Team: Frome Valley
Team Details: Frome Valley
Last updated: 5 Mar, 2024| Name | Frome Valley |
| Web site | https://www.facebook.com/fromevalleymorris |
| Location | Weymouth, Dorset |
| Affiliation | Federation |
| Gender | mixed |
| Style | Cotswold, Border, Longsword, Stave |
| Country | UK |
| Own Tradition | Fvm Frome Valley |
| Year Founded | 1978 |
| Ceased (year) |
General Notes
Also originators of dances in the Bockhampton tradition Notation for many Frome Valley dances already lodged with the Morris Federation. Details of other dances on request.
Also originators of dances in the Bockhampton tradition Notation for many Frome Valley dances already lodged with the Morris Federation. Details of other dances on request.
Seasonal Customs
At midwintertime perform mumming play collected from Broadwey
At midwintertime perform mumming play collected from Broadwey
Archive Notes
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Photos: Frome Valley
Dance Repertoire for Frome Valley
| Trad | Dance | Style | Origin | Set | Hands | Notes | Team Variations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adderbury | 16thof May | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 4 or 6 | Hankies | 0 | |
| Adderbury | Adderbury Jig | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 1 | Hankies | 0 | |
| Adderbury | As The Tide Was Tu.. | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6, 8 | Hankies | 0 | |
| Adderbury | Beaux Of London Ci.. | Cots.. | Adderbury | 6 | Long Stick | 1 | |
| Adderbury | Bit of Betty, A | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6, 8 | Hankies | 0 | |
| Adderbury | Black Joke | Cots.. | Adderbury | 6 plus | Hankies | 1 | |
| Adderbury | Blue Bells (Bluebe.. | Cots.. | Adderbury | 4, 6 | Long Stick | 2 | |
| Adderbury | Cobbs Horse | Cots.. | Adderbur.. | 6, 8 | Long stick | 1 | |
| Adderbury | Constant Billy | Cots.. | Adderbury | 4, 6 | Long Stick | 1 | |
| Adderbury | Flowing Bowl (Com.. | Cots.. | Adderbury | 6 plus | Long Stick | 1 | |
| Adderbury | Haste To The Wedding | Cots.. | Adderbury | 6 | Hankies | 2 | |
| Adderbury | Lads A Bunchum | Cots.. | Adderbury | 4, 6, 8 | Long stick | 1 | |
| Adderbury | Laurel and Hardy | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6, 8 | Long stick | 0 | |
| Adderbury | Lollipop Man | Cots.. | Adderbur.. | 6 | Hankies | 1 | |
| Adderbury | Lumps of Plum Pudd.. | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6, 8 | Hankies | 0 | |
| Adderbury | Old Woman Tossed Up | Cots.. | Adderbur.. | 6 | Hankies | 0 | |
| Adderbury | Postman's Knock | Cots.. | Adderbury | 4, 6, 8 | Long stick | 2 | |
| Adderbury | Princess Royal | Cots.. | Adderbury | 1, 8 | Hankies / .. | 1 | |
| Adderbury | Roast Beef Of Old .. | Cots.. | Adderbury | 6 | Long stick | 1 | |
| Adderbury | Rory O'More | Cots.. | Adderbury | 6, 8 | Hankies | 1 | |
| Adderbury | Stourton Wake | Cots.. | Adderbur.. | 6 | Hankies / .. | 1 | |
| Adderbury | Sweet Jenny Jones | Cots.. | Adderbury | 6 | Long Stick | 2 | |
| Adderbury | Washing Day | Cots.. | Adderbury | 6, 8 | Long Stick | 1 | |
| Badby | Bean Setting | Cots.. | 6 | Long Stick | 2 | set, source, links | |
| Badby | Bobbing Joe | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6 | Long stick | 0 | |
| Badby | Changeling | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6 | Hankies | 0 | |
| Badby | Cross Over Jordan | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6 or 3 | Hankies | 0 | |
| Badby | Fish Dance | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6 | Sticks | 0 | |
| Badby | Gentleman Soldier | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6 | Long stick | 0 | |
| Badby | Getting Upstairs | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6 or 3 | Long stick | 0 | |
| Badby | Greener Grass | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6 | Hankies | 0 | |
| Badby | Maid and the Palmer | Cots.. | 6 | Hankies | 2 | ||
| Badby | Morning Star | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 1 | Hankies | 0 | |
| Badby | Mrs Casey | Cots.. | 6 | Long stick | 0 | ||
| Badby | Orange in Bloom | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6 or 3 | Hankies | 0 | |
| Badby | Pass It On | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6 | Long stick | 0 | |
| Bampton | Bincombe Bumps | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6 | Hankies | 0 | |
| Bampton | Greeny Greeny | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | any | Hankies | 0 | |
| Bampton | Webley Corner | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6 | Hankies | 0 | |
| Bledington | Bonnets Of Blue | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6 | Hankies | 0 | |
| Bledington | Gentleman Soldier | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6 | Long stick | 0 | |
| Bledington | Heavens Above | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6 | Long stick | 0 | |
| Bledington | Up And Away | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6 | Hankies | 0 | |
| Bockhampton | Barney Brallaghan | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 1, 2, 3, 6 | Hankies | 0 | |
| Bockhampton | Black Mary | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6 | Hankies | 0 | |
| Bockhampton | Hunt, The | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6 | Long stick | 0 | |
| Bockhampton | Magenta | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 4, 6 | Long stick | 0 | |
| Bockhampton | Sir Roger de Cover.. | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6 | Hankies | 0 | |
| Field Town | Balance The Straws | Cots.. | 6 | Long Stick | 1 | ||
| Field Town | Banks Of The Dee | Cots.. | Field Town | 6 | Hankies | 1 | |
| Field Town | Bobby And Joan | Cots.. | Field Town | 6 | Long Stick | 1 | |
| Field Town | Constant Billy | Cots.. | Field Town | 1, 6 | Hankies (j.. | 1 | |
| Field Town | Dearest Dicky (Dic.. | Cots.. | Field Town | 4, 6 | Hankies | 1 | |
| Field Town | Field Town Process.. | Cots.. | Field Town | variable | Hankies | 1 | |
| Field Town | Forester, The | Cots.. | Field Town | 6 | Hankies | 1 | |
| Field Town | Glorisher | Cots.. | Field Town | 4, 6 | Hankies | 2 | |
| Field Town | Lumps Of Plum Pudd.. | Cots.. | Field Town | 1 | Hankies | 1 | |
| Field Town | Month of May | Cots.. | Field Town | 1,2+ | Hankies | 1 | |
| Field Town | None So Pretty | Cots.. | Field Town | 1 | Hankies | 1 | |
| Field Town | Old Woman Tossed Up | Cots.. | Field Town | 6 | Hankies | 1 | |
| Field Town | Rambling Sailor | Cots.. | unspecif.. | 6 | Hankies or.. | 0 | |
| Field Town | Rose, The | Cots.. | Field Town | 6 | Hankies | 1 | |
| Field Town | Saturday Night | Cots.. | Adapted.. | 4 or more pairs | Hankies | 0 | |
| Field Town | Signposts | Cots.. | Field Town | 1, 2, 6 | Hankies | 2 | |
| Field Town | Valentine | Cots.. | Field Town | 6 | Hankies | 0 | |
| Field Town | Young Collins | Cots.. | Field Town | 6 | Long Stick | 1 | |
| Frome Valley | Blackberry Ripple | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6 | Long stick | 0 | (own tradition) |
| Frome Valley | Brighton Camp | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6 | Hankies | 0 | (own tradition) |
| Frome Valley | British Grenadiers | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6 | Hankies | 0 | (own tradition) |
| Frome Valley | Frome Valley Longs.. | Long.. | Frome Va.. | 6 | Longswords | 0 | (own tradition) |
| Frome Valley | Gentleman Soldier | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6 | Long stick | 0 | (own tradition) |
| Frome Valley | Nicodemus's K.. | Stave | Frome Va.. | 6 | staves | 0 | (own tradition) |
| Frome Valley | Nine Bar Gate | Cots.. | 6 | Hankies | 0 | (own tradition) | |
| Frome Valley | Norton Ferris | Stave | Frome Va.. | 6 | staves | 0 | (own tradition) |
| Frome Valley | Onion Dance | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6 | Long stick | 0 | (own tradition) |
| Frome Valley | Porridge Oats | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6 | Long stick | 0 | (own tradition) |
| Frome Valley | Processional | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | variable | Hankies | 0 | (own tradition) |
| Frome Valley | Ps and Qs | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6 | Hankies | 0 | (own tradition) |
| Frome Valley | Purple Heys | Border | Frome Va.. | as many as will | Long stick | 0 | (own tradition) |
| Frome Valley | Radipole Lake | Stave | Frome Va.. | 4 | 0 | (own tradition) | |
| Frome Valley | Roundheads | Border | Frome Va.. | as many as will | Long stick | 0 | (own tradition) |
| Frome Valley | Seven Up | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6 | Hankies | 0 | (own tradition) |
| Frome Valley | Simpleton | Border | Frome Va.. | as many as will | Long stick | 0 | (own tradition) |
| Frome Valley | Six Jolly Miners | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6 | Hankies | 0 | (own tradition) |
| Frome Valley | Star, the | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6 | Long stick | 0 | (own tradition) |
| Frome Valley | Staten Island | Stave | Frome Va.. | undefined | 0 | (own tradition) | |
| Frome Valley | Twenty-eighth of M.. | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 1, 2 | Hankies | 0 | (own tradition) |
| Hinton-in-.. | Digging Up The Cat | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6 | Hankies | 0 | |
| Hinton-in-.. | Double Lead Through | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6 | Linked han.. | 0 | |
| Ilmington | Constant Billy | Cots.. | Ilmington | 6 | 2 sticks o.. | 1 | |
| Ilmington | Italian Job, The | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6 | Handkies | 0 | |
| Ilmington | Jubilee Dance | Cots.. | Ilmington | 6 | Stick | 1 | |
| Ilmington | Maid Of The Mill | Cots.. | Ilmington | 6 | Hankies - .. | 1 | |
| Ilmington | Portsmouth | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6 | 2 Long sti.. | 0 | |
| Ilmington | Surprise Corner Da.. | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6 | Hankies | 0 | |
| Ilmington | Wise Man | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6 | Stick | 0 | |
| Longborough | Cupid's Garden | Cots.. | 6 | Hankies | 1 | ||
| Longborough | Flyover | Cots.. | Hammersm.. | 6 | Hankies | 0 | |
| Longborough | Noble Blaguard | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6 | Hankies | 0 | |
| Longborough | Oh Susanna | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6 | Hankies | 1 | |
| Longborough | Tiny Jack | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 1, 2 | Hankies | 0 | |
| Longborough | We Won't Go H.. | Cots.. | Frome Va.. | 6 | Hankies | 1 | |
| unspecified | Dorset Clipper | Stave | Royal Ma.. | 6 | staves | 0 |
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