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|f_annotation='''SQUIRE (OF) BENSHAM.''' English, Jig (6/8 time). England, Northumberland. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. In the 19th century Bensham was a fashionable suburb of Gateshead, north east England. The name Bensham is thought to have derived from the Saxon ''beornic’s ham'' or 'Beornic's homestead'. | |f_annotation='''SQUIRE (OF) BENSHAM.''' English, Jig (6/8 time). England, Northumberland. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. In the 19th century Bensham was a fashionable suburb of Gateshead, north east England, now absorbed into the city. The name Bensham is thought to have derived from the Saxon ''beornic’s ham'' or 'Beornic's homestead'. | ||
|f_printed_sources=Hall & Stafford ('''Charlton Memorial Tune Book'''), 1974; p. 59. Raven ('''English Country Dance Tunes'''), 1984; p. 113. | |f_printed_sources=Hall & Stafford ('''Charlton Memorial Tune Book'''), 1974; p. 59. Raven ('''English Country Dance Tunes'''), 1984; p. 113. | ||
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SQUIRE (OF) BENSHAM. English, Jig (6/8 time). England, Northumberland. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. In the 19th century Bensham was a fashionable suburb of Gateshead, north east England, now absorbed into the city. The name Bensham is thought to have derived from the Saxon beornic’s ham or 'Beornic's homestead'.
