Beating the Bounds, Tower of London

The ceremony of Beating the Bounds. The party assembled on Tower Green. The ceremony dates back to 1381 when official inspections were made of the boundary stones marking the Tower's jurisdiction. Every third year, on Ascension Day, the Tower's authority is re-asserted as Yeoman Warders and local school children, process around the edges of the Tower, beating the boundary stones with willow wands

1381 Ascension Assembled Beating Boundary Bounds Dates Edges Inspections Jurisdiction Marking Wands Warders Willow Yeoman

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