Yorkshire bagpipe
Extinct bagpipe once native to Yorkshire, northern England.
The Yorkshire bagpipe is a type of bagpipe once native to the county of Yorkshire in northern England. Now extinct, it was familiar in Shakespeare's time and survived into the 19th century as the Union Pipes, remaining commonplace in the remoter Dales. Late attestations resemble the Uilleann Pipes.
Quick Facts
- Region
- Yorkshire, northern England
- Status
- Extinct
- Later form
- Union Pipes
- Notable player
- Billy Bolton (died 1881)
- Another player
- David Hatton (1769–1847)
Facts from the source article.
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