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Villagers Involved in Barwick Maypole 1887 - 1910

Barwicker No.90
June 2008


Year
Polemen (Elected at Easter)
Garland Makers
May Queen
1887₁ Not known Rector's servants
Mrs George Parker
& friends
Mrs G Tomlinson & friends
Miss Robshaw & friends
Not known
1890
Mr John Hemsworth Jnr.
Mr Mark Helm
Mr Walter Hewitt
Mrs Hick (Barwick)
Mrs Wm. Lawn (Barwick)
Mrs White (Barwick)
Mrs C Richardson (Potterton)
Not known
1893₂
No Records₂
No Records₂
No Records₂
1895₃
Mr Joseph Richardson
Mr Charles Wrigglesworth Jnr.
Mr Gilbert Burnett
Misses Richardson (Barwick)
Miss Wrigglesworth & Miss Collett
Misses Fawcett
Mrs Hemsworth
Not known
1898
Mr G Burnett (secretary)
Mr Charles Wrigglesworth (Treasurer)
Mr W Prevail
Mrs Hick
Mrs William Lawn
Miss Barnes
Miss Wrigglesworth
Miss J Fawcett (possibly first Barwick May Queen)
1901
Mr Amos Dickinson
Mr George Tomlinson
Mr F Gilliam
Mrs Crosland & Mrs Nichols (Scholes)
Mrs Farndale & Mrs Spencer (Potterton)
Miss Wright
Misses Mouncey (Barwick)
Miss Annie Lawn, a pupil teacher in the Village School or Miss Annie Crosland (records differ)
1904
Mr Amos Dickinson
Mr George Tomlinson
Mr Alfred (Fred) Gilliam
(first time in living memory of oldest Barwicker that all Pole men were re-elected)
Mrs Farndale (Potterton)
Miss Shackleton
Miss Mouncey
Mrs Dickenson
Miss Annie Brown
1907
Not known Mrs Farndale
Miss Collett & Miss Tornlinson
Mrs Shackleton
Misses Hemsworth
Miss Edith Ingharn
1910
Mr E Burnett
Mr J Robshaw
Mr J E Wilson
Not known
Miss Frances Hewitt
Notes:
₁ Maypole lowered and raised a year early to celebrate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
₂ See article regarding lack of records for this year" 1893 - A Lost Maypole Raising Year"
₃ 3. Maypole lowered and raised a year early due to severe weather (see The Barwicker No. 89 HA Great Storm 1894")
The Village also had May Queens at a May Gala held during non-Maypole raising years.


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