Whalton in Northumberland lit its Midsummer fire on 4 July, Midsummer Eve in the Old Style. Hazlitt noted from the Antiquary of January 1904 that the fire had been lit on that day in 1903.
Whalton’s bonfire on Old Midsummer Eve
4 July · Whalton, Northumberland
Still kept
at Whalton in Northumberland it has been customary to carry out the observance on July 4.
From Hazlitt's Faiths and Folklore, vol. 2, p. 410. Read the original
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