The Derbyshire Well Dressings
Description
A study of the well dressing custom observed in a number of Derbyshire villages. The first of three chapters includes sections on the origins and history of well dressing, and well dressings in literature. The second chapter concentrates on the construction of the well dressing, and describes with the aid of drawings and photographs the construction of the wooden frame, its filling with clay, and the method of dressing (petalling) it with flowers. The photographs show a completed well in the village of Hope, and work in progress on a dressing in Bradwell. The final chapter considers the social aspects of the custom, including the group of people (or beam) who construct the dressing, and allied events (Wakes/Gala/Carnival Week, Sheep Roast, Plague Sunday commemorative service in Eyam). Appendices provide a list of terms associated with well dressing, a list of fifteen villages where the custom is observed and an Ordnance Survey map of the Peak District.
Metadata
| Identifier | crx3yspc |
| IRN | 410173 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRP/2/137 |
| Level | File |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/crx3yspc |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Undergraduate Dissertations |
| Creator(s) | Bradbury, Kathleen Frances |
| Date | 1971 |
| Size and Medium | 27 unbound typed leaves; 10 colour photographs. |