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Blanche Payling
Blanche Payling was born in Glen St on the corner of Cumberland Market. At the age of 18 she travelled to Thaxted to teach Morris Dancing for the Espérance Club.

We do not know what happened to Blanche, having been unable to trace any of her descendents. We would welcome more information.

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Espérance Club
Blanche Payling

Response letter to Lucy Neal from Mr Payling

Advertisement for Espérance Club

Letter to Mr Payling from Lucy Neal

The Revival of The Morris Dance by Blanche Payling

Queen's Hall programme - 'Merrie England'

5 Mary Neal Stories by Lucy Neal

Mary Neal and Thaxted

Roy Judge's notes on the Espérance girls' names

The Esperance Morris Book

'The Revival of the Morris Dance' by Blanche Payling

Blanche Payling's marriage certificate

Roy Judge's notes on where the Espérance Girls danced around the UK

Conrad Noel, vicar of Thaxted in 1911

Lucy Neal's search for Mary's story

The Payling's family tree

Espérance Book, Part 1 - signatures of the Espérance girls

Letter from Mr Payling to Lucy Neal

'How Thaxted Lives: The North Essex Sweet Factory' by Conrad Noel

Daily Chronicle review of the Espérance Club