Beating the Bounds ceremony, St Michaels Church, Cornmarket Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, 1914. Artist: Henry Taunt

Beating the Bounds ceremony, St Michaels Church, Cornmarket Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, 1914. Artist: Henry Taunt

1-232-635 - Reproduced by permission of Historic England/Heritage Images

Beating the Bounds ceremony, St Michaels Church, Cornmarket Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, 1914. A group of children with a vicar and schoolmaster, holding willow sticks as part of the Beating the Bounds ceremony that takes place on Ascension Day, derived from the earlier ceremony of Rogationtide.


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  1. Henry Taunt, attributed to: British: Photographer

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  1. Photograph

Picture Type
  1. Panorama

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World Europe United Kingdom England Oxfordshire Oxford

  1. 51 45 00 N , 001 15 00 W

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4952x3794
File Size : 55,043kb


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  1. CC73/00655   
  1. 0250002410
  1. 1-232-635
  1. 1232635
  1. 2410
  1. A3
  1. CC73/00655   


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