Folk Play Links - Wiltshire, 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.


Groups

001 * BBC Wiltshire - Horsing around with the Mummers [by Matt - about Ragged Heroes Mummers]
002 * FTX-406 - The Vly be on the Turmuts : Village Traditions - Wiltshire [CD for sale: Audio of Shrewton Mummers, early 1950s]
003 * Potterne Village [Photo and video of Potterne Mummers]
004 * Quidhampton Mummers [perform Quidhampton text; programme]
005 * Ragged Heroes Mummers [photos; programme; videos]
006 * Sarum Morris

Publications

007 * A Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect [by Rev W.D. Parish [Vicar of Selmeston], 1875, p.138 - Salisbury fragment]
008 * A History of the County of Wiltshire, Vol.9 [1970, pp.141-144 - 'Swindon : Social life' - citation of Swindon Fifty Years Ago (More or Less), by William Morris, [1885], pp.141-149]
009 * A Mummers¡¯ Play from Limpley Stoke [by Felicity Gilmour, in WAM, Vol.83, [1990], pp.157-160 - text]
010 * A Wiltshire Mummers' Play [by Alfred Williams, in Wiltshire Gazette, 30th Dec. 1926, p.3c-e - Lydiard Millicent text from Alfred Williams Collection]
011 * Assize Intelligence [in Morning Chronicle, No.26586, 11th Mar. 1852 - "Young Turks" at Salisbury - Subscription required for Gale: 19th Century British Library Newspapers]
012 * Christmas Mummers in Dorsetshire [by J.S. Udal, in Folk-Lore Record, Vol.III Pt.I, 1880, pp.87-116 - (extract from A Grammar and Glossary of the Dorset Dialect, by W. Barnes, in Transactions of the Philological Society, 1864, p.71 - entry for 'Mummers'; citation of Christmas Mummers in Dorsetshire, by J.S. Udal, in Notes and Queries, 5th Ser. Vol.II No.52, 26th Dec. 1874, p.505; [Symondsbury] text; south-west text; note by The Editor [?] - J.T. Micklethwaite possessed Walker Peace Egg chapbook for what is now Thomas Fairman Ordish Collection; Dumbleton text for what is now Thomas Fairman Ordish Collection;) at Minety; (at Acomb; citation of Banks of the Boro: A Chronicle of the County of Wexford, by Patrick Kennedy, 1867, pp.226-232)]
013 * Christmas Mummers in Dorsetshire [by Nina Sharp [note], in Folk-Lore Record, Vol.3 Pt.1, 1880, pp.113-114 - at Minety]
014 * Christmas Play as Acted in the Old Borough Town of Wootton Bassett, Wilts [by F.H. Wiltshire, in Antiquary, Vol.XLIV No.?, Oct. 1908, p.469 - fragment]
015 * England, Wales, and Scotland [by J.G. Kohl, 1844, p.178]
016 * Field and Hedgerow [by Richard Jefferies, 1889 - 'Among the Nuts' - mumming at ?]
017 * In a Wiltshire Village: Some Old Songs and Customs [by E.E. Balch, in Antiquary, Vol.XLIV No.?, Oct. 1908, pp.379-382 - Stourton fragment]
018 * In a Wiltshire Village: Some Old Songs and Customs [by E.E. Balch, in Antiquary, Vol.XLIV No.?, Oct. 1908, pp.380-381 - Stourton fragment]
019 * Jefferies' Land : A History of Swindon and its Environs [by the late Richard Jefferies, ed. with notes by Grace Toplis, 1896, p.196]
020 * Moonrakings [extract from eds. Olivier & Edwards, 1930, p.59 - at Cricklade]
021 * Moonrakings [extract from eds. Olivier & Edwards, 1930, pp.95-98 - Quidhampton text]
022 * Moonrakings [extract from eds. Olivier & Edwards, 1930, pp.54-55; 95-98; 60-61; 62; 59; 64 - Amesbury fragment; Quidhampton text; Horningsham text; at Maiden Bradley; at Cricklade; at Woodford]
023 * Observations on the Sword-Dance and Mummers Play [by Douglas Kennedy, in Journal of the English Folk Dance Society, 2nd Ser. No.3, 1930, pp 32-33 - Alton Barnes text]
024 * On Certain Ancient Wiltshire Customs : 2 - The Mummers [by F.A. Carrington, in The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine,, Vol.I No.I, Mar. 1854, pp.79-85 - at Wootton Rivers; at Avebury; unlocated text]
025 * On Certain Ancient Wiltshire Customs : 2 - The Mummers [by F.A. Carrington, in The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine,, Vol.I No.I, Mar. 1854, pp.79-85 - at Avebury; unlocated text; at Wootton Rivers]
026 * Round About the Upper Thames [by Alfred Williams, 1922, pp.232; 306-312 - at Cricklade; Inglesham text]
027 * The Dialect of Pewsey (Wiltshire) [by John Kjederqvist, in Transactions of the Philological Society, 1903-1906, p.64fn - "The Mommers"]
028 * The Town, College, and Neighbourhood of Marlborough [by F.Edward Hulme, 1881, pp.71-72]
029 * Vaughan Williams Memorial Library Collection [Ref. Wiltshire pp.25-26] [extract with Baydon text]
030 * Vaughan Williams Memorial Library Collection [Ref. Wiltshire pp.59-60] [extract with Cherhill text]
031 * Wild Life in a Southern County [by Richard Jefferies, n.d., p.107 - mumming at ?]
032 * Wiltshire County Council : Community History : Folk Arts : Biography [Henry Harvey from whom Cricklade text was collected]
033 * Wiltshire County Council : Community History : Folk Arts : Biography [Elijah Iles from whom Inglesham text was collected]
034 * Wiltshire Record Office [Ref. 2598/36] [Alfred Williams Collection - Inglesham; Lydiard Millicent; South Marston; Cricklade texts - citation of Folk Songs]
035 * Wiltshire Record Office [Ref. 3433] [? - Potterne text]

[General]

036 * Mere Amateur Dramatic Society [List with 2001 performance]
037 * Wiltshire Folk Arts [Includes a page on Mumming, with photos]

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