Historic Teams

This section attempts to list the records, often fragmentary, of morris dancing in various locations pre-1900. Most of the teams documented no longer exist, though a few have survived in one form or another to the present day, and in other instances a revival team has been established. Dances and tunes were noted from several of these historical teams and are still performed by many present day sides. These dances and tunes can be found in the main database.

Sources of Information

Historical morris data is from a small collection of books and manuscripts. They are listed here. The short names in the left column are used in the 'source' box in the search and add forms.

Blunt	Janet Blunt mss
Butterworth	George Butterworth mss
Carey	Clive Carey mss
Chandler	Morris Dancing in the South Midlands 1600-1900: A Chronological Gazetteer by Keith Chandler
Dommett	Roy Domett mss.
Duncan Broomhead	Morris Ring photographic archives
Ferris	D'Arcy Ferris mss
Hamer	Fred Hamer mss
Manning	Percy Manning mss.
Morris Ring	The Morris Ring web site has a comprehensive bibliography and list of historical sources
Neal	Mary Neal mss
Needham	Joseph Needham mss.
Peck	Arthur Peck mss
Schofield	Kenworthy Schofield mss
Sharp	Cecil Sharp mss & Morris Books
Stowe	Stowe mss
Williams	Alfred Williams: Folk Songs Of The Upper Thames
Wortley	Russell Wortley mss.