Annotation:Trip to the Maidenhead

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X:1 T:Trip to Maidenhead M:6/8 L:1/8 B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757) Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007 Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F c|A/B/cA FAc|f/g/a/g/f g2c|A/B/cA FAc|a/g/f/g/a g2c| A/B/cA FAc|f/g/a/g/ g2 f/4g/4a/|ge/f/g fed|cG/F/E/D/ C2:| |:c|A/B/cA c/d/_ec|d/f/_e/d/c B2d|=B/c/dB d/e/fd|eg/f/e/d/ c2g| a/g/fb g/f/ea|f/e/dg edc|dg/a/b abg|(f3 f2):||

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Maidenhead Bridge in 1792

TRIP TO MAIDENHEAD. English, Jig (6/8 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody is unique to London publishers Charles and Samuel Thompson’s first country dance collection (1757). Maidenhead, Berkshire, is a market town situated on the Thames River, on the road between London and Bath. A bridge spanning the river was built there in 1255, with a wharf alongside it for river traffic. This New Wharf, or ‘Maiden Hythe’, gives the town its name (which was changed to the present spelling in 1724). In the Thompson’s time, Maidenhead was a day’s journey from London and the first stopping point for coaches traveling from London to Gloucester and Bath. As a consequence the town became populated with numerous inns. By the mid 18th century, Maidenhead was one of the busiest coaching towns in England with over ninety coaches a day passing through the town.

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