Abbots Bromley is known for its annual Horn Dance, an English folk dance dating back to the Middle Ages. The modern version of the dance involves reindeer antlers, a hobby horse, Maid Marian, and a Fool. The dance takes place on Wakes Monday, the day following Wakes Sunday, which is the first Sunday after 4 September. It begins in the morning on the village green and passes to Blithfield Hall, returning to the village in the early afternoon with the dancers then making their way around the pubs and houses, eventually finishing with a service of Compline at the church. Abbots Bromley
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