83. R. Gregson & P.Watson, "The Fieldtown morris tradition as commonly danced in England today: a handbook." Fenstanton: Open Morris (1981), 28 pp.

  • Contains dance notations.

    84. R.K. Schofield, "Morris dances from Field Town", JEFDS, 2nd series, II (1928), 22-28.

  • Contains dance notations and tunes.

    Filkins

    85. P.S. Heath-Coleman, "Morris dancing at Filkins", ED&S;, XLIV, 1 (1982), 14-16.

  • Contains tunes and suggested dance notations.

    Headington Quarry

    Chandler's book (no.44) contains a detailed case study of Headington Quarry.  See also Cleaver's book (no.45) and Neal's book (no.51).

    86. T.W. Chaundy, "William Kimber: a portrait", JEFDSS, VIII, 4 (1959), 203-211.

  • Contains tunes and dance notation.

    87. T.W. Chaundy, "William Kimber, 1872-1961", JEFDSS, IX, 3 (1962), 115-118.

    88. B. Grant, M. Heaney & R. Judge, "Copy of gp Morice dancers Mr Manning", ED&S;, XLIII, 2 (1981), 14-16.

    *89. K. Loveless, "William Kimber: biographical notes; text transcribed from recordings by P. Kennedy", London: EFDSS (1963), 13 pp.

  • Accompanies the LP William Kimber (EFDSS LP 1001), in the Library.

    Hinton

    See Hamer's article (no.76)

    Idbury

    See Chandler's book (no.72).

    Ilmington

    See also Neal's book (no.51).

    *90. J.H. Bird, "Sam Bennett, the Ilmington fiddler", Stratford-upon-Avon: Evesham Journal (1952), 36 pp.

    91. K. Chandler, "The archival morris photographs, 3:'The Original Ilmington Morris Dancers', Ilmington, Warwickshire, circa 1908", ED&S;, XLVII, 1 (1985), 8-10.

    Kirtlington

    See also Manning's article (no.50).

    *92. P.D. Davenport, "The Kirtlington morris", The morris dancer, 2 (1978), 5-11.

    Leafield

    See Field Town

    Longborough

    See also Cleaver's book (no.45)

    93. R.K. Schofield, "Morris dances from Longborough", JEFDS, 2nd series, III (1930), 51-57.

  • Contains dance notations and tunes.

    North Leigh

    *94. R. Dommett, "Morris at North Leigh", Morris matters, III, 3 (1980), 14-15.

    *95. M. Heaney, "More new morris... North Leigh reconstructed", Morris matters, III, 4 (1980), 4-13.

  • Contains dance notations and tunes.

    Sherborne

    96. B. Cleaver, "Sherborne dances and jigs", Morris Ring (1983), 32 pp.

  • Contains dance notations and tunes.

    *97. K. Chandler, "Morris dancing at Sherborne: chronology and biography", Morris matters, VII, 2 [1984], 4-7.

    Wheatley

    98. Cotswold morris dancing: Wheatley tradition, [Oadby]: Morris Federation (1984), iii,28 pp.

  • Contains dance notations and tunes.

    Forest of Dean

    We have only fragmentary knowledge of the tradition, which apparently had much in common with Cotswold morris.

    *99. R. Dommett, "The tradition in the Forest of Dean", Morris matters, IV, 2 (1981), 4-6.

    *100. R. Dommett, "Travelling Morrice and the Forest of Dean morris", The morris dancer, 13 (1982), 14-16.

  • Nos.99 and 100 are based on no. 6, Roy Dommett's morris notes, vol. 5, 53- 55.

    *101. M. Heaney, "The Dean Forest traditions", The morris dancer, 12 (1982), 11-16.

    *102. R. Wortley, "The morris of Dean Forest", ED&S;, XLII, 1 (1980), 16-17.

  • Reprinted in his memorial booklet (no.38).

    Border

    For many years this group of dance traditions was neglected, being thought of as a sort of "degenerate" Cotswold morris.  In recent years the opposite view has sometimes been taken, that dances like the Border dances are the primitive ancestors of the Cotswold dances.  They receive their collective name from Cawte's article (no.104); his bringing together of the material into coherent form, together with the publication of most of the dance notations and tunes in Bacon's Handbook (no.30) have led to a revival in the popularity of the dances, exemplified perhaps by the group founded by John Kirkpatrick (see no.196).   Heaney's book (no.33) attempts to fit the dance form into the wider context of morris dancing.  See also no.6, Roy Dommett's morris notes, vol. 5, 19-46, and Ashton's book (no.29).

    *103. C.S. Burne, "Shropshire Folk-lore: a Sheaf of Gleanings, from the collections of G.F. Jackson, III", London: Trubner (1886), 477-482.

  • Repr. by EP Publishing, 1973-74.

    104. E.C. Cawte, "The morris dance in Herefordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire", JEFDSS, IX, 4 (1963), 197-212.

    *105. R. Dommett, "Border morris", American morris newsletter, VII, 3 (1984), 12-16.

    106. D. Jones, "Morris dances of the Welsh border: Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire", ED&S;, XLVIII, 2 (1986), 14-15.

    107. D. Jones, "The roots of Welsh Border morris dances of Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire", (1988), 52 pp.

  • Contains dance notations for Brimfield, Bromsberrow Heath, Cradley, Dilwyn, Evesham, Much Wenlock, Pershore, Upton-on-Severn, White Ladies' Aston; and extensive notes on history and costume.

    108. L.M. Jones, "The Shropshire morris dance", ED&S;, XVIII, 5 (1954), 167-169.

    109. E.M. Leather, "The Folk-lore of Herefordshire, Hereford: Jakeman & Carver" (1912) 129-132.

  • Contains dance notation and tunes. Repr. by EP Publishing, 1973. The reprint is available for loan.

    Brimfield

    See also Jones, no.107.

    110. R. Dommett, "The Brimfield morris dance", ED&S;, XXXI, 3 (1969), 98.

  • Contains dance notation and tune.

    Bromsberrow Heath

    See also Jones, no.107.

    111. R. Wortley, "The Bromsberrow Heath morris dances", ED&S;, XXIII, 4 (1959), 94-95.

  • Contains dance notations and tune. Reprinted in his memorial booklet (no.38).

    Bromyard

    *112. G. Turnbull, "Some notes on Bromyard Morris", The morris dancer, 18 (1984), 12-14.

    Much Wenlock

    See also Jones, no.107.

    113. G. Mendham, "Encounters with the morris dance in Shropshire", ED&S;, XVIII, 3 (1953) 100-102.

    Upton-on-Severn

    See also Jones, no.107.

    114. M. Karpeles, "Upton-on-Severn morris dances", JEFDSS, I, 2 (1933), 101-103.

  • Contains dance notations and tune.

    Welsh

    The remnants of this style of dancing suggest that it had affinities with North-West or Derbyshire morris.  The best accounts are Mellor's (nos.118,119) and that arising largely from the collection of Lady Ruth Lewis (no.116).  See also no.6, Roy Dommett's morris notes, vol. 5, 47-48.

    115. L. Blake, "The morris in Wales", JEFDSS, IX, 1 (1960), 56-57.

    *116. "Cadi-Ha", Journal of the Welsh Folk Song Society, III, 1 (1930), 69-74.

  • Contains tunes.

    117. "Keep your eyes open", ED&S;, V, 4 (1941), 44.

    *118. H. Mellor, "Welsh Folk Dances", London: Novello (1935), 16-21; 59-61.

    *119. H. Mellor, "Welsh Dance Tunes", London: Novello (1935), 1-2.

  • Nos.118,119 together provide a notation and tunes.

    120. T.M. Owen, "Welsh Folk Customs", 3rd edn, Cardiff: National Museum of Wales, Welsh Folk Museum (1974), 92-93; 104-108.

    North-West

    Only John Graham of the early morris collectors paid North-West morris much attention, and his dance notation (no.127) is too vague to be useful without extensive interpretation.  It is in North-West morris that the idea of dance styles specific to particular places has held less sway than elsewhere.  The tradition as a whole has until recently suffered from not having a published general collection of the dances; I have therefore concentrated below on the works which do contain notations.  Trefor Owen's book (no.131) and Roy Dommett's morris notes, vol. 2 (see no.6), are the best general compilations; Howison and Bentley's article (no.129) is the best general survey, while Pruw Boswell's books (nos.121,122) are comprehensive descriptions of both dances and historical backgrounds in a previously neglected area.

    Alfred Burton's book (no.124) is a rare classic, and is an invaluable source for much of our early knowledge about rushcarts and morris in the region.  Maud Karpeles's books (nos.157,158) give a very detailed description of possibly the most complex of the North-West dances.

    See also nos.206,207.

    121. P. Boswell, "Morris dancing on the Lancashire Plain: the Horwich inquiry", Preston: Claughton Press for the Morris Ring (1984), 42 pp.

  • Contains tunes and dance notations.

    122. P. Boswell, "Morris dancing on the Lancashire Plain: the Preston tradition, 1890 to 1939", Preston: Claughton Press for the Morris Ring, (1981), 38 pp.

  • Contains tunes and dance notations.

    123. T. Buckland & D. Howison, "Morris dancers in Crewe before the First World War", ED&S;, XLII, 2 (1980), 10-13.

    *124. A. Burton, "Rush-bearing", Manchester: Brook & Chrystal (1891), x,190 pp.

    125. L. Edwards & J. Chart, "Aspects of morris dancing in Cheshire 1880-1914", ED&S;, XLIII, 1 (1981), 5-10.

  • Contains a list of known dances and sides.

    126. A.G. Gilchrist, "The Lancashire rush-cart and morris dance", JEFDS, 2nd series, I (1927), 17-27.

  • Contains tunes.

    127. J. Graham, "Lancashire and Cheshire morris dances", London: Curwen (1911), xvi,16 pp.

  • Contains generalised notation in ambiguous terms.

    128. A. Helm, "The rushcart and the North-Western morris", JEFDSS, VII, 3 (1954), 172-179.

    129. D. Howison & B. Bentley, "The North-West morris - a general survey", JEFDSS, IX, 1 (1960), 42-55.

  • Contains generalised dance notation.

    *130. S. Mycock, "Throstle's Nest Morris and a Cumbrian tradition", Morris matters, IV, 4 (1981), 10-13.

    131. T. Owen, "North West morris dancing: a selection from Trefor Owen's collection". Oadby: Morris Federation (1988), vii, 59 pp.

  • The best published compilation of dance notations, containing dances from Audenshaw/Dukinfield, Carr Lodge, Failsworth, Golborne, Grains Bar, Lostock Junction, Millbrook, Newton-le-Willows, St Helens and Wigan.

    132. B. Schofield, "As in days of yore", ED&S;, XXXIX, 2 (1977), 51-53.

    Abram

    133. T. Dann, "The ancient festival of Abram called the morris dance", ED&S;, XLV, 2 (1983), 6-7.

    134. M. Karpeles, "The Abram morris dance", JEFDSS, I, 1 (1932), 55-59.

  • Contains tune and dance notation.

    135. "Abram circle dance", [Oadby]: Morris Federation (1985), iii, 18 leaves.

  • Contains tunes and dance notation.

    Ashton-under-Lyne

    136. D. Cleary, "The morris dance in Ashton". [Manchester: Manchester Morris Men, 1993.

  • Contains dance notation and tune. Compiled from material in the archives of the Manchester Morris Men.

    Bacup

    Although not claimed to be "morris" by the participants, the Bacup dances have more often than not been classed as such by those writing on the subject.

    137. T. Buckland, "Black faces, garlands, and coconuts: exotic dances on street and stage", Dance Research Journal, XXII, 2 (1990), 1-12.

    138. D. Froome, "The Britannia Coconut Dancers", ED&S;, XVII, 6 (1953), 209-210.

    *139. A. Taylor, "Easter nutters", Vole, VII (1978), 36-39.

    Colne

    See also no.191.

    *140. J. Pilling, "The Royal Morris of Colne", Colne: Colne Royal Morris Dancers (1971), 15 pp.

    Gisburn

    141. J. Pilling, "Morris dancers at Gisburn", ED&S;, XXX, 1 (1968), 10-11.

    Glossop

    *142. L. Austin, "Rushbearing and morris dancing in Glossop", Buzz, 11 (1985), 5-11.

    Godley Hill

    *143. T. Buckland, "'Hollo! Here we are again!' Godley Hill Morris Dancers: a study in longevity", Traditional Dance, II (1983), 37-57.

    144. D. Cleary, "The Godley Hill morris dance and the wakes at Hyde and Mottram". [Manchester]: Manchester Morris Men, 1994.

  • Contains dance notation and tune. Compiled from material in the archives of the Manchester Morris Men.

    Hindley Green

    145. T. Dann, "The famous old Hindley Green Morris Dancers", ED&S;, XLV, 1 (1983), 22-24.

    146. T. Dann, "Richard Porter's Hindley Morris Dancers", ED&S;, XLVI, 3 (1984), 26-27.

  • Contains dance notation.

    Lymm

    See also under Statham.

    147. A. Helm, "The Lymm (Cheshire) morris dance", JEFDSS, VI, 3 (1951), 100-101.

  • Contains dance notation.

    Lostock Gralam

    *148. J. & T. Beasant, "Morris in Lostock Gralam", Buzz, 6 (1983/84), 13-17.

  • Contains dance notations.

    Manley

    See also no.159.

    149. D. Haworth, "The Manley Morris", ED&S;, XXXIV, 4 (1972), 129-130.

    *150. L. Howarth [sic, really Haworth], "The Manley Morris Dancers", Ethnic, I, 4 (1959), 16-19.

    151. D. Schofield, "Concertina Caleb", ED&S;, XLVI, 2 (1984), 2-6.

    Marston

    152. T. & J. Beasant et al., "The Marston processional morris dance", ED&S;, XLIII, 2 (1981), 4-5.

  • Contains dance notation.

    *153. "Marston", Morris matters, V, 1 (1982), 8.

    Millbrook

    See Stalybridge

    Mobberley

    *154. "The Mobberley Morris", Buzz, 3 (1983), 20-23.

  • Contains dance notation.

    Mossley

    155. D. Cleary, "The Mossley morris dance". [Manchester]: Manchester Morris Men, 1992.

  • Contains dance notation and tune. Compiled from material in the archives of the Manchester Morris Men.

    New Mills

    *156. R.M. Bryant, "New Mills morris dancing", Buzz, 5 (1983), 17-19.

  • Contains dance notation.

    Royton

    157. M. Karpeles, "The Lancashire morris dance, containing a description of the Royton morris dance", London: Novello for the EFDS [1930], 44 pp.

    158. M. Karpeles, "Lancashire morris dance tunes", London: Novello for the EFDS (1930), 8 pp.

  • Nos.157,158 together provide dance notation and tunes.

    *159. "Fred Kilroy, Lancashire concertina player, part 2", Traditional Music, III (1976), 5-10.

  • See also no.167.

    Stafford

    160. R. Marriott, "The Stafford Morris", ED&S;, XL, 3 (1978), 101.

    Stalybridge (Millbrook)

    See also Owen, no.131.

    *161. D. Cleary, "The Millbrook (Stalybridge) morris dance", [Manchester]: Manchester Morris Men (1992).

  • Contains dance notations and tunes. Compiled from the archives of the Manchester Morris Men. Revised from its original 1977 publication.

    Statham

    162. G. Bibby, "Lymm, Cheshire: notes from a collector's diary", ED&S;, XLIII, 3 (1981), 2-9.

  • Contains dance notation.

    Tunstead Mill

    163. T. Buckland, "The Tunstead Mill Nutters of Rossendale, Lancashire", FMJ, V, 2 (1986), 132-149.

    Whitworth

    164. J. Pilling, "Morris, Nutters and rushcart in Whitworth", ED&S;, XXVII, 5 (1965), 142-144.

    Wigan

    See also Owen, no.131.

    *165. R. Dommett, "North-West morris workshop: Wigan", Morris matters, VI, 1 (1983), 14-16.

  • Contains dance notation.

    Carnival

    This is a twentieth-century development from North-West morris.  Because of this, and because of the fact that it is danced almost exclusively by young girls, "purists" have often tried to deny its place in descriptions of traditional ceremonial dance forms; but it is difficult to formulate a defensible definition of morris which excludes it.  In any case it has almost no literature; a brief account is in Howison and Bentley's article (no.129), and Pruw Boswell's books (nos.121,122) trace the early stages of the move from adult male to juvenile female dance form.  See also Roy Dommett's morris notes, vol. 2, p.3-7 (no.6), which give the fullest account.

    166. B. Bentley, "Notes on the Lancashire and Cheshire Carnival 'morris'", ED&S;, XXII, 3 (1959), 65, 68.

    *167. "Fred Kilroy, Lancashire concertina player (part 1)", Traditional Music, I (1975), 15-18.

  • See also no.159.

    Derbyshire

    A notation and tune for the Winster Processional and the Castleton Garland Dance are to be found in Sharp's book (no.36, Part V); and for other Winster dances in Bacon's Handbook (no.30).  The best general guide to Derbyshire morris is probably Russell's (no.170).  Smith's paper should be read in conjunction with Russell's review of the journal in which it appeared (no.171).  See also Roy Dommett's morris notes, vol. 5, 91-93 (no.6).

    168. D. Bathe, "Oddfellows and morris dancing in a Peak District village", FMJ, V, 1 (1985), 4-47.

  • Describes the morris dance in Taddington. Contains dance notation and tunes.

    *169. "Winster Morris Dancers, Reprinted", Winster: Winster Morris Dancers (1979), 8 pp.

    *170. I. Russell, "The commentary to the film 'This is morris dancing': the Derbyshire traditions of Castleton, Tideswell and Winster", Traditional Dance, II (1983), 23-36.

  • The film itself is available in the Library.

    171. I. Russell, "Traditional Dance. Vol.1" [review], FMJ, IV, 3 (1982), 300-303.

    *172. G. Smith, "Winster morris dance: the sources of an oikotype", Traditional Dance, I (1982), 93-108.

    Lichfield

    This is in some ways an anomalous category for a set of dances collected in unusual circumstances (see nos.173,174).  Roy Judge's (no.175) account, undermining the historical credentials of the source material, is extremely thorough, and is essential reading.  Heaney's book (no.33) also covers some of the early history.  The tunes and notations are in Bacon's Handbook (no.30).  Marriott's article (no.160) describes the later importation into Lichfield of another style of dancing.  See also Roy Dommett's morris notes, vol. 5, 60-81, (no.6) which contains photocopies of the manuscripts.

    173. J. Brown, "The discovery of the Lichfield morris tradition", ED&S;, XXXIV, 1 (1972), 10-11.

    174. W. Everett & F.C. Phillips; told by A. Helm, "The Lichfield morris: the story of the recovery of a 'lost tradition'", JEFDSS, VIII, 2 (1957), 83-104.

  • Contains dance notations and tunes.

    *175. R. Judge, "The morris in Lichfield", Folklore, vol. 103, no.2 (1992), 131- 159.

  • Traces the historical development of morris dancing in Lichfield from the eighteenth centrury to the present, contrasting the known history with the supposed context of the manuscripts forming the basis of the present dances.

    176. T. Rees, "Lichfield 'Greenhill Bower'", ED&S;, XXXV, 2 (1973), 48-49.

    Molly

    Very little has been published about this dance form.  The standard account is Needham and Peck's (no.182), now perhaps superseded by Humphries's compilation (no.180).  No.200 is a description of a modern re-interpretation of Molly dancing.  See also Roy Dommett's morris notes, vol. 5, 82-83 (no.6) and Ashton's book (no.29).  Frampton's books give background information.

    *177. R. Dommett, "Molly dancing", American morris newsletter, VIII, 4 (1984), 9-10.

    178. G. Frampton, ". . . Necessary to keep up the day: Plough monday and musical tradition in Little Downham", Marden: G. Frampton (1995), 39 pp.

    179. G. Frampton, "Pity the poor ploughboy -- Balsam's Plough Monday", Marden: G. Frampton (1993), 24 pp.

    180. R. Humphries, ". . . for a little bit of sport: Molly dancing and Plough Monday in East Anglia", Linton: R. & K. Humphries (1986), 44 pp.

  • A historical survey gathering together most of the known information. Contains dance notations and tunes.

    *181. "Molly (and morris) dancing in Essex", Essex Folk News, 40 (1983), 6-7.

    182. J. Needham & A. Peck, "Molly dancing in East Anglia", JEFDSS, I, 2 (1933), 79-85.

  • Contains dance notations.

    183. W. Palmer, "Plough Monday 1933 at Little Downham", ED&S;, XXXVI, 1 (1974) 24-25.

    184. R. Wortley & C. Papworth, "Molly dancing in South-West Cambridgeshire", ED&S;, XL, 2 (1978), 58-59.

    185. R. Wortley, "A penny for the Plough Boys", ED&S;, XXXVI, 1 (1974), 23.

  • Nos.184,185 are reprinted in his memorial booklet (no.38).

    Other

    There are occasional traces of the existence of morris dancing outside the broad geographical areas surveyed above.  The best compilation of these is in Roy Dommett's morris notes, vol. 5 (no.6), which includes morris reels, dances from Dorset, Somerset, and the South of England generally.

    The best documented single instance of "other morris" is probably the participation of morris dancers in the procession of the Salisbury Giant.

    186. M. Alexander, "The morris in Surrey", Southern Rag, I, 2 (1979), 15-16.

    187. A. Douglas, "Midsummer in Salisbury: the Tailors' Guild and Confraternity", Renaissance and Reformation, XXV, 1 (1989), 35-51.

    188. G. Frampton, "St. Christopher, Hob-Nob and the Salisbury Morris", ED&S;, XLV, 3 (1983), 13-17.

    Revival

    Many articles about the current revival of morris dancing can be found in The morris dancer, Morris matters and American morris newsletter (nos.2,11,12). Roy Dommett's morris notes (no.6) also contain many descriptions of new dances and revivals.

    189. W. Abson, "Fifty years of the Morris Ring", ED&S;, XLVI, 2 (1984), 11-12.

    *190. R. Dommett, "How do you think it was?", Morris matters, III, 3 (1980), 4-9.

  • On the beginning of the revival by the Esperance Guild.

    191. "The evolving morris: proceedings of a one-day conference, . . . 1990." The Morris Ring and the Morris Federation (1990), iii, 110 pp.

  • Eleven papers from a conference organized jointly in 1992 by the two morris organizations above, in conjunction with the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library and the Department of Performing Arts, Crewe and Alsager College of Higher Education. Includes histories of all three morris organizations, and a paper on the Royal Morris of Colne by Julian Pilling.

    *192. "Fifty years of morris dancing", Cambridge: The Morris Ring (1949), 24 pp.

  • Issued to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Sharp's meeting with William Kimber on Boxing Day, 1899.

    193. A.H. Fox-Strangways and M. Karpeles, "Cecil Sharp", 2nd edn, London: Oxford University Press (1955), 225 pp.

  • About much more than morris dancing, but contains the fullest account of Sharp's folk collecting activity.

    194. "Influences on the morris: proceedings of a one-day conference, ...1992". The Morris Ring, the Morris Federation and Open Morris (1992), iv, 121 pp.

  • Nine papers from a conference organized jointly in 1992 by the three morris organizations in conjunction with the EFDSS and the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library.  Includes case studies of individual sides, a long introductory paper by Roy Dommett, and papers on the influence of publications and of the individuals who teach.

    195. R. Judge, "Mary Neal and the Esperance Morris", FMJ, V, 5 (1989), 545-591.

  • The best description of Mary Neal's role in the revival of morris dancing, and of the disagreements between Sharp and Neal.

    196. J. Kirkpatrick, "Bordering on the insane", ED&S;, XLI, 3 (1979), 12-14.

  • Describes a modern revival and re-interpretation of Border morris.

    197. "Morris dance in America: proceedings of the 1991 conference", Boston: A.G. Barrand (1991), vi, 99 pp.

  • Twelve papers, nine of which describe the team histories of different North American sides, while the others discuss oral history, "morris meaning", and whether morris in America is primarily a social dance or a performance art.  The proceedings bring a refreshingly different perspective to discussions of morris.

    198. "Morris, the good, the bad and the ugly". The Morris Ring, the Morris Federation and Open Morris (1994), iv, 122 pp.

  • Nine papers from a conference organized jointly in 1994 by the three morris organizations in conjunction with the EFDSS.  Includes papers on morris in performance, gender, and the history of the Travelling Morrice.

    199. "Proceedings of the Contemporary Morris and Sword Dancing Conference": special issue of Lore & Language, VI, 2 (1987), Sheffield: CECTAL (1988), 124 pp.

  • One of the earliest works to look seriously at modern morris.  It presents a variety of perspectives on such matters as team politics, and the development of repertoire, with examples from Cotswold, Border, Molly, and Longsword teams.

    200. "The Seven Champions: stomping down in Kent", ED&S;, XLIV, 3 (1982), 20-21.

  • Describes a modern revival and re-interpretation of Molly dancing.

    *201. A.D. Townsend, "Cecil James Sharp as a collector and editor of traditional dance", Traditional Dance, V/VI (1988), 53-76.

    MANUSCRIPTS

    The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library, archive of the EFDSS, is the home of many important collections, and has copies of many more.  Several collections have been transcribed by researchers for ease of use.  The two most significant collections not in the Library are the Helm collection at University College, London and the Wortley collection at the Centre for English Cultural Tradition and Language, University of Sheffield.

    *202. Janet Blunt collection.

  • Includes details of Adderbury dances.

    *203. G.S.K. Butterworth collection.

  • The original documents, with a microfilm copy.

    *204. Clive Carey collection.

  • The original documents together with a partial transcript.

    *205. Roy Dommett collection.

  • Photocopies of much of his published and unpublished work, covering all the field of ceremonial dance.

    *206. Ann Gilchrist collection.

  • Contains material on North-West morris.

    *207. Fred Hamer collection.

  • Microfilm of his collection, containing among other items details of Cotswold and North-West dances.

    *208. Maud Karpeles collection.

  • Containing details of Cotswold, North-West, Border and Forest of Dean morris dances.

    *209. Library collection.

  • The Library's own collection of manuscript and unpublished material, much of it gathered in correspondence with users.

    *210. Percy Manning collection.

  • Microfilm of the morris dancing volume, with notes on Cotswold sides.

    *211. Morris Ring archives.

  • Photocopies of the manuscript material of many collectors, and assemblies of materials relating to some Cotswold traditions and the border dances.

    *212. R.K. Schofield collection.

  • Incomplete, but much on Cotswold morris.

    *213. C.J. Sharp collection.

  • His correspondence and field notes are in the original; his written-up notes (the originals of which are at Clare College, Cambridge) are available on microfilm, in transcription and/or as photographic reproductions.  The Library also has his volumes of newspaper cuttings.

    INDEXES

    In each of the indexes, entries are given only in so far as the text of this bibliography mentions them: so, for example, the individual places whose dances are described in Lionel Bacon's Handbook (no.30) do not have an entry in the index for that item because its entry in the bibliography does not list them explicitly.

    Names

    In the Names index there are also title entries for works lacking authors.

    Abingdon Traditional Morris Dancers, 54
    Abram circle dance, 135
    Abson, W., 189
    Adderbury tradition, 60
    Alexander, M., 186
    Alford, V., 1
    American morris newsletter, 2
    Armstrong, L., 3
    Ashton, R., 29
    Austin, L., 142
    Bacon, L., 30
    Barrand, A.G., 4, 6, 39, 197; see also 13
    Bathe, D., 168
    Beasant, J., 148, 152
    Beasant, T., 148, 152
    Bennett, S., see 90
    Bentley, B., 129, 126
    Bibby, G., 162
    Billington, S., 14
    Bird, J.H., 90
    Blake, L., 115
    Boswell, P., 121, 122
    Brand, J., 15
    Brown, J., 173
    Bryant, R., 156
    Buckland, T., 123, 137, 143, 163
    Burne, C.S., 103
    Burton, A., 124
    Butterworth, G.S.K., 36, 40, 203
    Cadi-Ha, 116
    Carey, C., 65, 204
    Cawte, E.C., 31, 32, 36, 104
    Chandler, K., 41-44, 55, 56, 64, 70,
    72, 75, 77, 79, 80, 91, 97
    Chart, J., 125
    Chaundy, T.W., 86, 87
    Cleary, D., 136, 144, 155, 161
    Cleaver, B., 45, 82, 96
    Comes the morris dancer in..., 5
    Cotswold morris dancing: Wheatley tradition, 98
    Dann, T., 133, 145, 146
    Davenport, P., 92
    Dawney, M., 40
    Dommett, R., 6, 46, 94, 99, 100, 105, 110, 165, 177, 190, 194, 205
    Douce, F., 16
    Douglas, A., 187
    Edwards, L., 125
    Europa-Preis f¸r Volkskunst, 57
    Everett, W., 174
    Evolving morris, The, 191
    Eynsham Morris, 81
    Ferris, D'A., see 69, 70
    Fifty years of morris dancing, 192
    Forrest, J., 7, 17, 20; see also 8, 9
    Fox-Strangways, A.H., 193
    Frampton, G., 178, 179, 188
    Fred Kilroy, 159, 167
    Froome, D., 138
    Gallop, R., 18
    Gilchrist, A.G., 126, 206
    Graham, J., 68, 127
    Grant, B., 88
    Gregson, R., 83
    Hamer, F.B., 76, 207
    Harris, C., see 20
    Haworth, D., 149
    Haworth, L., 150
    Heaney, M., 8, 17, 19, 20, 33, 47, 88, 95, 101; see also 7
    Heath-Coleman, P.S., 9, 62, 65, 85; see also 7
    Heffer, A., 48
    Helm, A., 32, 128, 147, 174
    Howarth, L., 150
    Howison, D., 123, 129
    Humphries, R., 180
    Influences on the morris, 194
    Jackson, G.F., 103
    Jones, D., 106, 107
    Jones, L.M., 108
    Joyce, J., 63
    Judge, R., 69, 70, 88, 175, 195
    Karpeles, M., 114, 134, 157, 158, 193, 208
    Keep your eyes open, 117
    Kemp, W., 21
    Kennedy, P., 89
    Kidson, F., 10
    Kilroy, F., see 159, 167
    Kimber, W., see 86, 87, 89
    Kirkpatrick, J., 49, 196
    Lasnik, H., 34
    Leach, J., 58
    Leather, E.M., 109
    Loveless, K., 89
    Lowe, B., 22
    MacIlwaine, H.C., 36
    Manning, P., 50, 210
    Marriott, R., 23, 32, 160
    Marston, 153
    Mellor, H., 118, 119
    Mendham, G., 113
    Mobberley morris, The, 154
    Molly (and morris) dancing in Essex, 181
    Morris dance in America, 197
    Morris dancer, The, 11
    Morris matters, 12
    Morris Ring, 211
    Morris, the good, the bad and the ugly, 198
    Mr Hemmings' Morris Dancers..., 59
    Mycock, S., 130
    Neal, M., 10, 51; see also 195
    Needham, J., 35, 192
    Neill, B., 12
    Nicol, E.J., 24
    Owen, T., 131
    Owen, T.M., 120
    Palmer, W., 183
    Papworth, C., 184
    Peacock, N., 32
    Peck, A., 182
    Phillips, F.C., 174
    Pilling, J., 25, 26, 140, 141, 164, 191
    Proceedings of the Contemporary Morris and Sword Dancing Conference, 199
    Rees, T., 176
    Russell, I., 170, 171
    Schofield, B., 132
    Schofield, D., 151
    Schofield, R.K., 52, 73, 84, 93, 212
    Seven Champions, The, 200
    Sharp, C.J., 36, 37, 213; see also 31, 193, 201
    Smith, G., 172
    Smith, J.R., 27
    Taylor, A., 139
    Taylor, J.P., 71
    They throw away discord..., 61
    Townsend, A.D., 201
    Turnbull, G., 112
    Vaughan Williams Memorial Library, 209
    Ward, J.M., 28
    Watson, P., 83
    Wayne, N., 49
    Wells, W., 66, 67
    Winster Morris Dancers, 169
    Wortley, R., 13, 38, 40, 53, 66, 67, 74, 78, 102, 111, 184, 185; see also 4

    Places

    Abingdon, 51, 54-59
    Abram, 133-135
    Adderbury, 44, 60-61, 202
    Ascott-under-Wychwood, 47, 62
    Ashton-under-Lyne, 136
    Audenshaw, 131
    Bacup, 137-139
    Badby, 63
    Balsam, 179
    Bampton, 64-67
    Besselsleigh, 39
    Betley, 24
    Bidford, 39, 51, 68-71
    Bledington, 30, 45, 72-74
    Brackley, 75-76
    Brimfield, 107, 110
    Bromsberrow Heath, 30, 107, 111
    Bromyard, 112
    Bucknell, 30, 40, 45, 77-78
    Cambridgeshire, 184
    Carr Lodge, 131
    Castleton, 170
    Cheshire, 125
    Chipping Campden, 79
    Colne, 140, 191
    Cradley, 107
    Crewe, 123
    Cumbria, 130
    Dilwyn, 107
    Ducklington, 47, 80
    Dukinfield, 131
    East Anglia, 30, 180
    Essex, 27, 181
    Evesham, 107
    Eynsham, 81
    Failsworth, 131
    Field Town, 47, 82-84
    Filkins, 85
    Forest of Dean, 30, 99-102, 208
    Gisburn, 141
    Glossop, 142
    Godley Hill, 143-144
    Golborne, 131
    Grains Bar, 131
    Headington Quarry, 44, 45, 51, 86-89
    Herefordshire, 104, 106, 107, 109
    Hindley Green, 145-146
    Hinton, 76
    Horwich, 121
    Idbury, 72
    Ilmington, 51, 90-91
    Kenilworth, 19
    Kingston, 19
    Kirtlington, 50, 92
    Lancashire, 126
    Leafield, see Field Town
    Lichfield, 33, 173-176
    Little Downham, 178, 183
    London, 21
    Longborough, 45, 93
    Lostock Gralam, 148
    Lostock Junction, 131
    Lymm, 147, 162
    Manley, 149-151, 159
    Marston, 152-153
    Millbrook, 131, 161
    Mobberley, 154
    Mossley, 155
    Much Wenlock, 107, 113
    New Mills, 156
    Newton-le-Willows, 131
    North Leigh, 94-95
    Norwich, 21
    Oxfordshire, 50
    Pershore, 107
    Preston, 122
    Royton, 157-159
    St Helens, 131
    Salisbury, 187-188
    Sherborne, 30, 96-97
    Shropshire, 103, 104, 106-108
    Stafford, 160
    Staffordshire, 23
    Stalybridge, 131, 161
    Statham, 162
    Surrey, 186
    Taddington, 168
    Tideswell, 170
    Tunstead Mill, 163
    Upton-on-Severn, 107
    Wheatley, 39, 98
    White Ladies' Aston, 107
    Whitworth, 164
    Wigan, 131, 165
    Winster, 169-172
    Withington, 39
    Worcestershire, 104, 106, 107
    Wychwood, 47

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