Cheshire Round

A dance so called, peculiar to the county from whence it takes its name. The musical notes of the *Cheshire Round* may be seen in *The Dancing Master*, 1721, vol. i., and in Edward Jones' *Cheshire Melodies*. It was sometimes danced "longways for as many us will" (as described in *The Dancing Master*), but more frequently by one person. A handbill of the time of William the Third states, "In Bartholomew Fair, at the Coach-House on the Pav'd stones at Hosier-Lane-End, you shall see a Black that dances the *Cheshire Rounds* to the admiration of all spectators." Michael Root and John Sleepe, two…