Tour Map
 

The Tours of the Ancient Men

These are the official tours of the Ancient Men. A written log has been produced for most Tours and these are currently held by either Chris Sheffield or Peter Lund.

The 50's     1952
1. Fairford
1953
2. Upton-upon-Severn
1954
3. Ludlow & Ross-on-Wye
1955
4. Cherington
1956
No Tours!
1957
5. Bryants Piddle
1958
6. Grand Union Canal
7. Hawkhurst
1959
8. Langport
9. Lavenham
The 60's 1960
10. Leicestershire & Rutland
11. West Sussex
12. Evesham
1961
13. Cholesbury
14. Caynham
1962
15. Bryants Piddle
16. Lake District
1963
17. North Shropshire
18. Wessex
1964
19. Sedlescombe
20. Durham
1965
21. Somerset
22. Leicestershire & Rutland
1966
23. Derbyshire
24. Downs
1967
25. Glamorgan (1st foreign tour?)
26. Suffolk
1968
27. Lake District
28. Minehead
29. Northamptonshire
1969
30. Selby
31. Dorset
The 70's 1970
32. Lincolnshire
33. Cornwall
1971
34. Hampshire
35. Bootle
1972
36. Six Counties
37. Buckinghamshire
1973
38. Evesham
39. Cheshire
1974
40. Leicestershire
41. Wiltshire
1975
42. The Fens
43. The Dales
1976
44. The Black Country
45. Solway Firth
1977
46. Nottinghamshire
47. Isle of Man
1978
48. Forest of Dean
49. Black Forest
1979
50. Cornwall
51. Somerset
The 80's 1980
52. Powys
53. Tweed
1981
54. Five Worlds
1982
55. Essex
56. Cumbria
1983
57. Czechoslovakia
58. Kent
59. Hampshire
1984
60. Herefordshire
61. Wiltshire
1985
62. Devon
63. Czechoslovakia
1986
64. Cumbria
65. Czechoslovakia
1987
66. Hardy
1988
67. Leicestershire
1989
68. Suffolk
The 90's 1990
69. Donnington, (first tourette)
70. Ireland
1991
71. Peaks
72. Cuddebackville, USA
1992
73. Staffordshire
1993
74. Sussex
75. Czech/Slovak Reps.
1994
76. Northumbria
77. New Mexico
78. Tsu City, Japan
1995
79. Baltic Folk Festival, Estonia
80. South Shropshire
1996
81. Vale of Eden
82. Krackow, Poland
1997
83. Moravia & S.Bohemia.
84. Oxfordshire
1998
85. 2nd Canal Tour.
1999
86. Ruthenia
The 00's 2000
87. NW Shropshire / NE Wales
2001
88. 3 Counties Double
2002 50 Years of Touring!
89. Croatia
90. Fairford revisited!
2003
91. Yoshkar Ola, Russia
2004
92. Dorset
93. Naples
2005
94. Tennessee, USA
95. Malvern/Hereford
2006
96. Wiltshire

2007
97. Funchal, Madeira
98. Briéfne, Ireland
99. The Solent

2008
100.Kampala, Uganda
101. Tavy & Tamar
2009
 

notes:

  • The first tour in 1952 and the Golden Jubilee Tour in 2002 were in association with The Travelling Morrice
  • There were no tours in 1956
  • The St Patrick's Day Parades, Dublin, 1992-1997 are not included
  • A tour of Cornwall was also undertaken in 1929 by the then Oxford University Mens Morris, now refered to as the 'Noughth Tour'

8 April, 2008 gcr