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CodeDS/UK/9628
NameAbingdon Traditional Morris Dancers (1560)
Variations of NameAbingdon Morris Men
Dates1560
GenderGroup (Male)
Place of Birth/OriginAbingdon, Oxfordshire, England (formed)
BiographyThe first reference to morris dancing in Abingdon is a 1560 entry in the accounts of Abingdon’s parish church describing the purchase of “two dossin of Morres belles”. Abingdon morris is in the ‘Cotswold style’ with white clothing and handkerchiefs.

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