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Beating the Bounds, Longwall Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, 1908. Artist: Henry Taunt.

Beating the Bounds, Longwall Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, 1908. Artist: Henry Taunt.

2-692-685 - Historic England Archive/Heritage Images

Beating the Bounds, Longwall Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, 1908. Boys scramble for coins at Longwall during the annual ceremony of beating the bounds, which reinforces knowledge of the parish boundary. The ceremony, which takes place on Ascension Day, is led by the parish priest, seen here up the ladder.

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  1. Henry Taunt, attributed to: British: Photographer
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World Europe United Kingdom England Oxfordshire Oxford

  1. 51 45 00 N , 001 15 00 W
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