George Benstead

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George Benstead, singer, Hamstreet, Kent.

Sang The Barley Mow (Roud 944) for Cecil Sharp, 22nd September 1908.

Charles Sutcliffe has identified the singer as Percy George Benstead, agricultural labourer, born 1882.

See https://cecilsharpspeople.org.uk/benstead-george.html

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