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The name Steeleye Span comes from a character in the traditional song Horkstow Grange ( which they did not actually record until they released an album by that name in 1998 ).
The song gives an account of a fight between John " Steeleye " Span and John Bowlin, neither of whom are proven to have been real people.
When the band discussed names, they decided to decide among the three suggestions " Middlemarch Wait ", " Iyubidin's Wait ", and " Steeleye Span ".
Although there were only five members in the band, six ballots appeared and " Steeleye Span " won out.
Terry Woods maintains that the members had agreed that if more than one person departed, the remaining members would select a new name, and he was upset that this did not happen when he and Gay Woods left the band.
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