Bartle (West Witton Bartle Fair)
Description
Mr. James Ward of West Witton ( Wensleydale) putting the finishing touches to the Bartle for the West Witton Bartle Fair. The Bartle is a guy that will be burned on a bonfire as part of the fair celebrations. Bartle is thought to be a corruption of Bartholomew, the Bartle Fair preceding the feast of St. Bartholomew. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1614. With ms. notes on the Bartle Fairs of Reeth and West Witton, and ms. catalogue details in the hand of Werner Kissling. Originally held in Photo File: Traditional Customs, Annual Fairs, Bonfires.
Metadata
| Identifier | w6q55v5r |
| IRN | 412564 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/PHO/P1615 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/w6q55v5r |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Traditional Customs, Annual Fairs, Bonfires: Photocards |
| Creator(s) | Kissling, Werner |
| Date | 24 August 1967 |
| Size and Medium | 1 mounted photographic print. |