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Annual Beating the Bounds ceremony, Botley Bridge, Oxford, Oxfordshire, 1892. Artist: Henry Taunt

Annual Beating the Bounds ceremony, Botley Bridge, Oxford, Oxfordshire, 1892. Artist: Henry Taunt

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Annual Beating the Bounds ceremony, Botley Bridge, Oxford, Oxfordshire, 1892. A group on the river by the bridge during the annual Beating the Bounds ceremony - a tradition which evolved during the reign of Elizabeth I, and involves beating the parish boundary stones with willow sticks.

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