Calendar Customs
Links
Common Ground Publications
Books
Web-sites
Local Flora Britannica (1995)
Rivers, Rhynes and Running Brooks (2000)
For more details and to order, look at out PUBLICATIONS PAGE
Geoffrey Grigson 'The Englishman's Flora' (Pheonix House, 1958)
Jeremy Harte 'Cuckoo Pounds and Singing Barrows' (Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1986)
Hedingham Fair 'Calendar of Traditional Customs, 2002' (Hedingham Fair, Sunnyside, Southey Green, Sible Hedingham, Essex CO9 3RN. Tel. +44(0)1787 462731, Fax. +44(0)1787 463393, e-mail: Cater [at] hedfair. demon. co. uk)
Christina Hole 'A Dictionary of British Folk Customs' (Hutchinson, 1976)
Charles Kightly 'The Customs and Ceremonies of Britain - An Encyclopedia of Living Traditions' (Thames and Hudson, 1986)
'Local Flora Britannica' (Common Ground, 1995). 'Rivers Rhynes and Running Brooks' (Common Ground, 2000). Buy copies of these from Common Ground's publications pages.
Homer Sykes 'Once A Year - some traditional British customs' (Gordon Fraser, 1977)
Ralph Whitlock 'Wiltshire' (Batsford, 1976)
The Abbots Bromley Horn Dance has its own web-site.
<www.abbotsbromley.com/horndance.htm>
The Aldbury Morris web-site features their May Day early morning dancing
<www.aldburymorris.co.uk>
Ampthill Park's May Day morris celebrations are described on the Bedfordshire Lace web-site
<www.bedfordshirelace.org.uk>
Appleby Horse Fair information can be found on the town web-site
<www.appleby.uk.net>
The Arbor Tree Festival Committee have a web-site dedicated to Aston on Clun's Arbor day festivities
<www.arbortreeday.co.uk>
Details of Architecture Week events can be found on the Arts Council's web-site.
<www.artscouncil.org.uk>
Banbury Hobby Horse Festival has a new web-site
<www.hobbyhorsefestival.co.uk>
The Barwick Historical Society web-site features Barwick in Elmet's maypole
<www.hjsmith.clara.net>
Bede's World in Jarrow, County Durham, has a web-site which includes information on the Jarrow Lecture
<www.bedesworld.co.uk/stpaul.htm>
Details of Rye's Bonfire Celebrations can be found on the town web-site.
<www.ryeonline.co.uk/small/home.html>
Britannia Coconut Dancers web-site features information on the Bacup Nutters Dance.
<www.coconutters.co.uk>
Burnham Beeches near Slough is wood with ancient beech trees where they have an annual Tree Dressing Day celebration. Find out more on their web-page.
<www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/living_environment/ open_spaces/burnham.htm>
Burning the Bartle at West Witton - see this web-site for more information.
<www.danu.co.uk/ne/67/bartle.html>
Find out about Buy Nothing Day on this web-site.
<www.buynothingday.co.uk>
The Carnival Chronicle is a web-site which has information and dates of carnivals across the UK.
<www.carnivalchronicle.com>
This web-site lets you know about Chestnut Sunday at Bushy Park.
<www.royalparks.gov.uk>
Find out about the Chinese New Year on this web-site.
<www.new-year.co.uk/chinese>
The Civic Trust's web-site gives information on Heritage Open Days.
<www.civictrust.org.uk>
Combe Martin's community web-site features the Hunting of the Earl of Rone.
<www.combemartin.org.uk/cmhome/index.htm>
Corby Glen Sheep Fair is featured on this web-site.
<www.sheepfair.co.uk>
Cornish Light have a web-site with information on the Furry Dance and Midsusmmer Bonfires.
<www.cornishlight.freeserve.co.uk>
Find out about Kempley's Daffodil Weekend on this web-site.
<www.daffs.org.uk>
Dartmoor National Park Authority's web-site features a factsheet on dartmoor ponies to download.
<www.dartmoor-npa.gov.uk>
Find out about the Dancing England Rapper Tournament on the rapper web-site.
<www.rapper.org.uk>
Wassailing ay Daventry Country Park.
<www.daventrytoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=696&ArticleID=719893>
Dean Heritage Museum's web-site has information on the Forest of Dean Sheep Day.
<www.deanheritagemuseum.com>
Photos of recent Deptford Jack-in-the-Green festivals.
<www.deptford-jack.org.uk>
Diwali has a web-site dedicated to its festivities.
<www.diwali.co.uk>
The Earth Day web-site.
<www.earthday.net>
The Environment Agency web-site gives the annual predictions for the Severn Bore and Trent Aegir.
<www.environment-agency.gov.uk>
Falmouth Oyster Festival has a web-site.
<www.falmouthoysterfestival.co.uk>
Faversham International Hop Festival has a web-site.
<www.faversham.org/GENERAL/hopfestival.htm>
Fowlers Troop take out the Deptford Jack in the Green - find out more on the web-site.
<www.gre.ac.uk/~cs02/mayday.html>
Glastonbury Festival web-site.
<www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk>
City of Gloucester Mummers - more information on this group is on this web-site.
<www.folker.demon.co.uk/Mummers/mummers_hist.htm>
Golowan festival has a web-site.
<www.golowan.org>
The Great Dorset Steam Fair web-site has up-to-date information on the five-day festival.
<www.steam-fair.co.uk>
The Hambledon Hopstep Band's web-site features their appearance at the Filly Loo in Ashmore, Dorset.
<www.crump.demon.co.uk/hhb>
Hatherleigh Carnival in Devon has a web site featuring blazing tar barrels.
<www.hatherleigh.org.uk/clubsands/carnival.htm>
Find out about the Haxey Hood Game on this web-site.
<www.northlincs.gov.uk/northlincs/leisure/tourism/placestovisit/placesofhistoricalinterest/ haxeyhood.htm>
Read about Helston Furry Dance at Helston Online
<www.helston-online.co.uk>
Read about the Hooden Horse in Charing on this web-site.
<www.morrisman.f2s.com/Hoodening.htm>
Find information on Hull Fair at this web-site.
<www.hullfair.net>
Find information on The Hunting of the Earl of Rone at this web-site.
<www.earl-of-rone.org.uk>
Ickwell Mayday celebrations have a dedicated web-site.
<www.ickwell-mayday.co.uk>
Find out about International Dawn Chorus Day on the BBC Wildlife web-site.
<www.bbcwildlife.org.uk>
Bristol' s Jack in the Green Festival has a web-site.
<home.freeuk.com/bristoljack>
The John Clare Society have a web-site which describes Midsummer Cushions.
<freespace.virgin.net/linda.curry/jclaresociety.htm>
The John Knill celebrations at Halsetown in Cornwall are described on this web-site.
<www.btinternet.com/~ptaffs/knillmon/knill.html>
Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival is featured on the Yorkshire Net web-site.
<www.yorkshirenet.co.uk/ydales/scarecrowfestival/index.htm>
Kirkburton Rapier Dancers have a web-site.
<homepages.force9.net/stringfellow/kirkburton/ieindex.htm>
Knutsford Royal May Day celebrations are featured on the Virtual Knutsford web-site .
<www.virtual-knutsford.co.uk>
Lauderdale House Arts and Education Centre in Highgate, London, have tree dressing activities. See their web-site.
<www.lauderdale.org.uk>
Lee Gap Fair and Latter Lee can be found on this web-site.
<www.eeyup.freeserve.co.uk/060899.html>
Lewes Bonfire Council has a web-site giving details of the town's annual Bonfire Night celebrations.
<www.lewesbonfirecouncil.org.uk>
The Lion's Part web-site.
<www.thelionspart.co.uk>
Long Clawson's village web-site will give you information on the annual Conker Championship.
<www.long-clawson.com>
The Marble Museum web-site has information on the British Ring Taw Marbles Championship.
<www.marblemuseum.org/tinsley/tinsleygreen.html>
Marshfield Mummers - for more information about the Boxing Day play, look at this web-site.
<www.cuzzer.demon.co.uk/mummers.htm>
The Mersey River Festival is featured on the Liverpool local authority web-site.
<www.liverpool.gov.uk/merseyriverfestival/home.htm>
Molly Dancing is explained on this web-site.
<www.cam.ac.uk/societies/molly/mollyfaq.htm>
The Morris Ring web-site for morris customs, throughout the year, such as Wassailing (January) and Bury Pace Eggers (Easter).
<www.themorrisring.org/Trad>
The Northumbrian Gathering at Morpeth has a web-site.
<www.northumbriana.org.uk>
What's on in Nottingham can be found at the town's events web-site.
<www.nottinghamevents.org>
Nottingham Goose Fair has a web-site.
<www.nottinghamgoosefair.co.uk>
Olney Pancake Race is featured on this web-site.
<www.sideburn.demon.co.uk/olney/pancake.html>
The Open Spaces Society feature Riding the Bounds on their web-site.
<www.oss.org.uk>
Festivals in Oxfordshire are featured on the web-site.
<www.bbc.co.uk/oxford/culture/festivals.shtml>
The web-site for Plough Monday celebrations at Feltwell and Northwold, Norfolk
<www.ploughmonday.co.uk>
Portland Bill Observatory's web-site gives information on returning swallows and all migrating birds.
<www.portlandbirdobs.btinternet.co.uk>
Read about Priddy Sheep Fair on the Mendips AONB web-site.
<www.mendiphillsaonb.org.uk/aonb/priddy.htm>
The Wakefield Rhubarb Festival has a web-site.
<www.wakefield.gov.uk/lifestyle/rhubarbfest/default.htm>
Richmond's town web-site features the First Fruits celebration.
<www.richmond.org.uk/towncouncil/firstfruits.html>
Ripon's town web-site has information on the annual St Wilfrid procession.
<www.ripon.co.uk/history/customs.html>
RORE (River Ocean Research & Education) 's web-site features information on Low Tide Day.
<www.rore.org.uk/lowtide/index.htm>
Ryton Organic Gardens have a Potato Day - find out more on the web-site.
<www.hdra.org.uk>
Saddleworth Rushcart is featured on this web-site.
<www.folkalpoint.freeserve.co.uk/Features/Rushcart.htm>
St Columb Major Old Cornwall Society for information on Midsummer Bonfires
<beehive.thisiscornwall.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=661>
English Fairs can be found on the Showmen's Guild web-site.
<www.showmensguild.com>
Sowerby Bridge Rushbearing has a web-site.
<www.rushbearing.co.uk>
Spalding Flower Parade and Festival has a web-site.
<www3.mistral.co.uk/springfields/page4.htm>
The Stour Descent canoe race is featured on this web-site
<www.thesharpend.co.uk>
The Suffolk Horse Society web-site has information on the annual Suffolk Punch Pairs Ploughing Championships.
<www.suffolkhorsesociety.org.uk>
Swan Upping web-site.
<www.marlowtown.co.uk/marlswan.html>
Find out about Tar Barrel Rolling at Ottery St Mary on this web-site.
<www.otterytarbarrels.co.uk>
Tavistock Goozey Fair is featured on this web-site.
<www.tavistock.gov.uk/tavistock_town_council_town_map2.htm>
The Thames Barge Sailing Match has a web-site.
<www.thamesmatch.co.uk>
Visit Cumbria is a web-site which talks about rushbearing ceremonies.
<www.visitcumbria.com/rushbear.htm>
Well Dressing information can be found on this web-site.
<www.derbyshire.uk.net>
Wem carnival has its own web-site.
<www.wemcarnival.com>
Wessex Morris web-site has information about their May Day celebrations at Cerne.
<www.wessexmorrismen.co.uk>
West Dean College Gardens have a web-site.
<www.westdean.org.uk>
Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival has a web-site.
<www.strawbear.org.uk>
Whitstable Oyster Festival has a web-site.
<www.whitstableoysterfestival.co.uk>
Widecombe Fair can be found on this web-site.
<www.widecombe-in-the-moor.com>
Winchester Hat Fair has its own web-site.
<www.hatfair.co.uk>
Winster Pancake Race is featured on this web-site.
<www.winster.org>
Worcestershire Heritage Gardens web-site has information on the March Blossom Trail.
<www.worcestershires-heritage-garden.org>
The web-site of the World Conker Championship at Ashton, Northamptonshire.
<www.worldconkerchampionships.com>
Wray Scarecrow Festival web-site.
<www.homestead.com/wrayscarecrows/index.html>
