Assembly rooms [ Sports & Leisure / Associational culture / Dance, Music & Songs ]
… ‘assembly’ was specifically linked with the activity of dancing in John Ash’s New and Complete Dictionary of the English Language , defining ‘assembly’ as ‘a company of people met together, a ball or genteel entertainment’. 6 4 . Edward … of Arts and Sciences, 5 vols. (London, 1741), vol I. 6 . John Ash, The New and Complete Dictionary of the English Language (London, 1795), p. 65. Access The assembly rooms were maintained through regular subscriptions from local …
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