Shropshire

Cecil Sharp collected 33 songs and tunes from 13 performers* in Shropshire, mostly in 1911. He was particularly motivated to find and note local carols, as he was getting ready to publish his book 'English Folk-Carols' that winter. Four Shropshire songs just made it in time in his selection of 21 carols for the book (Novello November 1911). 

*9 men, 4 women:average age 60.8 yrs. Five of the men were miners and one a professional musician (James Locke). 

• Bates, Samson
• Bould, Henry
• Bradley, Samuel
• Duff, Fanny
• Halfpenny, Mrs
• Kilford, Mrs
• Lawley, Thomas
• Locke, James
• Nicholls, Mrs
• Perry, Walter
• Pickering, Enoch
• Price, Samson
• Vandrell, Seth