Identity area
Reference code
BCA - 2019.2100
Title
Letter from Cecil Sharp House to Rose Wells on death of Nathan 'Jingy' Wells
Date(s)
- November 1953 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
one letter
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Scope and content
This letter is from the chairman of Cecil Sharp House, Douglas Kennedy to Rose Wells who lived at 18 Fox Close in Bampton. It was to thank Rose for the letter she sent informing them of her grandfather's death. Nathan William 'Jingy' Wells was responsible for keeping Morris dancing alive in Bampton at one time in the early twentieth century.