Thaxted, Essex, UK. 11th June 2022. The early evening massed dancing through Town Street Thaxted with Thaxted Guildhall providing a 14th century backdrop. Fourteen Morris Dancing sides danced through 14 villages in north west Essex for the first time since Covid restrictions were lifted for the Thaxted Morris Weekend. The evening concluded just after Credit: BRIAN HARRIS/Alamy Live News

Thaxted, Essex, UK. 11th June 2022.  The early evening massed dancing through Town Street Thaxted with Thaxted Guildhall providing a 14th century backdrop. Fourteen Morris Dancing sides danced through 14 villages in north west Essex for the first time since Covid restrictions were lifted for the Thaxted Morris Weekend. The evening concluded just after Credit: BRIAN HARRIS/Alamy Live News Stock Photo
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11 June 2022

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Thaxted Essex England UK

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Thaxted Essex UK_Annual Thaxted Morris Dancing Weekend_11-12 June 2022 The early evening massed dancing through Town Street Thaxted with Thaxted Guildhall providing a 14th century backdrop. Fourteen Morris Dancing sides danced through 14 villages in north west Essex for the first time since Covid restrictions were lifted for the Thaxted Morris Weekend. The sides or teams danced during the day in pub car parks and on the streets before processing through Thaxted in the late afternoon and again in the evening culminating in massed dancing in Town Street Thaxted. The evening concluded just after 10pm when all street lights are turned off and Thaxted side perform the mysterious Abbots Bromley Horn Dance in the dark to the sound of a single fiddle.

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