Instrumentalists out there who are not aware of this already may like to know where they can find ABC files of old (mostly)English dance musician's tunebooks. I have collated information on all the MSS I could find and made this list on Folkopedia:-

http://folkopedia.efdss.org/wiki/List_of_historical_tunebooks,_some_of_which_are_available_on_the_internet

The following abstract from that are the ones that have been ABC'd and that can be accessed from the above page:-

ANON MS(Staffs), 1820, UK Staffordshire
Henry Atkinson's MS, Northumberland, England, ca1694
BENNET,Thomas MS, 1718, UK
BETHAM,Matthew MS, 1838, UK Cumbria Newby Head
BIGGINS,James MS, 1779, UK W.Yorks. Leeds
BLACKSHAW,James MS, 1837, UK Shropshire
BROWNE Family MSS (4), various dates, UK Troutbeck Cumbria
BURNETT,Joshua MS, early 19thC, UK Worsborough,S.Yorks
CALVERT,William MS, 1812, UK N.Yorks. Leyburn
CARLISLE MS, 1810, UK Carlisle,Cumbria
CLARE,John MS, c1820, UK Helpstone Northants
CLARKE,Wm(of Feltwell,Norfolk) MS, 1858, UK Norfolk Feltwel
William CLARK Ms Lincolnshire,1770
CLEWS,John MS, 1832, UK Shropshire,Stoke on Tern
COOKE,Benjamin MS, c1770, UK Leeds,W.Yorks
DIXON,Thomas John MSS, 1798 & 1811 Holton-le-Moor, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire
FOX,Charles James MS, 1830, UK Beverley East Yorks
GILES,William Henry MS, 1830, UK Glos Bampton
Joshua Harrison and David Wall,(Ashover MS) Derbyshire
HARRISON,Rev. Robt. MSTemple Sowerby
HUGHES,AlbertJ MS, early 19thC, UK Shropshire Whitchurch
HUGHES,Richard MS, 1823, UK Shropshire Whitchurch
IRWIN,Willam MS, 1838, UK Cumbria Langdale
JACKSON,HSJ.MS, 1823, UK Lancashire Wyresdale
JONES,John MS, 1801, UK Shropshire Whitchurch
MILLER,John MS, 1799, UK Scotland Perth
John Moore of Tyneside Ms c1840
MS ANON (VWMLa), Late 18thC, UK Yorkshire
NUTTALL,James MS, 1830, UK E.Lancs Rossendale
SPENCER,George MS, 1831, UK Leeds
STABLES,Henry MS, 1881, UK Cumbria Walthwaite
TENNYSON,Eliza MS, 1822, UK Lincolnshire
TYLDESLEY,William MS, c1860, UK Lancs. Swinton
WATSON,George Henry MS, 1850-80, UK Norfolk Swanton Abbott
WINDER,James MS(not Edward), 1835, UK Lancs, Wyresdale
WINDER,John MS, 1789, UK Lancs, Wyresdale
YOUNG,David MS, 1734 or 1740?, UK Scotland Perthshire Creiff

If you know of any others please let me know, and PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD.