Abbots Bromley Horn Dance custom was also present at that time but not commented upon by the writer. A carbon analysis discovered that the antlers used in the dance date to the 11th century – though these may well have replaced an even older set. According to some, the use of antlers suggests an Anglo-Saxon origin along with other native Anglo-Saxon traditions that have survived into modern times in various forms. It has been speculated, for example, that the dance originated in the pagan period and was connected with the ruling dynasty of Mercia, based some 15 miles away at Tamworth, who owned extensive
Abbots Bromley School the Upper Six Boarders of Abbots Bromley School of Girls, as a Boarding House. The Upper six is using the upper floor of the Building, which has been refurnished in summer 2010, it is meant to give them a closer feeling of what their lives are going to be like at university. The school currently has 300 pupils, of whom over eighty five are boarders. The school is not academically selective but achieves academic results that are generally regarded as outstanding for a non-selective school. Its academic, social and sporting provision is normal for most independent schools for girls in