Abingdon Traditional Morris Dancers
Cotswold tradition kept alive by the Hemmings family of Ock Street. Linked to the election of the Mock Mayor of Ock Street, a satirical civic tradition dating to the 1700s.
Mayor of Ock Street election (June)
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Other morris dancing sides
Cotswold tradition side from the village where Cecil Sharp first saw morris on Boxing Day 1899. The spark of the entire 20th-century English folk revival. One of only four villages with an unbroken Cotswold lineage.
Cotswold tradition; one of England's oldest continuously dancing sides, only suspended in 1917-18. Bampton actually has three coexisting sides representing the village tradition.
Revival side carrying on the distinctive Adderbury tradition collected by Janet Blunt from Wm 'Binx' Walton. One of the canonical Cotswold village traditions.
Cotswold tradition side dancing the unique Campden repertoire. No other side dances Campden by convention. Perform at the Robert Dover's Cotswold Olimpicks and Scuttlebrook Wake.
Cotswold tradition. London's flagship Morris Ring side; first public dance on Coronation Day 1953. Hosts the biggest annual morris gathering in London on the 2nd Saturday of May at Trafalgar Square.
Cotswold tradition west London side; alumni include accordion legend John Kirkpatrick, who began dancing with the team aged 12 in 1959. Self-styled 'World Famous Hammersmith Morris Men'.