Larks of Dean

Larks Of Dean

The Larks of Dean were a society of musicians formed in Rossendale, Lancashire in northern England during the mid-eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth century. They were known in the local dialect as 'Th' Deighn Layrocks'.

Read more about Larks Of Dean:  Background, Chapels and Music, The Music, Wandering Minstrels; Or, Wails of The Workless Poor

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