The Morris Ring Archive
The Wotton Underwood Page

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 Wotton Underwood, 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 Sources.

• Jackson's Oxford Journal, 14/9/1844, 3.
  Records that the Wotton morris is to perform at the coming of age celebrations of the Marquis of Chandos.  Available in transcript only.
  
• Banbury Guardian, 21/9/1844, 3.
  Mentions Wotton morris performing as above.
  
• Aylesbury News, 21/9/1844, 5.
  A much fuller report of the above.  
  
• Bucks Herald, 21/9/1844, 4,5.
  Reports that the Duke of Buckingham is to purchase costumes for local morris teams.
  
• Jackson's Oxford Journal, 21/9/1844, 3.
  Mentions Wotton morris performing as above.
  
• Chandler, K, Morris Dancing in the English South Midlands, 1660-1900. A Chronological Gazetteer, London: Hisarlik Press, (1993), 461-62.
  

B. Unpublished Material.

• Sharp, C.J., MSS "Folk Dances", 4,
  f119, Interview with Charles A Bunyan, Oxford, 16/3/1912.
  
• Sharp, C.J., MSS "Folk Tunes", 13,
  No 2750, Interview with Charles A Bunyan, Oxford, 16/3/1912.
  
  Available in original handwritten form and as a modern typescript copy.
  
  Further information is available in  the Stowe MSS and other local newspapers.  Copies are not presently available in the Archive.
  
  A complete set of the above references can be supplied in a spiral binding. Price on application.