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'''PURFLEET, THE.''' English, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Purfleet [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purfleet] is the name of a town in Essex, southeast England, on the north shore of the Thames, 16 miles east of London. However, the title 'The Purfleet' | '''PURFLEET, THE.''' English, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Purfleet [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purfleet] is the name of a town in Essex, southeast England, on the north shore of the Thames, 16 miles east of London. However, the title 'The Purfleet' perhaps refers to the Purfleet Royal Gunpowder Magazine, established in the 18th century for the storage of gunpowder along with a garrison to protect it. [[File:purfleet2.jpg|550px|thumb|right|Purfleet, c. 1807. From Dr. Hughson's '''Description of London''']] | ||
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PURFLEET, THE. English, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Purfleet [1] is the name of a town in Essex, southeast England, on the north shore of the Thames, 16 miles east of London. However, the title 'The Purfleet' perhaps refers to the Purfleet Royal Gunpowder Magazine, established in the 18th century for the storage of gunpowder along with a garrison to protect it.
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Printed sources: Straight and Skillern (Two Hundred and Four Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), c. 1775; No. 102, p. 51.
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