Bibliography of Nottinghamshire Folk Plays & Related Customs

*[Anon. (Auth.)]
*The Derby Ram
[Unidentified Press Cutting]

[Anon. (Auth.)]
PLOUGHS IN THE LIMELIGHT AGAIN [Plough Blessing at East Bridgford, Notts. and Isley Walton, Leics.]
*[Unidentified Press Cutting], *11th Jan.1971

[Anon. (Auth.)]
[No title - Plough Sunday service at Newark, Notts.]
*[Unidentified Press Cutting]

S. B. A. (Auth.)
*The Mummers' Play [Draycott, Derbys.]
*Nottingham Guardian, 11th Jan.1924, No.21155, p.2 d

*Sidney Oldall Addy (Col.)
*Christmas Mummers at Norton, Yorks.
English Folk Dance & Song Society Collection, Dated 1877, Class CRQ 25, Accession 4143

[Anon. (Auth.)]
ALEXANDER AND THE KING OF EGYPT: A MOCK PLAY, As it is Acted by The MUMMERS every CHRISTMAS
Newcastle, T.Saint, 1788, 8 p.

Violet Alford (Auth.)
Introduction to English Folklore
London, G.Bell & Son Ltd., 1952

"All the Year Round" (Auth.)
LOCAL NOTES AND QUERIES No.CCCCVI: PLOUGH MONDAY [Leicester]
Nottinghamshire Guardian, *14th Jan.1888

*[Anon. (Auth.)]
*[Plough Monday at Cropwell and Tithby, Notts.]
Antiquary, *Vol.25, p.20

W. Antliff (Auth.)
LOCAL NOTES AND QUERIES No.CCLVI: NOTES: THE LEICESTERSHIRE PLOUGH-BULLOCKS
Nottingham Guardian, 7th Jan.1885, No.9028, p.6c

C. H. Aram (Auth.)
"Ipsy, Pipsy, Palsy, Gout" [Plough Monday play from Helpringham, Lincs.]
Nottinghamshire Countryside, Winter 1956/1957, Vol.17, No.3, pp.iv,25-26

*Harold Armitage (Auth.)
*Sorrelsykes
London, Wheeler & Co. Ltd., 1913, pp.25-41

Chris Arnot (Auth.)
It's the Owd Ossers - MUMMERS KEEP ALIVE AN OLD TRADITION
Evening Post [Nottingham], 19th June 1974, No.29868, pp.1, 15 a-f

*[Anon. (Photo.)]
*[Photo of school mummers from Marston Montgomery, Derbys.]
*Ashbourne News Telegraph, *Dec.1984

B. (Auth.)
PLOUGH MONDAY
Nottingham Guardian, 6th Jan.1886, No.9338, p.6 e

A.B. (Auth.)
To the Editor of the Mercury
*Lincoln, Rutland & Stamford Mercury, *26th Jan.1821, pp.4d

C. C. B. (Auth.)
LOCAL NOTES AND QUERIES No.DCXXXI: RURAL CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES IN THE FIFTIES
Nottinghamshire Guardian, *30th Dec.1892

E. B. (Auth.)
LOCAL NOTES &.QUERIES: Origin of Plough Monday
*Nottinghamshire Guardian, *14th Jan.1921

E. B. (Auth.)
*LOCAL NOTES AND QUERIES: Plough Bullocks Prohibited
*Nottinghamshire Guardian, *26th Jan.1929

E. B. (Auth.)
*LOCAL NOTES AND QUERIES: ... Plough Bullocks
*Nottinghamshire Guardian, *10th Jan.1931

E. B. (Auth.)
*LOCAL NOTES AND QUERIES: Plough Monday Play
*Nottinghamshire Guardian, *12th Mar.1932

J. B. (Auth.)
SUPERSTITIONS AND CUSTOMS OF LEICESTERSHIRE
Nottingham Guardian, 13th Jan.1886, No.9344, p.3 g

J. B. (Auth.)
*LOCAL NOTES AND QUERIES: LEICESTERSHIRE SUPERSTITIONS AND CUSTOMS
*Nottinghamshire Guardian, *12th Aug.1898

J. P. B. (Auth.)
*LOCAL NOTES AND QUERIES: ENGLISH FOLK DRAMA [Plough Monday play from Wiverton Hall, Notts.]
*Nottinghamshire Guardian, *22nd Jul.1893

M. W. Barley (Auth.); E. F. H. D. (Col.)
Plough Plays in Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire Countryside, Oct.1951, Vol.13, No.2, pp.1-2

M. W. Barley (Auth.)
PLOUGH PLAYS IN THE EAST MIDLANDS
Journal of the English Folk Dance & Song Society, Dec.1953, Vol.7, No.2, pp.68-95

M. W. Barley
ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA: PLOUGH PLAYS IN THE EAST MIDLANDS (See JOURNAL E.F.D.S.S. Vol.VII, No.2, 1953): NOTES
Journal of the English Folk Dance & Song Society, Dec.1954, Vol.7, No.3, p.184

M. W. Barley (Auth.)
VARIA ATQUE BREVIORA: PLOUGH PLAYS IN THE EAST MIDLANDS: FURTHER NOTES
Journal of the English Folk Dance & Song Society, Dec.1955, Vol.7, No.4, pp.249-252

Professor M. W. Barley (Col.)
PROFESSOR M. W. BARLEY [Collection of East Midlands Folk Plays]
*Manuscripts Department, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham

Maurice Willmore Barley (Col.)
*Plough Jags' Play, West Halton, Lincs.
M.W.Barley Collection, *Col. c.1936

*Maurice Willmore Barley (Col.)
PLOUGH JAGS [Play from West Halton, Lincs.]
M.W.Barley Collection, *Col. 1937, Ba P 2/34

*Mr. J. W. Price (Inf.)
*[Plough Monday p;lay from Laxton, Notts.]
M.W.Barley Collection, *Dated 1937

Anon. (Inf.)
PLOUGH BOY'S PLAY: Flintham, Notts.
M.W.Barley Collection, *Col. 1948, Ba P 1/23

Misses Greasley (Inf.)
Whatton Plough Jag Play
M.W.Barley Collection, Col. 1949, Ba P 1/38

Lawrence Butler (Col.)
[Tunes and Notes on Plough Plays]
M.W.Barley Collection, *Com. 30th Dec.1953

Garth Christian (Col.)
THE CHRISTMAS MUMMERS [Play from Underwood, Notts.]
M.W.Barley Collection, Col. Dec.1950, Ba P 1/35

Anon. (Inf.)
Notts.: Norwell [Plough Play]
M.W.Barley Collection, Col. 1950

*Anon. (Inf.)
*[Plough Monday Play at East Drayton, Notts.]
M.W.Barley Collection, *Col. c. 1950

*Mr. J. G. Holmes (Perf.)
*[Plough Monday Play from South Scarle, Notts.]
M.W.Barley Collection, *Dated 1951, Ba P 1/31

J. L. Moss (Col.)
SELSTON, NOTTS. [Christmas Play]
M.W.Barley Collection, Col. 1951, Ba P 1/32

Mr. M. Whitworth (Inf.)
PLOUGH MONDAY PLAY FROM WALESBY
M.W.Barley Collection, Col. Jan.1951, Ba P 1/36

*Mr. James Holloway (Inf.)
*[Plough Monday Play from Blidworth, Notts.]
M.W.Barley Collection, *Col. 1952, [Ba P 1/2 ?]

Mrs. Ragdale (Inf.); Mr. U. Goodwin (Inf.)
Plough Monday - 2nd Monday in Jan. [Play from Wellow, Notts.]
M.W.Barley Collection, Col. 1952, Ba P 1/37

*Mr. Smalley (Inf.)
*[Plough Monday Plough Boys Play from North Muskham, Notts.]
M.W.Barley Collection, *Col. 1952

P. M. Underwood (Comp.)
THE PLOUGH MONDAY PLAY: Bulcote, 1952-3.
M.W.Barley Collection, Dated Nov.1952, Ba P 1/13

Mrs. Underwood (Inf.)
Notts.: Plough Plays [from Burton Joyce and Woodborough]
M.W.Barley Collection, *[Col. 1952]

Anon. (Inf.)
Notts.: Plough Plays [and Derby Ram]
M.W.Barley Collection, *Col. 1951, Ba P 1/14

*Mr. Robert Astill (Inf.); Mr. E. Burton (Perf.)
*[Plough Monday Play from Plumtree, Notts.]
M.W.Barley Collection, *Col. Mar.1953

Mrs. Atkins (Inf.); L. Butler (Col.)
Shelford. [Plough-bullocks Play]
M.W.Barley Collection, Col. Dec.1953, Ba P 1/33

Garth Christian (Inf.)
[Christmas Guisers Play in Underwood, Notts.]
M.W.Barley Collection, Com. 25th Apr.1953, Ba P 1/35

Mr. J. D. Crossland (Inf.); Mr. R. Morris (Inf.)
E. Bridgford: Plough Monday Play
M.W.Barley Collection, Col. 1953, Ba P 1/20

Mrs. A. J. Evans (Inf.)
Woodborough: Plough Play
M.W.Barley Collection, Col. Dec. 1953, Ba P 1/39

Mr. W. Kay (Inf.)
Plough Plays [Somercotes, Derbys.]
M.W.Barley Collection, *Com. 20th Apr.1953 & 23rd Apr.1953

Mrs. Rachel L. Kirk (Col.)
GUYSERS! [Christmas Play from Ironville, Derbys.]
M.W.Barley Collection, Com. 7th Dec.1953, Ba P 3/3

*Mr. Rose (Inf.)
*[Plough Monday Play from Laxton, Notts.]
M.W.Barley Collection, *Col. Jun.1953

Phyllis M. Underwood (Producer); Mr. Holmes (Inf.)
[Plough Boys Play at Bulcote, Notts.]
M.W.Barley Collection, Com. 15th Mar.1953, Ba P 1/13

Phyllis M. Underwood (Inf.)
[Photo of Plough Play Revival at Bulcote, Notts.]
M.W.Barley Collection, Com. 18th Apr.1953, Ba P 1/13

Mr. Bradley (Perf.)
Notts.: Plough Boys [at Treswell]
M.W.Barley Collection, Col. 1954, Ba P 1/21

Mr. W. Gascoyne (Perf.)
N.Muskham - Plough Monday Play
M.W.Barley Collection, Recalled 1st Feb.1954, Ba P 1/28

D. M. Hewitt (Col.)
[Plough Play in Normanton-on-Trent, Notts.]
M.W.Barley Collection, Com. 8th May 1954

Mrs. Parker (Inf.)
Plough Monday [Plough Monday play given by Mrs. Parker of Caunton]
M.W.Barley Collection, Dated Feb.1954, Ref.Ba_P_1/15

Anon. (Inf.)
E. Bridgford [Plough Boys Itinerary]
M.W.Barley Collection, Col. 8th Jan.1954, Ba P 1/20

[Maurice Willmore Barley (Col.)]
GUYSERS! [Play from Underwood, Notts.]
M.W.Barley Collection, *Perf. 8th Jan.1954, Ba P 1/35 (?)

J. B. Skelton (Perf.)
Plough Bullocking night, second Monday in Jan. [Kirkby Woodhouse, Notts.]
M.W.Barley Collection, Com. 1st May 1957, Ba P 1/24

Maurice Willmore Barley (Col.)
BOTHAMSALL NOTTS. PLOUGH PLAY: The Ten Pound Doctor
M.W.Barley Collection, Col. about 1953, Ref.BaP 1/12

Miss Paling (Inf.)
[Plough Plays in Notts., and Hunts.]
M.W.Barley Collection, *No Date

F. W. Beazley (Auth.)
PLOUGH MONDAY AND "THE PLOUGH BULLOCKS"
Bulletin of the Nottinghamshire Schools Rural Science Panel, Dec.1946, No.19, pp.2-6

John Beckett (Auth.); Adrian Henstock (Auth.)
MAURICE WILLMORE BARLEY, 1909-1991
Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire, 1991, Vol.XCV, pp.2, 10-14

Douglas P. Blatherwick (Auth.)
THE HISTORY OF NEWARK: Curios, Legends and Customs
Newark Herald, 12th Sep.1936, No.5158, p.2b

*F. Blomefield (Auth.)
*An essay towards a topographical history of the County or Norfolk: Vol.4
*Lynn, Farsfield, W.Whittingham, 1775, p.287

John Potter Briscoe (Ed.)
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE FACTS AND FICTIONS [2nd ed.]
Nottingham, Shepherd Bros., 1876, pp.6-8

Mr. Robinson (Inf.); Mrs. Green (Inf.); Mr. Martin (Inf.); Mr. Thurlby (Inf.); Mr. Saundby (Inf.); Mr. Hollingsworth (Inf.); C. H. Aram (Col.); Peter D. Kennedy (Col.)
*[Plough Monday play from Helpringham, Lincs.]
*British Broadcasting Corporation, Sound Archives, *26th Mar.1953, Record Nos. 19033-4

Dora H. Brooksbank (Auth.)
*Memories Of Old World Village: Sliding Down Bannisters Of Life (Part_2)
*Nottinghamshire Guardian, *29th Aug.1936, pp.1,6

Duncan Broomhead (Auth.)
AN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY PLAY FROM CHESHIRE
Roomer, 1982, Vol.2, No.4/5, pp.23-29

Duncan Broomhead (Col.)
[Collection of Cheshire Folk Plays and Souling Customs]
D.Broomhead, 23 Bray Close, Cheadle Hulme, Ches., SK8 6DQ

Mr. J. H. Lee (Inf.)
THE STAPLEFORD 'SOULING PLAY'
D.Broomhead Collection, Col. Jun.-Aug.1978

Cornelius Brown (Ed.)
NOTES ABOUT NOTTS.: A COLLECTION OF SINGULAR SAYINGS, CURIOUS CUSTOMS, ECCENTRIC EPITAPHS, AND INTERESTING ITEMS, HISTORICAL AND ANTIQUARIAN
Nottingham, T.Forman and Sons, 1874, pp.83-85

Cornelius Brown (Auth.)
A HISTORY OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
London, Elliot Stock, 1891, pp.265-280

Emrys Bryson (Auth.)
Strange sights at the pub - even mum's got a beard! [Calverton, Notts., Plough Bullocking]
Evening Post [Nottingham], *7th Jan.1988

Emrys Bryson (Auth.)
It's devil of a lark for Plough Monday! [Play revival at Calverton, Notts.]
Evening Post [Nottingham], *5th Jan.1984, p.6 a-d

A. S. Buxton (Auth.); D. J. Bradbury (Comp.)
Early Mansfield [including Plough Monday plays]
Mansfield, Wheel Publications, 1987

Mr. A. S. Buxton (Auth.)
PLOUGH MONDAY
Reprints of Papers of the Old Mansfield Society, Winter Session 1922-1923, pp.3-4

Albert Sorby Buxton (Col.)
*[Nottinghamshire Plough Monday and Christmas Plays]
Local Studies Section, Mansfield Library, West Gate, Mansfield, Notts.

*[Albert Sorby Buxton (Col.)]
*PLOUGH MONDAY PLAY EAST BRIDGFORD VERSION
A.S.Buxton Collection, *Col. 1920s, Buff notebook, pp.68-76

Miss Manners (Col.)
*SELSTON - PLOUGH MONDAY PLOUGH BULLOCKS PLAY
A.S.Buxton Collection, Col. 1920s, Buff notebook, pp.22-32

Albert Sorby Buxton (col.)
Plough Monday Play: Worksop Version
A.S.Buxton Collection, Perf. 1922, Black & red notebook, pp.30-37

Canon R. F. Wilkinson (Col.)
*East Drayton Version of Plough Monday play.
A.S.Buxton Collection, *Col. c.1925, Buff notebook, pp.48-59

*Albert Sorby Buxton (Col.)
*"The Owd Tup" [Christmas play]
A.S.Buxton Collection, *Buff notebook, pp.43-47

Albert Sorby Buxton (Col.)
Plough Boy's Play: Edingley Version [Notts.]
A.S.Buxton Collection, Black & red notebook, pp.23-29

Albert Sorby Buxton (Col.)
*Mansfield version [Plough Bullocks' play]
A.S.Buxton Collection, Buff notebook, pp.1-7,106-107, and Insert pp.1-7, between notebook pp.110-111

*Albert Sorby Buxton (Col.)
*The Christmas Play of the "poor owd oss" [Cuckney, Mansfield & Elksley, Notts.
A.S.Buxton Collection, Buff notebook, pp.33A-42

*[Anon. (Inf.)]
*A Notts Harvest Home
A.S.Buxton Collection, *No Date, Black & red notebook, p.21

*E. C. Cawte (Auth.)
*The wooing play in the Midland Wolds
*In Preparation, 1975, Chapter 5: Two Teams in Nottinghamshire

E. C. Cawte (Auth.); Alex Helm (Auth.); N. Peacock (Auth.)
ENGLISH RITUAL DRAMA: A Geographical Index
London, Folk-lore Society, 1967

[Anon. (Auth.)]
Festive revival for 'Poor Owd 'Oss' custom [at Mansfield, Notts.]
Chad: Mansfield Chronicle Advertiser, 5th Jan. 1984, No.5857 (New Series 1628), p.5 e-f

Rev. Edwin S. Chalk (Auth.)
*193. The Silverton Mummers [Devon]
Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries, 1916-1917, Vol.IX, pp.228-232

Sir Edmund Chambers (Auth.)
THE ENGLISH FOLK-PLAY
*Oxford, University Press, 1933

Sir Edmund Chambers (Auth.)
THE ENGLISH FOLK-PLAY [Reprint]
Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1969

E. K. Chambers (Auth.)
THE MEDIAEVAL STAGE: VOL.I
Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1903, pp.205-227

"Jessie Chambers" (Auth.); [David Herbert Lawrence (Auth.)]
AN ENJOYABLE CHRISTMAS: A PRELUDE: "Sweet pleasure after pain..." [D.H.Lawrence short story featuring a Christmas Guysers play]
Nottinghamshire Guardian, *7th Dec.1907, p.17a-e

"Jessie Chambers" (Auth.); [David Herbert Lawrence (Auth.)]
AN ENJOYABLE CHRISTMAS: A PRELUDE: "Sweet pleasure after pain..." : D.H.Lawrence's story [features a Notts. Christmas Guysers play]
Nottinghamshire Guardian, *10th Dec.1949, pp.12a-e,9

Mrs. Chaworth-Musters (Auth.)
A CAVALIER STRONGHOLD: A Romance of the Vale of Belvoir
London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd., 1890, pp.272-277,387-392

Garth Christian (Auth.)
Midlands Mummers: KEEPING UP A CHRISTMAS (AND PAGAN) CUSTOM
Derbyshire Countryside, Jan./Mar.1951, Vol.18, No.5, p.92

Garth Christian (Auth.)
It's an old Underwood custom
Nottingham Journal, 24th Dec.1951, No.39284, p.4 d-e

*Garth Christian (Auth.)
*On the Eve of Christmas
*Nottingham Journal, *c.1954

*Anne Cockburn (Col.); Michael Couldry (Col.)
*[Guysers Play from Brinsley, Notts.]
A.Cockburn Collection, *1972

Arthur Coleman (Auth.)
Guysers
Eastwood & Kimberley Advertiser, *21st Jan.1972, Vol.75, No.4065

S. Jackson Coleman (Auth.)
*Quaint lore of Nottinghamshire, Treasury of County Folklore IV

*Mr. S. Jackson Coleman (Auth.)
*[No Title - Appeal for information on Notts. folklore]
Nottinghamshire Guardian, *26th Sep.1942

Frances Collingwood (Auth.)
Folk Lore of Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire Magazine, 1933, Vol.1, No.3, pp.187-188

Winifred M. Comber (Ed.); Lesley Gibson (Ed.); Dorothy Haworth (Ed.)
CHESHIRE VILLAGE MEMORIES II: being extracts from Thirty-Nine Scrap Books and Jottings of Local History made by members of the Women's Institutes.
Tilston Court, Cheshire Federation of Women's Institutes, Sep.1961

[Anon. (Auth.)]
*WAVERTON [Souling]
W.M.Comber et al (1961), p.100

[Anon. (Auth.)]
*ANTROBUS [Souling Play]
W.M.Comber et al (1961), p.16, photo.

[Anon. (Auth.)]
*ASTBURY [Play by Geysers Men on Souling Day]
W.M.Comber et al (1961), p.21

[Anon. (Auth.)]
COMBERBACH [Soul-caking]
W.M.Comber et al (1961), p.42

[Anon. (Auth.)]
*GUILDEN SUTTON [Soul-caking]
W.M.Comber et al (1961), p.56

[Anon. (Auth.)]
*KINGSLEY [Horse's Head custom]
W.M.Comber et al (1961), p.73

[Anon. (Auth.)]
*OVER PEOVER [Souling and May Day]
W.M.Comber et al (1961), p.82

Sheila M. Cooke (Ed.)
D.H.Lawrence and Nottinghamshire 1885-1910 [includes facsimile of "J.Chambers" (1949) - D.H.Lawrence's short story on Guysers]
Nottinghamshire County Council, Leisure Services/Libraries, 1980, ISBN 0-902751-10-7, Item 5

Rosalys Coope (Auth.)
THE WILDMAN FAMILY AND COLONEL THOMAS WILDMAN OF NEWSTEAD ABBEY, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire, 1991, Vol.XCV, pp.50-66

Corporation of Nottingham (Comp.)
RECORDS OF THE BOROUGH OF NOTTINGHAM: BEING A SERIES OF EXTRACTS FROM THE ARCHIVES OF THE CORPORATION OF NOTTINGHAM: VOL.VI. 1702-1760 [includes records relating to the Plough Day Fair]
Nottingham, Thos. Forman & Sons, 1914

Arthur Cossons (Auth.)
THE VILLAGERS REMEMBER
Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 1962, Vol.66, pp.67-82

[Anon. (Auth.)]
TOWN AND COUNTRY: WHERE MUMMERS STILL SURVIVE [Guisers from Underwood, Notts. and Mummers from Symondsbury, Marshfield, South Verney and Sussex]
Country Life, 16th Dec.1965, Vol.CXXXVIII, No.3589, p.1683a

[Anon. (Auth.)]
[No Title - Advert for date of Nottingham's Epiphany Fair]
Creswell's Nottingham Journal, 24th Dec.1763, Vol.II, No.152, p.3 c

[Anon. (Auth.)]
[No Title - Advert for date of Nottingham's Epiphany Fair]
Creswell's Nottingham Journal, 31st Dec.1763, Vol.II, No.153, p.3 b

Maurice Barley (Auth.)
THE CHIEFEST GRAIN [Autobiography of Plough Play collector Maurice Barley]
Nottingham, University of Nottingham, 1993, ISBN 0-904857-05-0