One quite often finds references to beating the bounds in rural parishes, but does anyone know if anything similar was done in London for the parishes or wards?
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Well they did it in St Andrew in the Wardrobe last month
The Ancient Ceremony of Beating the Bounds of St-Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe - What's On In London
and two years ago for All-Hallows-By=the Tower
Beating the Bounds, an event in May - London.
and St John's, Stratford East 4 years ago
St John's Stratford E15 - 2004 "Beating The Bounds" History Walk
I have no reason to assume they ever stopped.~ with love from Little Nell~Chowns, Dunt, Emms, Mealing, Purvey & Smoothy
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When Ely Cathedral celebrated its 13th Centenary in 1973, the bishops did a sort-of beating of the bounds of the Diocese. They visited the boundary parishes over a period of several weeks, and there were lots of special events: parties, plays, services...
ChristineResearching: BENNETT (Leics/Birmingham-ish) - incl. Leonard BENNETT in Detroit & Florida ; WARR/WOR, STRATFORD & GARDNER/GARNAR (Oxon); CHRISTMAS, RUSSELL, PAFOOT/PAFFORD (Hants); BIGWOOD, HAYLER/HAILOR (Sussex); LANCASTER (Beds, Berks, Wilts) - plus - COCKS (Spitalfields, Liverpool, Plymouth); RUSE/ROWSE, TREMEER, WADLIN(G)/WADLETON (Devonport, E Cornwall); GOULD (S Devon); CHAPMAN, HALL/HOLE, HORN (N Devon); BARRON, SCANTLEBURY (Mevagissey)...
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