Barwick-in-Elmet Historical Society 
Maypole Picture Gallery 

This information is provided by the Barwick-in-Elmet Historical Society. 
Photographs of the 1999 ceremony were taken by Geoff Thornton.


  • The maypole waits to be raised.  
  • The Maypole Queen is crowned 
  • The Younger Schoolchildren Dance round their Maypole 
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  • The maypole being raised with the help of ladder parties. 
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  • The maypole being raised viewed from the hole 
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  • The raised maypole being climbed.  
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