Abbots Bromley. The hobby-horse dance, an ancient custom, was observed here until the civil war. Ten or Twelve of the dancers carried, on their shoulders, deers’ heads, painted with the arms of Paget, Bagot, and Welles, to whom the chief property of the town belonged. The horns yet hang up in the church, but the custom is now discontinued. The parish includes Bromley, Bagot’s Liberty, and Bromley Hurst township. Bagot’s park is the deer-park of Lord Bagot, whose seat is at Blithefield.
Market, Tuesday – Fairs, Tuesday before Mid-lent Sunday, May 22, September 4, for horses and horned cattle.
Source: England and Wales Delineated by Thomas Dugdale assisted by William Burnett; published by Tallis & Co., Green Arbour Court, Old Bailey, 1835.
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