This thread started with a request as to what is English fiddle music, and has rambled around a bit since. For a bit of background, here are two fairly in depth articles on two English fiddlers, the southern Stephen Baldwin and the northern William Irwin.
Alas, we don't have vast amounts of recordings of English trad fiddlers, but Stephen Baldwin was quite well-recorded, and William Irwin, thjough pre-recording era, left a lot of notated tunes and quite a well-documented life. I like this sort of backgroud, it helps to make sense of the music.