England has many beautiful dances that date from as far back as medieval times. I was fortunate to be able to find videos of lovely performances, many by dancers in costume, on Andrew Carnie’s dance blog, Folk Dance Musings, a wonderful resource for international folk dancers which also contains detailed instructions for hundreds of dances.

Black Nag:

Haste to the Wedding. There are many versions of this dance throughout the British Isles. This one is English/American:

Hole in the Wall:

Wood Duck:

Sellinger’s Round:

Picking Up Sticks. Lots of intricate changing of positions in this one:

Margaret’s Waltz is in waltz time, but isn’t like an Austrian waltz:

St. Bernard’s Waltz came to England by way of Scotland. It is a more typical waltz, done in the round:

Dorset Reel. I don’t know why anyone would dance in the snow. I found another video where they did this dance on a beach, and I can’t think that would be any easier. And, apparently, it is customary to wear jingle bells while dancing this:

Cumberland Square Eight: