Team: Buttercross Belles
Team Details: Buttercross Belles
Last updated: 26 Mar, 2026Name
Buttercross Belles
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Location
Yorkshire
Affiliation
Open
Gender (dancers)
female
Style
Northwest, Garland
Country
UK
Own Tradition
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Buttercross Belles
Year Founded
1992
Ceased (year)
General Notes
Seasonal Customs
Maypole dancing in Otley on May Day
Maypole dancing in Otley on May Day
Archive Notes
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Dance Repertoire for Buttercross Belles
| Trad | Dance | Style | Origin | Set | Hands | Notes | Team Variations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unspecified | (Mrs) Hepples | Garl.. | Buttercr.. | 8 | Hoops | 0 | source, tunes |
| Abram | Abram Circle Dance | Nort.. | Abram Mo.. | 5 or more couples | Hankies | 2 | |
| unspecified | Albury | Nort.. | Buttercr.. | 8 | Bobbins | 0 | source |
| unspecified | Audenshaw | Garl.. | Buttercr.. | 8 | Hoops | 0 | source, tunes |
| unspecified | Bobbin | Nort.. | Bobbins .. | 6 | Bobbins | 0 | tunes |
| unspecified | Bollin | Nort.. | Roy Domm.. | 4 | Garlands | 1 | source, hands, tunes |
| Buttercros.. | Buttercross, The | Garl.. | Buttercr.. | 12 | Hoops | 0 | (own tradition) |
| Horbury | Carr Lodge | Nort.. | Wakefiel.. | 6,8 | Sticks, Ra.. | 0 | hands, notes, tunes |
| unspecified | Celebration | Nort.. | John Ear.. | 5, 8 | Stick | 0 | |
| Briggate | Chandos (Five) | Nort.. | Alison M.. | 5 | Bobbins | 0 | tunes |
| Buttercros.. | Chevin Hop | Nort.. | Buttercr.. | Pairs of dancers | None | 2 | (own tradition) |
| unspecified | Clarendon Park | Nort.. | Buttercr.. | 8 | Bobbins | 0 | |
| Bobbins & .. | Cliviger Garland | Garl.. | Malkin M.. | 8 | Garland | 1 | tunes |
| Belfagan | Cumberland Crown | Garl.. | Belfagan | 6,8 | Garlands | 1 | |
| unspecified | Desperate Dan | Nort.. | 6 | short stic.. | 0 | ||
| unspecified | Down The Treacle M.. | Nort.. | Buttercr.. | undefined | 0 | ||
| Failsworth | Failsworth | Nort.. | Failswor.. | 8 | Slings | 1 | |
| unspecified | Flaggy Fields | Nort.. | Buttercr.. | undefined | 0 | ||
| Fleetwood | Fleetwood | Nort.. | Fleetwoo.. | Multiples of 4 (from12 - 24) | Long stick.. | 2 | |
| Lizzie Dri.. | Greenham (Common) | Nort.. | Written .. | As many as will | 0 | ||
| unspecified | Heyheads | Nort.. | Buttercr.. | 8 | 0 | ||
| Hindley | Hindley Street Dance | Nort.. | Hindley .. | 8 | Short stic.. | 2 | |
| Horbury | Horbury Polka | Nort.. | Wakefield | 8 | Slings | 0 | tunes |
| unspecified | Lockdown | Nort.. | Chinewerde | 4 | Slings | 0 | |
| Lostock | Lostock Junction | Nort.. | Buttercr.. | 8 | Hankies | 0 | |
| Manx | Mona's Delight | Other | 6,8 | Nothing | 0 | ||
| Newton-le-.. | Newton-le-Willows | Nort.. | Traditio.. | 8 | Garlands o.. | 0 | source, hands, notes |
| Buttercros.. | Otley 'Oops | Garl.. | Buttercr.. | 9 | Hoops | 1 | (own tradition) |
| unspecified | Plymouth Reel | Nort.. | Sets of 3 | Nothing | 0 | ||
| Portland P.. | Portland Hill | Nort.. | Wakefiel.. | 8 | Slings | 0 | |
| Poulton le.. | Poulton le Fylde | Nort.. | Poulton .. | 20 in multiples of 4 | Short stic.. | 1 | |
| Preston | Preston St Ignatius | Nort.. | St Ignat.. | Multiples of 4 (16+) plus Leader | Decorated .. | 2 | |
| unspecified | Queen of the Wells | Nort.. | Buttercr.. | 6 | Hankies | 0 | |
| unspecified | Rose, The | Garl.. | Panhagge.. | 8,12 | garland | 0 | |
| St Helen's | St Helen's Gala | Nort.. | Traditio.. | 8 | Shillelagh.. | 1 | hands |
| Millbrook | Stalybridge | Nort.. | Millbroo.. | 16 plus Besom Bet | Tiddlers (.. | 2 | |
| unspecified | Treacle Mines | Garl.. | Ilfraco.. | 6, 8 | garland, h.. | 0 | |
| Leyland | Walton's Parade | Nort.. | Leyland MM | 8,6 | Rattles, s.. | 1 | |
| Persephone | Whitby Shindig | Nort.. | Val Mars.. | 4, 6, 8 | Bobbins, s.. | 0 | |
| unspecified | Whitchurch | Nort.. | Buttercr.. | 8 | Bobbins | 0 | |
| Wigan | Wigan | Nort.. | Wigan St.. | Multiples of 4, anything up to 32 dancers | Decorated .. | 1 | |
| unspecified | Witch, The | Molly | Buttercr.. | 8 | nothing | 0 |
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