Musgrave Rushbearing 

Rushbearing was held on Saturday 7 July 2018 to St.Theobald's Church

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Rushbearing was held on Saturday 1 July 2017

July 2017

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July 2016

July 2015

July 2014

July 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 


An illustrated talk Episodes from Rushbearing at Musgrave and Warcop by Richard Willcock about the history of Rushbearing, especially in Musgrave and Warcop, can be downloaded here. This was given by Richard Willcock at a Local Studies Day on Westmorland Folklore and Customs in Brough Memorial Hall on Saturday 14 November 2015, organised by the Upper Eden History Society.       


Watch videos of the 2014 Rushbearing and the 2009 Rushbearing in Musgrave.

See photographs of the 2011 Rushbearing in Musgrave.

Other Rushbearings in Cumbria in 2018 were held in Warcop (29 June), Ambleside (7 July), Grasmere (14 July) and Urswick.(30 September).

Videos of other Rushbearings can be seen on Rushbearing: YouTubeRushbearing: Vimeo, and Rushbearing: Calendar Customs.

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