Folk Play Links - Lincolnshire, England

Compiled by Chris Little

Groups listed may be folk club, morris dance or amateur drama groups, as well as traditional performers. Publications listed may be cited, extracted or summarised publications, as well as full text.

001 - An accumulation of Hobby Horses [Re:] [by E.C. Cawte, in Musical Traditions - Comments that it's probably not a Plough Play gang.]
002 - An accumulation of Hobby Horses. Who? Where? When? Any ideas? [by Tom Chambers, in Musical Traditions - Comments that photo could be of a Plough Play "double gang".]
003 - From Theater to Ritual: A Study of the Revesby Mummers' Play [Book for sale: by Esha Niyogi De, in Oral Tradition in the Middle Ages, ed. by W.F.H. Nicolaisen, 1995]
004 - FTX-105 - In comes I Tom Fool: Lincolnshire Plough Plays [CD for sale: Audio of Barrow-on-Humber Plough Play, 1954 and Helpringham.]
005 - Grimsby Morris Men [photos]
006 - History of the Holy Trinity Guild, at Sleaford, [by Rev G. Oliver, 1837, p.117]New
007 - J.M. Carpenter, Ethel Rudkin and the Plough Plays of Lincolnshire [citation of Eddie Cass, in Folk Life, Vol.41, 2003]New
008 - Lincolnshire Archives: Foster Library - Plough Plays Bibliography
009 - Metheringham Area Community Leisure Association (MACLA) [Mention of Metheringham Amateur Dramatics performing a Mummers play 'St George and the Dragon'.]
010 - North Lincolnshire Council [image archive] [Photos of Plough Jags at Burton-upon-Stather, West Halton?, West Halton (1898), Burringham (1932), Carlton (1934), Scopwick, Scotter x3, Burringham (1953), Barrow-on-Humber (1951) x2 & Burringham (pre 1914) x2]
011 - Records in Other Custody : Revesby Abbey [in Archivist's Report, No.18, Apr. 1966 - Mar. 1967, p.76 - "a plough play (? Revesby) copied by S.S. Banks, 1779"]New
012 - Six Churches Festival 1st-3rd May 1999 [Photo of Bassingham Plough Jag performance]
013 - The Kirmington Plough-Jags Play [citation of Ruairidh Greig, in Folk Music Journal, Vol.3 No.3, 1977, pp.233-241]New
014 - Three Mumming Plays [citation of Alan Brody, in English Literary Renaissance, Vol.3 No.1, Winter 1973, pp.105-130 - with (Kent text), Barrow-on-Humber and Branston texts too.]
015 - Whitton, North Lincolnshire - notes on the history of a village, by Thomas M. Smith [internet only] [extracts relating to Plough Monday from Thomas Harris' diary (January 7, 1858) and Whitton school logbook (January 7, 1902)]
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