Abbots Bromley Horn Dance date of their growth-dropping. It is, therefore, just as likely that reindeer did survive somewhere in England at that period. The antlers are mounted on small heads carved from wood. Since 1981, the horns are legally the property of Abbots Bromley Parish Council. For 364 days a year, they are on display in St Nicholas Church. They were once kept in the main Village Hall, which is now the Goat's Head Inn, beside the Butter Cross. An alternative set of antlers (red deer) are kept to use when the dancers are asked, as they frequently are, to perform outside the
Abbots Bromley "Bromley Abbatis" to Sir William Paget, Clerk of the Signet and Privy Councillor. The village was known as "Paget's Bromley" for several centuries, (distinguishing it from the part of the parish in the hands of the Bagot family, still known as "Bagot's Bromley") but eventually the influence of the Paget family declined, and the name reverted to "Abbots Bromley". Despite being an agricultural centre on account of its market and fairs, Abbots Bromley enjoyed some industrial success. In the 16th century it was a major centre for glass manufacture. In 1606 it gained a grammar school, now Richard Clarke First