Folk Play Links - Northamptonshire, 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 - Brackley Morris Men
002 - Eydon Mummers [perform Eydon text; photos; script]
003 - Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases, [by Anne Elizabeth Baker, 1854, Vol.II pp.429-432 - at Brackley & Thenford text]New
004 - John Clare and The Folk Tradition [Book for sale: by George Deacon, 2002 - includes Helpston fragment]
005 - Memories of a Village - Potterspury, by Hilda Faux [internet only] [Includes Mummers.]
006 - Moulton Morris Men [unofficial. Perform Moulton text; photos; script - Archived]
007 - Mummers at Syresham [Genealogical query from Keith Chandler about Charles James and James Charles James - two of James Madison Carpenter's informants]
008 - Mumming at Brackley [Genealogical query from Keith Chandler about H. Alrdridge - one of James Madison Carpenter's informants]
009 - Strange Meeting: Or How Eydon's Mummers Play was Preserved [citation of Kevin Lodge, in Landscapes and Laundry / Reports From The Eydon Historical Research Group, 3, Jun. 2002, pp.18-27 - text from James Madison Carpenter Collection]New
010 - Syresham [summary of Pettit, 1996]
011 - The Dialect and Folk-Lore of Northamptonshire [by Thomas Sternberg, 1851, p.184]New
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