Abbots Bromley Horn Dance

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Date:1930 - 1939 (c.)

Description:Horn Dance taking place in the garden of the Vicarage, Market Place, Abbots Bromley.

The horn dance is an annual event which takes place on the first Monday after the first Sunday after the 4th of September. The tradition is believed to date back to 1226 when it was part of a three day event celebrating St. Bartholomew's Day (24th August), although the earliest documentary evidence is Robert Plot's description of 1686.

There are usually 11 performers. Six dancers dressed in green jackets, breeches and green stockings, three carrying white painted reindeer horns, the other three, black horns. In addition there are the Fool, the Hobby-horse, Maid Marion, a cross-bow bearer (often a small boy), and a melodeon player.


Timeline

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1890s
Loton's shop, Abbots Bromley
Loton's shop, Abbots Bromley

Thomas George Loton's grocers shop in Market Place, Abbots Bromley. Born in Cheadle ...

1900s
Goose iron
Goose iron

A tailor's goose iron from Bert Wheeldon's tailor's shop, Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire. ...

1920s
Abbots Bromley Carnival
Abbots Bromley Carnival

A parade at the Abbots Bromley Carnival passing the Butter Cross in Abbots Bromley. ...

1950s
Abbots Bromley  Horn Dance
Abbots Bromley Horn Dance

Horn Dance outside Crofts in the Market Place Abbots Bromley. The Crofts at the ...

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Image courtesy of: Mrs G.S. McCann

Donor ref:FP87.4.2 (37/11740)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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