Midsummer Music

   Aylesbury   

About   Aylesbury  where our live musicians perform

   Covering Party Bands, String Quartets, Barn Dance / Ceilidh and Jazz   

Towns, cities and regions, such as   Aylesbury  have an influence on the style of music, whether it is the 'English Countryside' feel of Vaughan Williams, the strength of Elgar's Victorian Malvern, or the skirl of Northumbrian Pipe tune.

About  Aylesbury   

Aylesbury started as a Saxon settlement called Aegel's burh. Burh is a Saxon word meaning fort or fortified settlement. It is possible the Saxon settlement had a ditch and earth rampart with a wooden palisade on top. By the 11th century Aylesbury had a mint and probably had a weekly market. However Aylesbury was no more than a large village with a population of a few hundred. For centuries Aylesbury remained a large village rather than a town. Most of the people in Aylesbury made their living from farming rather than from industry. However Aylesbury was an administrative centre. Because of its weekly market it served as a focal point for the surrounding villages. From the 13th century Aylesbury also had 2 fairs. In the Middle Ages fairs were like markets but they were held only once a year for a few days. People would come from all over Buckinghamshire to buy and sell at an Aylesbury fair. In the late 14th century Fransiscan friars arrived in Ayelsbury. Friars were like monks but instead of withdrawing from the world they went out to preach and help the poor. Fransiscans were called grey friars because of the colour of their costumes. In the Middle Ages there was also a leper hospital just outside Aylesbury dedicated to St Leonard. There was also a hospital for the poor and sick dedicated to St John.

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