Photograph taken in 2002 at the Morris Dancing, shows Mary Gerring, Pat Preston, Ruth Shergold, Hilda Kent in the crown watching. Seated on the grass are a group of Cubs.

6 Pages article about Francis Shergold written by Keith Chandler
Francis Shergold resigned as Squire of the Bampton Morris in November 1995, after an astonishing 60 years as dancer with the side - 45 of those as Squire. He was awarded the Gold Medal of the EFDSS in 1996 as had the former Squire, 'Jinky' Wells, some 38 years before. With the rebirth of MT, it seemed an appropriate time to commission an article on Francis, as he assumed the mantle of Honorary President of the side. At 79, he continued to participate in all the side's activities, including the dancing at times,
Keith Chandler's article follows Francis' career through to the 1980s,

Newspaper cutting of Bampton Traditional Morris team at an event in Birmingham organised by Colmcille School of Dancing where they put on a display of Morris Dancing
3rd row from front L-R Pete Allam (white hair) and ‘Bubbles’ Allam (glasses)
2nd row from front L-R Cyril Smith, Francis Shergold (squire), Roy Shergold (dancer and fool), Ann Shergold (check top), Janet Rouse, Terry Rouse, Myra Rose, Reg Hall, Jasper Walsh.
Front row L-R Bill Daniels, Dave Rose

Francis Shergold, who died aged 89, was the former squire and president of Bampton Traditional Morris Men, whose single-minded dedication helped to preserve morris dancing in Oxfordshire villages, and bring it to a wide and appreciative audience through concerts and folk festivals all over Britain.

The purpose of the Bampton Festival was to celebrate the 350th anniversary of The Old Grammar School. The newspaper article describes the history of the building. The festival was a village-wide celebration which ran fro 13th July to 20th July 1985. The festival included concerts, talks, old photographs, a garden contest, morris dancing and music.

Series of Photos of Morris dancing in Bampton in the 1980s

Musicians playing for Bampton Morris Men series of photographs of the musicians. Mathew Green, Colin Bathe, and Roly Brown

Photograph of William Nathan 'Jingy' Wells with his first, homemade fiddle 1936

Keith Chandler - Morris Dancing. Who, What, When & Why, the story of Bampton Morris through the ages from 1620 to 2015

Booklet on William Wells 1868-1953 Morris Dancer, Fiddler & Fool by EFDSS
An outstanding figure in the revival of English folk music makes a contribution to this Journal. ‘Jinkey’ Wells of Bampton-in-the-Bush, Oxfordshire, died a few years ago after a prolonged illness had cut him off from his beloved Morris and deprived his village and his many friends of a gay and cultured personality. While he enjoyed moderate health and certainly long after he was blind he was the leader and fiddler of the Bampton Morris Men who capered and stepped in the lanes and gardens of the village throughout Whit-Monday. He himself knew the custom was ancient and part of an England that was fast disappearing. With the May Day garland carried from house to house by the children and the cake borne on the swordhe looked upon the six white dancing figures and the black-faced fool—a part which he himself had made memorable in his youth—as a living element in the historic mode of life of the English peasant. One of his greatest experiences was his first meeting with Cecil Sharp who was able to confirm his own views of the deep-rooted nature of this dance tradition. Sharp paid his tribute to Wells in his description of the Bampton Morris dancers in The Morris Book, Part III.