WAV - you pronounce pompously and pontificate on many matters. This is OK until you attempt to impose your irrational views on your adopted country.
England is not as you see it (and hopefully never will be). English folk music did not cease to develop sometime in the eighteenth century; it continues and thrives in many forms. Feel free not to like it, but don't assume that your dislike is going to be accepted by the folk community as having any validity.
Knowing Sidmouth from the BBC is a bit like knowing Australia from Skippy the Bush Kangaroo.
You have 'studied' English folk music for about five years. Eliza, Jim, and most of Mudcat's posters have lived it for many times that - some of us before you were born.
Periodically when reading threads I come across your posts. Mostly I try to ignore them until I feel the need to voice an opinion myself.
Nothing anyone says to you on these threads sinks in - you continue with your bizarre pro English stance that no one shares.

Stu