Cardiff Morris dance Upton Hanky at The Coach, Bridgend. 25th June 2013.
Overlooking Bridgend town centre is Newcastle Castle. The initial construction was a ringwork built by Sir William de Londres in 1106 at the behest of his lord Baron Robert Fitzhamon.
Fitzhamon seems to have taken control of Glamorgan around 1090. According to legend (or Sir Edward Stradling (d. 1609) at least) he was supported by the Twelve Knights of Glamorgan, one of whom was Sir William de Londres. The others were:
Sir Richard Grenville
Sir Payn de Turberville
Sir Robert StQuintin
Sir Richard Siward
Sir Gilbert Umfraville
Sir Roger Berkerolles
Sir Reginald Sully
Sir Peter le Sore
Sir John Fleming
Sir Oliver StJohn
and Sir William Stradling.
According to Sir Edward Stradling's story each Knight was given control of a different area of Glamorgan. There is evidence for the existence of most of the Knights on the list, but not for Sir William Stradling. The Stradlings appear to have come over later from Switzerland.
The shared surname is possibly not a coincidence. According to Sir Edward Stradling (antiquarian at St. Donat's Castle) the area of Glamorgan that his 'ancestor' Sir William Stradling had been given control over was in fact... St. Donat's(!)
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'Aiken Drum'
'A Was an Apple Pie'
'A Wise Old Owl'
'A-Tisket, A-Tasket'
'As I was going by Charing Cross'
'As I was going to Charing Cross'
'As I was going to St Ives'
'Baa, Baa, Black Sheep'
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'Bye, baby Bunting'
'Cock a doodle doo'
'Did You Ever See a Lassie?'
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'Doctor Foster'
'Eeny, meeny, miny, moe'
'Eeper Weeper'
'Heeper Peeper' England
'Five little speckled frogs'
'Frog Went A-Courting'
'Georgie Porgie'
'Girls and Boys Come Out To Play
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'Happy Birthday To You'
'Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush'
'Hey Diddle Diddle'
'Hickory Dickory Dock'
'Hickety Dickety Dock'
'Hot Cross Buns'
'How Many Miles to Babylon?'
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'Hush Little Baby'
'If wishes were horses, beggars would ride'
'If wishes were horses'
'I do not like thee, Doctor Fell'
'I Had a Little Nut Tree'
'I'm a Little Teapot'
'I Love Little Pussy'
'It's Raining, It's Pouring'
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'Jack and Jill'
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'Jack Be Nimble'
'Jack Sprat'
'Ladybird Ladybird'
'Lavender's Blue' 'Lavender Blue'
'Little Arabella Miller'
'Little Bo Peep'
'Little Boy Blue'
'Little Jack Horner'
'Little Miss Muffet'
'Little Poll Parrot'
'Little Robin Redbreast'
'Little Tommy Tucker'
'London Bridge Is Falling Down'
'Lucy Locket'
'Mary Had a Little Lamb'
'Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary'
'Matthew, Mark, Luke and John'
Black Paternoster
'Monday's Child'
'Needles and Pins'
'Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep'
'Nuts in May'
'Gathering Nuts in May'
'Old King Cole'
'Old McDonald Had a Farm'
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'On Top of Old Smoky'
'One for Sorrow'
'One, Two, Buckle My Shoe'
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'Rain Rain Go Away'
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'Rock-a-bye Baby'
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'Rub A Dub Dub'
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'Star Light, Star Bright'
'Sticks and Stones'
'Taffy was a Welshman'
'Ten Little Indians'
'The Farmer in the Dell' 'The Farmer's in his Den'
'The Grand Old Duke of York' 'The Noble Duke of York'
'The Lion and the Unicorn'
'The Muffin Man'
'There Was a Crooked Man'
'There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe'
'There Was an Old Woman Who Lived Under a Hill'
'This Is The House That Jack Built'
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'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star'
'Two Little Dickie Birds'
'Wee Willie Winkie'
'What Are Little Boys Made Of?' 'What Are Little Girls Made Of?'
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'Who Killed Cock Robin?'
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