The Morris Ring Archive
The Oakley Page

Last updated 29 October 1999

It is convenient for many Archive users to be able to consult material which is grouped together in easily accessible form by tradition or geographical location. The Ring Archive has collated such information and the items relating to Oakley, Buckinghamshire are detailed below.

Itens marked with a [] are "restricted to Archive" and are only available for consultation within the Archive, all others can be suplied in photocopy form.

A.  Published Material.

• Chandler, K., An Analytical Checklist of Morris Dance Musicians, Eynsham: Chandler Publications, (1985), 16, 21, 32.
  Mention of John Wiggins, the Oakley musician, as part of Chandler's analysis of musicians.
  
• Chandler, K, Morris Dancing in the English South Midlands, 1660-1900. A Chronological Gazetteer,  London: Hisarlik Press, (1993), 53-54.

B. Unpublished Material.

• Manning MSS, Top. Oxon. d.200,
  
  f30  "General Notes " on Oxfordshire Morris, Oakley section.
  f232 Notes by T.J. Carter detailing information on the Bampton and Field Assarts sides.
  
• Wortley, R.,  MSS, Field Notebook, 1936-1938,
  f16, Interviews with informants including Mrs Richard Shirley, Oakley, 16 August 1936.
  
  Available only as a modern typescript copy.