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Flower Festival at Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire

Flower Festival at Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire
Photograph taken 1897 © Reproduced by permission of Historic England Archive ref: CC57/00384

Spectators watching a group of girls Maypole dancing in front of the May Queen who sits on a throne complete with page boys, with St James's Church in the background.

Location

Gloucestershire
Chipping Campden

Period

Victorian (1837 - 1901)

Themes

A school sports team, posing for a photograph in the grounds. The school was founded to prepare boys for Public School or the Royal Navy.
Childhood

Tags

people
children
girl
event
clothing
tradition
dance
dancer
Victorian (1837 - 1901)

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