Sir Richard Whitworth in camp at Winchester 1778, by Robert Laurie, after Thomas Hardy.WINCHESTER CAMP [1]. English, Country Dance Tune & Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody and country dance instructions appear in a few collections of the latter 18th century, beginning with Longman, Lukey and Broderip's Bride's Favourite Collection of 200 Select Country Dances, Cotillons (London, 1776), and also in Longman and Broderip's Compleat Collection of 200 Favorite Country Dances (1781) and Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favorite Country Dances, vol. 5 (London, 1788, p. 91).
Winchester, Hampshire, was one of the locations for stationing and training troops during the latter 18th century wars with France.
