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Bedford Morris Men

Bedfordshire·Bedford·United Kingdomest. 1932White with crossed baldrics

Cotswold tradition; one of the longest continuously-running revival sides in England and a founding pillar of the Morris Ring era. Predates the Morris Ring (1934) itself.

Founding-era revival side

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Headington Quarry Morris Men
Headington Quarry, Oxford · United Kingdom · Late 1700s; reformed 1947

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.

Bampton Traditional Morris Dancers
Bampton · United Kingdom · Tradition documented to 18th century, oral history to 16th

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.

Abingdon Traditional Morris Dancers
Abingdon-on-Thames · United Kingdom · 18th century (Hemmings dynasty from 1840)

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.

Adderbury Village Morris Men
Adderbury · United Kingdom · Revival 1974 (tradition from 18th c.)

Revival side carrying on the distinctive Adderbury tradition collected by Janet Blunt from Wm 'Binx' Walton. One of the canonical Cotswold village traditions.

Chipping Campden Morris Men
Chipping Campden · United Kingdom · Records to 1700s; continuous

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.

Westminster Morris Men
London · United Kingdom · 1952 (danced out 1953)

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.