Directory of Cotswold Resources

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The Cotswolds are a range of hills in the South-West of England. The form of morris that most people will be aware of is cotswold morris. This is characterised by men* dressed generally in white, though often with coloured ribbons, sashes, and sometimes with coloured breeches instead of white trousers. Waving of handkerchiefs is a common characteristic, although many dances use sticks instead. The dances are generally for six, sometimes eight men, and involve precise stepping and set figures. Similar dances are performed originating from a number of towns and villages, although each generally have characteristic stepping or special figures unique to that village. *There are of course many women's and mixed teams too, although some people believe morris should be for men-only.

Resources in This Category

• Adelaide Morris Men

  http://www.adelaidemorrismen.com/
  Contact details, history and photo gallery of this South Australian side.

• Aldbury Morris Men

  http://www.aldburymorris.co.uk/
  From Tring, Herts. Programme, history, contacts and details of a CD available from the side

• Bedfordshire Lace Ladies'' Morris

  http://www.bedfordshirelace.org.uk/
  Performers of some of England's traditional dances in and around Bedfordshire, UK. Contains a programme and pictures.

• Belles and Arrows Morris

  http://www.belles-and-arrows-morris.co.uk/
  Photos, events programme and contact details for this mixed side from Southsea, Hants.

• Berkeley Morris

  http://www.berkeley-morris.org/
  Contact details, programme and photos of this mixed side from California.

• Berkshire Bedlam Morris

  http://www.berkshirebedlam.org/
  Photo gallery, events programme and history of this side from Wokingham in Berkshire.

• Black Joak Morris

  http://blackjoak.morris.org.au/
  Contact details, photo gallery and brief history of this mixed side based in Sydney, Australia.

• Black Wren Morris

  http://www.blackwrenmorris.com/
  Contact details, events schedule for this new mixed side based in the Arizona (USA) desert.

• City of Auckland Morris Dancers

  http://www.aucklandmorris.org.nz/
  Photographs and contact details for this mixed side from New Zealand.

• Claro Sword and Morris Men

  http://www.clarosword.org/
  Photographs, contact details and events programme for this ring side from Harrogate.

• Cotswold Morris Dancing Cheat Sheet

  http://duramecho.com/Dance/CotswoldCheatSheet/index.html
  Downloadable dance instructions for your Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)

• Dacre Morris

  http://www.freewebs.com/dacre-morris/
  Women's side from Lewisham in London. Events list, contact details and weblog.

• Detailed Dance Notes

  http://duramecho.com/Dance/CotswoldNotes/index.html
  Full description of numerous dances by Andrew from Lagabag Morris. Also cheat sheet for 66 dances.

• Dolphin Morris

  http://www.dolphin-morris.co.uk/
  Contact details and events programme for this ring side from Nottingham.

• East Kent Morris Men

  http://ekmm.org.uk/
  Long established Ring side. List of Morris sides in Kent.

• East Suffolk Morris Men

  http://www.eastsuffolkmorris.org.uk/
  Includes pictures, calendar, pictures and sounds.

• Ebor Morris

  http://www.ebormorris.org.uk/
  Events list, photos and contact details for this men's side from York.

• English Miscellany

  http://www.englishmiscellany.com/
  Commercial Folk Dance group from St Albans.

• Everards Original Anstey Morrismen

  http://www.ansteymorris.com/
  Photos, events programme and contact details for this men's side based in Leicestershire.

• Exeter Morris Men

  http://www.bonnygreen.co.uk/exetermm.htm
  Contact details and events list for this men's side from Exeter.

• Eynsham Morris

  http://www.eynshammorris.org.uk/
  Contact details, photographs, events programme and a detailed history of this men's side from Oxfordshire.

• Fenstanton Morris

  http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/rjames/morris.htm
  Contact details of this mixed Side from Fenstanton in Huntingdonshire.

• Foresters Morris Men

  http://www.chezfred.org.uk/for/
  Morris and sword dancing club based in Nottingham. Gives programme, history, photographs of performances and details of practise sessions for new members.

• Full Moon Morris

  http://www.fullmoonmorris.co.uk/
  Events diary, photographs and contact details for this mixed side from South Wales.

• Golden Star

  http://goldenstarmorris.org.uk/
  Events Calendar, contact details and photographs of this mixed side from Norwich in Norfolk.

• Grand Union Morris

  http://www.grandunionmorris.org/
  Men-only side from Denham, Buckinghamshire. Lots of pictures on the photos page. They have MP3s of some of their tunes, and you can buy their CD.

• Granta Morris

  http://www.doves.demon.co.uk/granta
  Contact details of this mixed side from Cambridge.

• Great Western Morris

  http://www.great-western.org.uk/
  Photos and programme for this men's side from Exeter in Devon.

• Green Ginger Morris

  http://www.green-ginger-morris.co.uk/
  Site contains: contacts, style, costume, danceout programme and reports from previous events with photos.

• Green Mountain and Maple Leaf Morris

  http://engineering.dartmouth.edu/~Christopher_Levey/youthmorris/
  Performance schedule and contact details for these two (separate men and women) sides from Norwich in Vermont, USA. The site also contains notations for some of the dances, photographs and some video clips.

• Green Mountain Morris

  http://engineering.dartmouth.edu/~cgl/youthmorris/
  A young men's team from Norwich Vermont. Schedules, choreography and videos.

• Greensleeves Morris Men

  http://www.greensleevesmorris.org.uk/
  Events programme for this men's side from Wimbledon in London.

• Greenwich Morris Men

  http://www.greenwichmorrismen.com/
  Events programme and photo gallery from this men's side based in South East London.

• Ha'penny Morris

  http://hapenny.org/
  History of this women's side from Boston, Massachusetts. Site also contains pictures and contact email addresses.

• Hammersmith Morris Men

  http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/hammersmithmorris/
  Events calendar and contact details for this men's side from London.

• Headcorn Morris

  http://www.headcornmorris.co.uk/
  A mixed side from central Kent. Dance calendar, history, style notes and meeting times.

• Headington Quarry Morris Dancers

  http://sites.google.com/site/headingtonquarrymorrisdancers/
  News, photo gallery, details of engagements, and team information for this ring side from Oxford.

• Hedgemonkey Morris

  http://www.hedgemonkey.morris.org.au/
  Contact details, photo gallery and events programme of this mixed side from Adelaide, South Australia.

• Hereburgh

  http://home.btconnect.com/McDonald/hmindex.htm
  Contact details, photo album and events programme for this mixed side from Leamington Spa in Warwickshire.

• Het Utrechts Morris Team!

  http://www.utrechtmorris.nl/umt/
  Events list and contact details for this men's side from The Netherlands.

• Icknield Way Morris Men

  http://www.icknieldwaymorrismen.org.uk/
  Events diary and contact details of this men's side from Wantage in Oxfordshire. Notations for the Stanton Harcourt dances, currently under the care of the side.

• Kennett Morris

  http://www.kennetmorrismen.co.uk/
  Events programme and photographs of this men's side From Reading.

• Kesteven

  http://www.endon-house.demon.co.uk/kesteven.htm
  Contact details for this men's and women's Team from South Lincolnshire.

• Kits Coty Morris Dancers official page

  http://www.kitscotymorris.dsl.pipex.com/
  Mixed side from Kent. Includes a programme and a contact point.

• Leeds Morris Men

  http://homepages.which.net/~bob.price/lmm/
  Events programme and contact details for this men's Side from West Yorkshire.

• Letchworth Morris Men

  http://www.letchworthmorris.org.uk/
  Events programme and contact details for this men's side from Hertfordshire.

• Long Man Morrris

  http://www.longman.org.uk/
  Contact details and events calendar for this Ring side from Eastbourne in East Sussex.

• Mad Jack's Morris

  http://www.madjacksmorris.co.uk/
  From Hastings, England. Programme, profile, and photos.

• Malmesbury Morris

  http://www.malmesburymorris.org.uk/
  Mixed side from Wiltshire. Diary, contacts, and photographs.

• Marlboro Morris Men

  http://www.amherst.edu/~aahayden/mmmma1.html
  Events programme of this men's side from Massachusetts, USA.

• Men of Wight Morris Men

  http://www.menofwight.org.uk/
  Isle of Wight, UK. Includes profile, events programme, dance videos, audio clips, and image galleries.

• Minnesota Traditional Morris

  http://www.minnesotatraditionalmorris.org/
  Events Calendar and photo gallery from this men's side from Minnesota, USA.

• Morris Men of Little Egypt

  http://www.little-egypt.org.uk/newmor.html
  Photos and a little history of this men's side from Glemsford in Suffolk.

• Morrisdansgroep Helmond

  http://www.morrisdans.nl/helmond/
  Contact details and photographs of this English morris dancing side from Holland.

• MossyBack Morris Men

  http://www.mossyback.com/
  From Seattle, WA., dancing in the styles of Bledington and Ducklington. Photos and stories

• New St George Morris

  http://www.newstgeorge.org.uk/
  Mixed Cotswold Side from the Belvoir area of Leicestershire. Find side history, events, repertoire, and photo gallery.

• Northampton Morris Men

  http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~nyoung/nyoung.htm
  Contact details and (out-of-date) events programme for this men's side from Northamptonshire.

• Oxford City Morris Men

  http://www.mark.fry.freeuk.com/OCMMWeb.htm
  A programme and a list of contacts amongst the other morris information on this site.

• Oyster Morris

  http://www.oystermorris.org.uk/
  Events programme, photo gallery and contact details for this side from Canterbury in Kent with separate men's and women's sets.

• Packington Morris Men

  http://packingtonmorris.org.uk/html/about/index.html
  Events diary, photo archive and contact details of this men's side from Packington in Leicestershire.

• Pigsty Morris

  http://www.pigstymorris.org.uk/
  Events programme and contact details for this mixed side from Bristol.

• Rag Morris

  http://www.ragmorris.com/
  A jolly nice page all about some morris dancers in Bristol.

• Rampant Rooster Morris

  http://www.rampantroostermorris.co.uk/
  Photographs, events list and contact details for this mixed side, based in Dorking, Surrey

• Ravensbourne Morris Men

  http://www.ravensbourne.org/
  Events programme, photographs and contact details for this men's side from Bromley in Kent.

• Red Herring Morris

  http://www.mit.edu/~jcb/Red_Herring/
  Mixed Cotswold Side from Belmont, Massachusetts (USA) Formed from a merger of two sides: Middlesex Morris and Lemon and Capers Morris.

• Renegade Rose Morris

  http://renegaderose.org/
  Events programme and contact details for this mixed side from Portland, Oregon, USA.

• Royal Manor Morris

  http://www.island-publishing.co.uk/royman.htm
  Details and some photos of this now defunct ladies side from Portland in Dorset.

• Royal Marine Morris

  http://www.waltonnaze.demon.co.uk/morris/morris.html
  Contact details for this men's side from Walton-on-the-Naze in Essex.

• Royal Oak Morris

  http://www.eydon.org.uk/morris/index.html
  Photographs, history, profile, and events diary for this mixed side from the village of Eydon in Northamptonshire.

• Rutland Morris Men

  http://www.morrismen.org.uk/
  Cotswold side. Includes details of appearances, photo gallery, and booking information.

• Shakespeare Morris Men

  http://www.shakespearemorris.org.uk/home.htm
  Events calendar, contact details and photographs of this men's side from Stratford Upon Avon.

• Solway Morris

  http://www.solwaymorris.org.uk/
  Contact details, events programme and photographs of this mixed side from Cumbria.

• Sompting Village Morris

  http://s-v-m.moonfruit.com/
  Events diary, photo gallery and contact details for this side from West Sussex who dance with separate men's and women's sets.

• St Albans Morris Men

  http://www.stalbansmorrismen.org.uk/
  Photo album, contact details and events programme for this men's side from St Albans in Hertfordshire.

• Stafford Morris Men

  http://edwardsce.netfirms.com/staffordmorris/
  Events programme and contact details from this men's side from Staffordshire.

• Stroud Morris Dancers

  http://www.stroudmorris.org.uk/
  Events programme and contact details for this mixed side from Gloucestershire.

• Tarka Morris Men

  http://www.tarkamorrismen.org.uk/
  Events programme for this men's side from Bideford in North Devon.

• Taunton Deane Morris Men

  http://www.tauntondeanemorris.co.uk/
  Events list, photographs and contact information for this men's side from Somerset.

• Thakeham Morris

  http://www.thakeham-morris.org.uk/
  Men's side (formerly Gillian's Morris) from West Sussex. Includes news, history, dance calendar, image gallery, past performances and contact form.

• Thames Valley Morris

  http://www.tvmm.org.uk/
  Contact details for this side from South West London.

• Thames Valley Morris International (TVI)

  http://publish.uwo.ca/~handford/tvi.html
  Information and photographs of this men's side from Ontario in Canada.

• Thaxted Morris Men

  http://www.thaxted.co.uk/?Thaxted_Morris_Men
  Events programme and contact details for this Ring side from Essex.

• The Adderbury Morris Men

  http://www.adderburymorris.org.uk/
  An Oxfordshire side. History, photographs and a library of MP3 files.

• The Ancient Men

  http://www.am39.com/
  Contact information and tours itinerary for this men's side from Oxford University. Also known as The Oxford University Morris Men.

• The Ancient Men (Oxford University Morris Men)

  http://www.yetaco.plus.com/am39/
  Contact details, tours list, history and photos of this men's side based around Oxford University.

• The Mayflower Morrismen

  http://www.mayflowermorris.com/
  Photos and events programme for this men's side from Billericay in Essex.

• The Outside Capering Crew

  http://www.capers.co.uk/crew/
  A listing of events they've attended, descriptions of their dances, and a review.

• Towersey Morris Men

  http://www.towerseymorrismen.org.uk/
  Programme, photos and contact details for this ring side from Thame in Oxfordshire.

• Uptown-on-Calhoun

  http://www.uptownoncalhoun.org/
  List of performances and contact details of this mixed side from Minnesota, USA.

• Vancouver Morris Men

  http://vancouvermm.weebly.com/
  A site for this Canadian side.

• Weald of Kent Morris

  http://www.wealdofkentmorris.org.uk/
  Contact details and events programme of this men's side from Goudhurst.

• Wessex Morris Men

  http://www.wessexmorrismen.co.uk/
  Events programmes, contact details and pictures of this men's side from Cerne Abbas in Dorset.

• Westminster Morris Men

  http://westminstermorris.org/
  Contact details and weblog from this men's side from London.

• Whitchurch Morris Men

  http://www.bikerjack.co.uk/whitchurch/
  Photographs and events programme for this men's side from Aylesbury.

• Winchester Morris Men

  http://www.winchester-morris-men.org.uk/
  Contact details, events programme and photo album of this men's side Based in Winchester. The site also includes a brief biography of Lionel Bacon.

• Woodside Morris Men

  http://www.woodsidemorrismen.com/
  Photos, contact details and events list for this men's side based in Watford.

• Yorkshire Coast Morris

  http://www.yorkshirecoastmorris.org.uk/
  A mixed side from Scarborough. Site has a photos section but no events.

 

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