Description

Winchester Morris Men came into existence on 11th March 1953 at the Eclipse Inn, The Square, Winchester; our dances and style of costume broadly reflect those seen in the Cotswolds during the nineteenth century.

The Morris Dance is one of the oldest continuing traditions of rural England, and in its origins, was thought by some to welcome the spring and to ensure the fertility of the year’s crops. Few dancers in the 21st century would seriously ascribe such reasons to their performance of the morris – they do it because they enjoy it, rather than for some mystical or pseudo-religious purpose.